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MEG-13: Writings from the Margins

By Dr. Mridula Rashmi Kindo   |   Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi
Learners enrolled: 170
This course Writings from the Margins has two components, The Dalit Discourse and  the Tribal Discourse. The main objective of the course is to familiarise students with the  literature, culture and thought of the Dalits and Adivasis that has been in the margins. The aim of this course is to sensitize the learners about issues and problems faced by a  whole population of the marginalized in our country. With this in view, the course content  has received focused critical attention in the various blocks prepared for the learners. The  division of the argument into areas of culture, history, ideology and aesthetic concerns is  particularly valuable in this regard. There is also an added significance of the course with  respect to selection of texts under categories of fiction poetry, drama and autobiography,  not to mention aspects falling under ideology, critical thought, language and socio historical background. This will go a long way in enhancing awareness about our  country‟s diversity. The course will add to our appreciation of what has been termed difference.
Summary
Course Status : Completed
Course Type : Elective
Language for course content : English
Duration : 24 weeks
Category :
  • Language
Credit Points : 8
Level : Postgraduate
Start Date : 01 Jan 2024
End Date : 30 Apr 2024
Enrollment Ends : 29 Feb 2024
Exam Date : 26 May 2024 IST
Shift :

Shift-II

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Weeks

Topics

Week-1 

  1. Literature From the Margins: Dalit Theory : A View  Literature From the

  2. Margins: Dalit Theory : Going Further in Argument

Week-2

  1. Dalit Canon: Distinctive Features 

  2. Making of Dalit Canon: Basic Points 

Week-3

  1. The Social Division Concerning the Marginalized in Early and Later Medieval India 

Week-4

  1. Dalit Culture and Identity 

Week-5

  1. “Oppressed” and “Marginalized” and the Historical Viewpoint

  2. Dalit Autobiography I 

  3. Dalit Autobiography II 

Week-6

  1. Balbir Madhopuri:Changia Rukh against the Night I 

  2. Balbir Madhopuri: Changia Rukh against the Night II 

Week-7

  1. Balbir Madhopuri Changia Rukh: History and consciousness I

  2. Balbir Madhopuri: Changia Rukh: History and consciousness II 

Week-8

  1. Dalit Poetry: an Overview Part-I 

  2. Dalit Poetry: An Overview Part-II 

Week-9

  1. Dalit Poetry Part-I  

  2. Dalit Poetry Part-II  

Week-10

  1. Adigopula Venkatratnam Telugu Dalit Poetry 

  2. Basudev Sunani :Oriya Dalit Poetry Part –I

Week-11

  1. Short Stories: „The Poisoned Bread” and “The Storeyed House‟

  2. Short Stories: “The Flame” and “Fear”  

Week-12

  1. Datta Bhagat Routes and Escape Routes Part I 

  2. Datta Bhagat Routes and Escape Routes Part II

Week-13

  1. Understanding Tribal History 

  2. Tribal Writing: History and Orality 

Week-14

  1. Tribal Discourse: Concepts and Forms 

  2. Tribal Discourse: Features and significance

Week-15

  1. Tribal world view: A Conceptual Perspective 

  2. Tribal World View: Some Broad Concerns

Week-16

  1. Nature in Tribal Life

  2. Celebration as the Core of Tribal Living 

Week-17

  1. Two Traditions: Oral and Visual

Week-18

  1. Organic Link Between Humans and Environment

Week-19


  1. Tribal Culture: Mythical Narrative of the Ancestors Story

  2. Folktale Narrative of the Moneylender and his Debtor Week

Week-20

  1. General Aspects of Mother Forest: The Unfinished story of C.K. Janu I 

  2. The context of Mother Forest: The Unfinished Story of C.K. Janu II  

Week-21

  1. The Novel Kocharethi: The Arya Woman-Background

  2. Context of the Novel Kocharethi: The Arya Woman 

Week-22

  1. Denotified Tribes Part-I 

  2. Denotified Tribes Part-II 

Week-23

  1. Budhan-I

  2. Budhan-II

Week-24

  1. Writers of short short fiction: Temsula Ao and Lummer Dai Part I

  2. Writers of short short fiction: Temsula Ao and Lummer Dai Part II

Instructor bio

Dr. Mridula Rashmi Kindo

Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi
Dr. Mridula Rashmi Kindo is an Associate Professor at Indira Gandhi National  Open University (IGNOU) New Delhi. She holds her graduate degree from  Delhi University and her Post Graduate and M. Phil Degrees from Jawaharlal  Nehru University. Her PhD is on South African Literature. She has more than  twenty years of teaching experience. Her areas of specializations include:  South African Literature, New Literatures in English, Literature from the  Margins, and Translation Studies. She has designed and developed Bachelor’s  Degree and Master’s Degree courses of English. She has chaired sessions and  presented papers in various National and International conferences. She has  published several papers in National and International Journals of repute.


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