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As per the eligibility criteria laid out by Jawaharlal Nehru University, it states that candidates who have pursued graduation in any discipline from a recognized university securing 50% aggregate from a recognized university along with this you just need to possess an adequate proficiency in the language since the admission is done through entrance test and unless you have the required proficiency you won't be able to clear the exam.

JNU, Delhi offer MA in German Literature and Translation as separate degree, the entrance test syllabus is as follows-

The common areas for both paper are

• German history from 1750 till 1914
• German history after 1945. (Two German states; Reunification)
• Basic Linguistics (Word Formation in German; Dependenzgrammatik;IC-analysis; speech act theory etc.)

Other this this, for German Literature candidates are required to be well acquainted with an overview of main genres in German Literature and the ability to interpret texts from these periods, Trends post 1945 till 2000 along with history of German Literature from 1750 till 1900. Representative authors and texts - an overview of the different periods from the Enlightenment to Realism.

in case of German Translation, candidates need to be possess good knowledge of German and English.