UPSC English Literature Optional Course
Foundation Course - Enriched Study Material - Mentorship cum Test Series & PYQ Solutions
With a proven track record of excellence and a team of highly experienced faculty members, TEAM IAS by DIADEMY IAS is a trusted destination for aspirants preparing for the UPSC English Literature Optional examination. Our comprehensive and result-oriented coaching program is designed to cover the complete syllabus of English Literature Optional in a structured and easy-to-understand manner. From literary criticism and poetry to drama, novels, and prose, we ensure that students develop a strong conceptual foundation and analytical understanding of every topic. At TEAM IAS by DIADEMY IAS, students receive personalized mentorship, regular answer-writing practice, and continuous academic support to maximize their performance in the UPSC examination.
English Literature Optional is a highly rewarding subject for UPSC CSE aspirants who possess a passion for literature, critical thinking, and writing skills. However, success in this optional requires a deep understanding of literary texts, themes, interpretations, and effective answer presentation. Guidance from experienced mentors can play a crucial role in helping aspirants approach the subject strategically and confidently.
The UPSC English Literature Optional coaching at TEAM IAS by DIADEMY IAS is carefully designed to provide in-depth knowledge of literary works and improve answer-writing abilities. Our coaching program introduces aspirants to important literary concepts, critical perspectives, and examination-oriented preparation techniques. Special attention is given to text analysis, interpretation, previous year question trends, and answer structuring methods that help students gain an edge in the examination. Along with conceptual clarity, the coaching also focuses on enhancing analytical thinking, writing precision, and time management skills.
TEAM IAS by DIADEMY IAS offers both online and offline coaching modes for UPSC English Literature Optional preparation. The online coaching program provides flexibility and convenience through recorded video lectures, live interactive sessions, digital study materials, practice tests, and doubt-clearing support that can be accessed anytime and anywhere. Offline classroom coaching offers a more interactive and personalized learning environment where mentors can closely monitor each student’s progress and provide individual guidance based on their strengths and areas of improvement. While classroom coaching provides face-to-face interaction and disciplined preparation, the online mode ensures accessibility and affordability for aspirants across the country.
With expert mentorship, comprehensive study material, regular test series, and focused preparation strategies, TEAM IAS by DIADEMY IAS is committed to helping aspirants excel in the UPSC English Literature Optional subject and achieve their dream of becoming a civil servant.
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UPSC English Literature Optional Course
Foundation Course Features
- Duration: 5 month
- 5-6 Interactive classes per Wee
- Chapter-wise test series
- English Vocabulary sessions with the class
- English writing skill improvement
- Paper 1 & Paper 2 covered individual mentoring
- Printed study material (Online & Offline)
- Previous question paper practice and analysis
- Daily mains mock test based on chapters and authors
- Complete Coverage of Syllabus(Dramas, Poems, Literary Theories, Literary Movements, Novels) Cover
Mentorship cumTest Series Course Feature:
- Daily Answers
- Section-wise test
- Author-wise test
- Special test for literary terms and movements
- Full set mains mock test
- Schedule tailor-cum areas
- Daily monitoring the improvement
- Weekend mentorship calls/meeting
- Self-scrutnizing mains question practice
English Literature Course Highlights
English Writing Skill Improvement
English Vocabulary Session
Author-wise Notes
Section-wise Test
Author-wise Test
Test for Literary Terms & Movements
Mock Test
PYQ Workbook Based Approach
Daily Answer Writing
Useful Topics for UPSC English Literature Optional Syllabus
- William Shakespeare: King Lear and The Tempest
- John Donne
- William Wordsworth
- Charles Dickens
- William Butler Yeats
- W.H. Auden
- Philip Larkin
- A.K. Ramanujan
- V.S. Naipaul. A
- House for Mr Biswas
UPSC English Literature Optional Syllabus
UPSC English Literature Syllabus for Paper 1
The Renaissance; Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama; Metaphysical Poetry; The Epic and the Mock-Epic; Neoclassicism; Satire; The Romantic Movement; The Rise of the Novel; The Victorian Age.
Section A:
- William Shakespeare: King Lear and The Tempest
- John Donne. The following poems :
- Canonization
- Death be not proud
- The Good Morrow
- On his Mistress going to bed
- The Relic
- John Milton: Paradise Lost, I, II, IV, IX
- Alexander Pope. The Rape of the Lock
- William Wordsworth. The following poems
- Ode on Intimations of Immortality
- Tintern Abbey
- Three years she grew
- She dwelt among untrodden ways
- Michael
- Resolution and Independence
- The World is too much with us
- Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour
- Upon Westminster Bridge
- Alfred Tennyson: In Memoriam
- Henrik Ibsen: A Doll’s House
Section B:
- Jonathan Swift. Gulliver’s Travels
- Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice
- Henry Fielding. Tom Jones
- Charles Dickens. Hard Times
- George Eliot. The Mill on the Floss
- Thomas Hardy. Tess of the d’Urbervilles
- Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
UPSC English Literature Syllabus for Paper 1
Modernism; Poets of the Thirties; The Stream of Consciousness Novel; Absurd Drama; Colonialism and Post Colonialism; Indian Writing in English; Marxist, Psychoanalytical and Feminist Approaches to Literature; Post Modernism.
Section A:
1. William Butler Yeats. The following poems:
– Easter 1916
– The Second Coming
– A Prayer for my Daughter
– Sailing to Byzantium
– The Tower
– Among School Children
– Leda and the Swan
– Meru
– Lapis Lazuli
– The Second Coming
– Byzantium
2. T.S. Eliot. The following poems:
– The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock
– Journey of the Magi
– Burnt Norton
3. W.H. Auden. The following poems:
– Partition
– Musee des Beaux Arts
– In Memory of W.B. Yeats
– Lay your sleeping head, my love
– The Unknown Citizen
– Consider
– Mundus Et Infans
– The Shield of Achilles
– September 1, 1939
– Petition
4. John Osborne: Look Back in Anger
5. Samuel Beckett. Waiting for Godot
6. Philip Larkin
– Next
– Please
– Deceptions
– Afternoons
– Days
– Mr. Bleaney
7. A.K. Ramanujan
– Looking for a Causim on a Swing
– A River
– Of Mothers, among other Things
– Love Poem for a Wife 1
– SamllScale Reflections on a Great House
– Obituary
Section B:
Joseph Conrad. Lord Jim.
James Joyce. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
D.H. Lawrence. Sons and Lovers.
E.M. Forster. A Passage to India.
Virginia Woolf. Mrs. Dalloway.
Raja Rao. Kanthapura.
V.S. Naipaul. A House for Mr. Biswas.
ABOUT Sreejesh MG, Faculty of English Literature Optional
Sreejesh MG. is a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, Master of Arts in English Literature & M. Phil in English Literature. He is an expert in English literature and has conducted 300+ seminars in many colleges in India.
4 years experience as full-time college faculty in Christ College, Colleges in Kerala (Trivandrum ), and Co-operative Colleges in Kerala.
Started UPSC teaching in 2014 (10 Years of Exp.) Worked 2 years in Unacademy platform as English Faculty.
He appeared twice in UPSC Interviews with English Literature Optional. He has a passion for guiding UPSC students and guiding them for over 10 years. He has mentored more than 65 UPSC toppers through various programs. In UPSC 2021 more than 4 UPSC Toppers were directly mentored by him.
Presently, he is a faculty at DIADEMY IAS, Old Rajinder Nagar, Delhi. He guides English Literature Optional students through classes & Mentorship programs.
