DCE- 02: Feature Writing

By Dr. Rajesh Kumar; Dr. Anamika Shukla | Indira Gandhi National Open University

Learners enrolled: 673

Writing features/articles can be a paying hobby. Any feature writer must be aware of his/her reader's interests as well as the demands of the publication for which s/he is writing. In this course, you will receive guidance on how to write book reviews, travel articles and interviews. You will also learn to handle sensitive human issues such as writing about women.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Not Applicable
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	16 weeks
Category :	Language
Credit Points :	4
Level :	Diploma
Start Date :	15 Jul 2024
End Date :	30 Nov 2024
Enrollment Ends :	31 Aug 2024
Exam Date :	14 Dec 2024 IST
Exam 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

DCE-02: Feature Writing
Week	e-Content/PDFs
Week–1	Identifying Significant Topics
Week–2	Investigation and personal Interview
Week–3	Familiarity with allied subject matter
Week–4	Writing about women, drawing conclusions
Week–5	Reviewer’s integrity
Week–6	Acquaintance with other works on the subject
Week–7	Assessment of a book under review
Week–8	Evaluative judgement
Week–9	Background material
Week–10	Locating an appropriate subject
Week–11	Technique of travel writing
Week–12	Allied material-photographs and sketches
Week–13	Preliminaries
Week–14	Preparing questions
Week–15	Use of interview equipment
Week–16	Editing and organization

Instructor bio

Dr. Rajesh Kumar; Dr. Anamika Shukla

Indira Gandhi National Open University

Dr. Rajesh Kumar, PhD., an alumnus of Jawaharlal Nehru University, has taught for almost two decades in a college in University of Delhi, New Delhi before joining the faculty of English, SOH, IGNOU. He has a PhD in English Literature on “Dalit Writings and Aboriginal Writings: Convergences & Divergences” and an MPhil in English Literature on “The dialectics of Australian Aboriginal Identity in Aboriginal Women’s Autobiographies” from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is a recipient of UGC Research Award (2016-18) during which he worked on a project on “Santali Dance-Songs of Jharkhand: Contextualizing Art & Culture’. He has also been an Associate (2018-20) at Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS), Rashtrapati Niwas, Shimla. He has authored four books: Santal Folk-Dance Songs: Contextualizing Art &Culture; Dalits Vs Aboriginal Australians: Convergences& Divergences; Of Dalit and Australian Aboriginal Writings & Culture; Australian Aboriginal Autobiographies: Reading Identity, Aboriginality and Belongingness; and edited one Volume: Literaria: An International Journal of New Literature across the World, special issue on Literatures of Margin, Bahri Publications: New Delhi.vol.2, no.1, Jan-Jun 2012. ISSN:2229-4600. He has published many scholarly articles in national and international journals on various subjects and issues relating to literatures of margin and presented several papers in national and International Conferences. His areas of interest include Culture Studies, Post-colonial Studies, Literary Criticism, Dalit Literature, Australian Literature, Literatures of margin/ Marginality, Sociology of Dalit discourse, Dalit Autobiographies, Australian Aboriginal Autobiographies, Performing Arts & Culture, Dance Studies, Folklore Studies and Tribal Folk Literature of India. He is also currently working on developing a Diploma Online Course in Digital Humanities (DH).

Dr. Anamika has done MA in English Literature, she specializes in Indian English Literature and is a Ph.D. in American Literature, pursued research at American Studies Research Centre, (ASRC) Hyderabad. She is a resource person to the UGC – Human Resource Development Centre at various states and central universities. She has contributed as a resource person at National Resource Center, SavitriBai Phule University, Pune for the SWAYAM platform.

She has been an expert member in the Discipline of English for the committee constituted by UGC for the selection of candidates under the Post Doctoral Fellowship Scheme, Research Award Scheme and Emeritus Fellowship Scheme of the UGC.

She has also been on the list of experts for preparing Self Learning Material of MP Bhoj Open University, Bhopal M.P.

She is member Board of Studies of various universities namely, Dr. B.R Ambedkar National Law University, Rai, Sonepat Haryana and Department of Higher Studies and Foreign Languages, Chhatrapati Sahu Maharaj University, Kanpur.

Her areas of interest are ICT interventions in the Humanities, Teaching English as a Second Language, Studies in Culture and Literary Heritage and Interdisciplinary Studies, She is presently working on Indian knowledge systems and English Communication Skills .

She has published books on Saul Bellow, Pedagogy & Teaching of English Language. She has to her credit articles and research papers published in National / International Journals. She appears on the editorial board of journals. She is also a research guide and has successfully supervised PhDs under her guidance.