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DCE- 02: Feature Writing

By Dr. Rajesh Kumar; Dr. Anamika Shukla   |   Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi
Learners enrolled: 236
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 : Upcoming
Course Type : Not Applicable
Language for course content : English
Duration : 16 weeks
Category :
  • Language
Credit Points : 4
Level : Diploma
Start Date : 15 Jul 2025
End Date : 15 Nov 2025
Enrollment Ends : 15 Sep 2025
Exam Date :

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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. 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

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.

Course certificate

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30 Marks will be allocated for Internal Assessment (Final Quiz- Mandatory) which will be available at the end of the course and 70 Marks will be allocated for end term proctored examination.


A  minimum of 40% passing marks (i.e. at-least 12 marks in Internal Assessment (Final Quiz- Mandatory) & 28 Marks in external proctored examination) will be required for being eligible for SWAYAM Certificate.


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