IGNOU MEG-13 Writings From The Margins | Detailed Syllabus

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Here you will get the full syllabus for the IGNOU MEG 13: Writings From The Margins.

The syllabus of IGNOU MEG 13 is divided in 8 blocks and each block is again divided in units. Get the detailed syllabus of all the 8 blocks and its units.

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Block 1 – Theory, Culture and History of Dalits

Unit 1 – Historical Background
Unit 2 – Dalit Canon
Unit 3 – Dalit Discourse
Unit 4 – Dalit Identity and Culture
Unit 5 – Dalit Viewpoints and Voices-I
Unit 6 – Dalit Viewpoints and Voices-II

Block 2 – Fiction and Autobiographical Writing

Unit 1 – Balbir Madhopuri: Changia Rukh: Against the Night-I
Unit 2 – Balbir Madhopuri: Changia Rukh: Against the Night-II
Unit 3 – Bama: Sangati-I
Unit 4 – Bama: Sangati-II

Block 3 – Poetry

Unit 1 – Sunny Kavikkad’s two Poems: “Naked Truths” and “With Love”
Unit 2 – Kalekuri Prasad and Adigopula Venkataratnam
Unit 3 – Basudev Sunani’s “Coaching Centre”
Unit 4 – Hira Bansode and L.S. Rokade

Block 4 – Drama and Short Fiction

Unit 1 – Contextualising Dalit Writing
Unit 2 – Datta Bhagat: Routes and Escape Routes
Unit 3 – Short Stories: “The Poisoned Bread” and “The Storeyed House”
Unit 4 – Short Stories: “The Flame” and “Fear”

Block 5 – Theory, Culture and The History of Tribals

Unit 1 – Historical Background
Unit 2 – Tribal World View
Unit 3 – Tribal Discourse
Unit 4 – Nature and Celebration in Tribal Life
Unit 5 – Tribal Thought: Some Voices-I
Unit 6 – Tribal Thought: Some Voices-II

Block 6 – Oral Narratives

Unit 1 – Santal Folk Tales
Unit 2 – Legend of the Lepchas (Folk Tales)
Unit 3 – Folk Tales of Mizoram and Meghalaya
Unit 4 – Folk Songs of the Oraons

Block 7 – Fiction and Autobiography

Unit 1 – Mother Forest: The Unfinished Story of C.K. Janu
Unit 2 – Kocharethi: The Araya Woman–Background to the Text and Context
Unit 3 – Kocharethi: The Araya Woman–A Study of the Novel

Block 8 – Poetry, Drama and Short Fiction

Unit 1 – Marshal Hembram: “I Must Pick up the Bow” Nirmala Putul: “If You Were in My Place”
Unit 2 – Poem: “Song of Netarhaat: Victory Trumpet is Sounding”
Unit 3 – Contextualising Tribal Literature
Unit 4 – Budhan: An Analysis
Unit 5 – Writers of Short Fiction: Temsula Ao and Lummer Dai