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Assam ASSEB HS Skill Advance Assamese: History of Assamese Literature: Periods, Movements and Major Authors

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History of Assamese Literature: Periods, Movements and Major Authors

The literature-history domain rewards dates, names and works that you can pair correctly. Questions ask for period, author, text or contribution.

Periods

  • আদি যুগ (8th–12th century): চৰ্যাপদ, the earliest Assamese poetic texts, by সিদ্ধাচাৰ্য poets such as লুইপা and কাহ্নপা; Buddhist songs in a twilight language, shared with the Bengali tradition.
  • মাধ্যম যুগ (15th–16th century): the Vaiṣṇava age. শ্ৰীমন্ত শংকৰদেৱ (1449–1568) wrote কীৰ্তন ঘোষা, বৰগীত, ভটিমা and the অংকীয়া নাট (চিহ্নযাত্ৰা, পাৰিজাত হৰণ, ৰুক্মিণী হৰণ); মাধৱদেৱ (1489–1596) wrote নামঘোষা.
  • 17th–18th century: translation and court poetry - ৰাম সৰস্বতী's মহাভাৰত, ভট্টদেৱ's ভাগৱত, the growth of সত্ৰ literature.
  • 19th century: অৰুণোদই (1846), the first Assamese newspaper; হেমচন্দ্ৰ বৰুৱা's হেমকোষ and his grammar; the language movement that restored Assamese in schools and courts.
  • 20th century: the জোনাকী যুগ (magazine জোনাকী, 1889); বনফুল (1914) by চন্দ্ৰকুমাৰ আগৰৱালা and হেমচন্দ্ৰ গোস্বামী; ৰোমাণ্টিক poetry; জ্যোতি প্ৰসাদ আগৰৱালা's শোণিত কুঁৱৰী and the film জয়মতী (1935); the ৰামধেনু group of the 1950s; modern fiction by বীৰেন্দ্ৰ কুমাৰ ভট্টাচাৰ্য (মৃত্যুঞ্জয়) and মামণি ৰয়ছম গোস্বামী (দঁতাল হাতীৰ উঁয়ে খোৱা হাওদা).

Worked example

Question: অসমীয়া ভাষাত অংকীয়া নাটৰ সৃষ্টি কাৰ? Reasoning: the অংকীয়া নাট is the Vaiṣṇava dramatic form with সুত্ৰধাৰ and গোপী; the form was created by শংকৰদেৱ, and চিহ্নযাত্ৰা is named as the first example. Answer: শ্ৰীমন্ত শংকৰদেৱ.

Traps

  • Swapping শংকৰদেৱ and মাধৱদেৱ: কীৰ্তন ঘোষা belongs to the first, নামঘোষা to the second.
  • Giving a century when the question asks for a work.
  • Treating চৰ্যাপদ as exclusively Assamese; acknowledge the shared heritage.