IGNOU MEG-15 Syllabus | Comparative Literature: Theory and practice

  • Last Updated On October 18, 2025

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Here you will get the full syllabus for the IGNOU MEG 15 : Comparative Literature: Theory and practice.

The syllabus of IGNOU MEG 15 is divided in 7 blocks and each block is again divided in units.

We have listed the detailed syllabus of all the 7 blocks and its units.

You can also find links to the summary of each blocks for MEG 15.

IGNOU MEG-15 syllabus structure diagram, showing a central node connecting to 7 blocks.
IGNOU MEG 15 Syllabus Structure

Content 

Syllabus of MEG 15

Course Code

MEG-15

Course Title

Comparative Literature: Theory and practice

Course Type

Optional Course

Blocks

Total 7 Blocks

Programme

MEG : Master’s Degree in English

University

IGNOU ( Indira Gandhi National Open University 

Block 1 – Introduction

  • Unit 1 – What is Comparative Literature
  • Unit 2 – The Practice of Comparative Literature
  • Unit 3 – Theory of Comparative Literature
  • Unit 4 – Modernism: The West and the East
MEG-15 Block 1 Summary

Block 2 – Comparative Indian Literature-1

  • Unit 1 – Literature and Culture
  • Unit 2 – Oral and Written Literature
  • Unit 3 – Indian Literature: Historiography and Periodization
  • Unit 4 – Readings and Interpretation
MEG-15 Block 2 Summary

Block 3 – Comparative Indian Literature-2

  • Unit 1 – Literature in Indian Languages and the Idea of Modernity
  • Unit 2 – The Centre and Periphery
  • Unit 3 – Choma’s Drum
  • Unit 4 – Godaan
MEG-15 Block 3 Summary

Block 4 – Comparative World Literature-1

  • Unit 1 – Ways of Looking at Reality
  • Unit 2 – Life Writings
  • Unit 3 – Words to Win: Rashsundari Debi’s Amar Jiban
  • Unit 4 – Sally Morgan My Place
MEG-15 Block 4 Summary

Block 5 – Comparative World Literature-2

  • Unit 1 – Magical Realism
  • Unit 2 – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings; Nikolai Gogol, The Nose
  • Unit 3 – Amos Tutuola: The Palm-Wine Drinkard
MEG-15 Block 5 Summary

Block 6 – Literature and Culture: Exchanges and Negotiations-1

  • Unit 1 – Telling and Retelling
  • Unit 2 – Retellings of Mahabharata
  • Unit 3 – Dharamvir Bharati’s verse Play Andha Yug
MEG-15 Block 6 Summary

Block 7 – Literature and Culture: Exchanges and Negotiations-2

  • Unit 1 – Shifting Perspectives
  • Unit 2 – Pratibha Ray’s Yajnaseni: The Story of Draupadi
  • Unit 3 – Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Palace of Illusions
MEG-15 Block 7 Summary