Cultural Diversity

Paper Code: 
25CENG201
Credits: 
06
Periods/week: 
06
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 
The Course will enable the students to critique the socio-cultural contexts, trends, and unique styles of representative Indian writers writing in English and explore and appreciate diverse literary forms, while examining a variety of influences as reflected in literature.
Course Outcomes: 
The students will:
 
CO7.Develop an
understanding of the trends
and individual style of the
representative writers from
the Sufi and Bhakti traditions,
writing in Hindi and Urdu
 
CO8. Assess Indian culture via
the English language and
explore philosophical and
cultural representations of
various issues, examining the
role of diversity to understand
tribal/ dalit voices
CO9. Examine the
development of Indian writing
in English with a comparison
and contrast between writers
of different eras.
CO10. Appraise and
appreciate the various forms
of poetry and drama.
CO11. Discuss the development
of social and cultural systems
from various historical and
environmental systems.
CO12.Contribute effectively in
course-specific interaction.
18.00
Unit I: 
Sisir Kumar Das
The Mad Lover
 
Bullah Shah
Kafi
18.00
Unit II: 
Amir Khusrau 
Ghazal
 
Rajinder Singh Bedi
Lajwanti
18.00
Unit III: 
Songs of Birth and Death
 
i. i. A Munda Song
ii.A Kondh Song
18.00
Unit IV: 
F. M. Shinde
Habit
 
Bama
Excerpts from Karukku
18.00
Unit V: 
Padma Sachdev
Mother Tongue
 
Dharamveer Bharati
Andha Yug
SUGGESTED READINGS: 
Suggested Reference Books:
Alam, Ejaz. ‘Discussion on the Text:
LAJWANTI’,mmhapu.ac.in/doc/eContent/English/EjazAlam/LAJWANTI,%20Sem%204-converted.pdf,
pp. 1-3.
Devy, G.N. ‘Tribal Verse’, NCERT, ncert.nic.in/textbook/pdf/keww134.pdf, pp. 161-
73. Rao, Raja. Kanthapura, TMV,
www.tmv.edu.in/pdf/Distance_education/MA(English)/Indian%20Literature%20in%20English/Ch-
6.pdf, pp. 6-70.
Sachdev, Padma. ‘Mother Tongue’, NCERT, ncert.nic.in/textbook/pdf/keww116.pdf, pp. 119-20.
E-Resources including links:
Reference Journals:
Academic Year: 
2025-2026