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.
Overview
Syllabus
Weeks
Topics
Week-1
Literature From the Margins: Dalit Theory : A View Literature From the
Margins: Dalit Theory : Going Further in Argument
Week-2
Dalit Canon: Distinctive Features
Making of Dalit Canon: Basic Points
Week-3
The Social Division Concerning the Marginalized in Early and Later Medieval India
Week-4
Dalit Culture and Identity
Week-5
“Oppressed” and “Marginalized” and the Historical Viewpoint
Dalit Autobiography I
Dalit Autobiography II
Week-6
Balbir Madhopuri:Changia Rukh against the Night I
Balbir Madhopuri: Changia Rukh against the Night II
Week-7
Balbir Madhopuri Changia Rukh: History and consciousness I
Balbir Madhopuri: Changia Rukh: History and consciousness II
Week-8
Dalit Poetry: an Overview Part-I
Dalit Poetry: An Overview Part-II
Week-9
Dalit Poetry Part-I
Dalit Poetry Part-II
Week-10
Adigopula Venkatratnam Telugu Dalit Poetry
Basudev Sunani :Oriya Dalit Poetry Part –I
Week-11
Short Stories: „The Poisoned Bread” and “The Storeyed House‟
Short Stories: “The Flame” and “Fear”
Week-12
Datta Bhagat Routes and Escape Routes Part I
Datta Bhagat Routes and Escape Routes Part II
Week-13
Understanding Tribal History
Tribal Writing: History and Orality
Week-14
Tribal Discourse: Concepts and Forms
Tribal Discourse: Features and significance
Week-15
Tribal world view: A Conceptual Perspective
Tribal World View: Some Broad Concerns
Week-16
Nature in Tribal Life
Celebration as the Core of Tribal Living
Week-17
Two Traditions: Oral and Visual
Week-18
Organic Link Between Humans and Environment
Week-19
Tribal Culture: Mythical Narrative of the Ancestors Story
Folktale Narrative of the Moneylender and his Debtor Week
Week-20
General Aspects of Mother Forest: The Unfinished story of C.K. Janu I
The context of Mother Forest: The Unfinished Story of C.K. Janu II
Week-21
The Novel Kocharethi: The Arya Woman-Background
Context of the Novel Kocharethi: The Arya Woman
Week-22
Denotified Tribes Part-I
Denotified Tribes Part-II
Week-23
Budhan-I
Budhan-II
Week-24
Writers of short short fiction: Temsula Ao and Lummer Dai Part I
Writers of short short fiction: Temsula Ao and Lummer Dai Part II
Taught by
Dr. Mridula Rashmi Kindo
