Marathi and Tamil Dalit Autobiographies

Paper Code: 
ENG 144 (f) - Option 20

Unit I

“Dalit Literature: A Perspective from Below” (Ahmed, 129 -141)

Unit II

“Dalit Literature: Form, Structure and Purpose” (Mukherjee, 23-39)

Unit III

“Caste, Culture and Politics: Towards a Definition of Dalit Autobiography” (Kumar, 115-154)

Unit IV

Bama: Karukku

Unit V

SharankumarLimbale: The Outcaste: Akkarmashi

Source Books: 

Source Books:

Ahmed, Imtiaz and ShashiBhushanUpadhyay.Dalit Assertion in Society, Literature and History.OrientBlackSwan, 2012.pp 129 -141.

Bhoomkar, Santosh, translator. The Outcaste. By SharankumarLimbale, Oxford University Press, 2008.

 

Holmström, Lakshmi, translator. Karukku. By Bama, Oxford University Press, 2012.

Kumar, Raj. Dalit Personal Narratives.Orient BlackSwan, 2010.pp 115 – 154.

Limbale, Sharankumar. Towards an Aesthetic of Dalit Literature: History, Controversies and Considerations. Translated by AlokMukherjee.Orient Longman, 2004, pp 19 – 39.

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Recommended Readings:

Anand, S. Touchable Tales: Publishing And Reading Dalit Literature. Navayana, 2005.

Brueck, Laura R. Writing Resistance: The Rhetorical Imagination of Hindi Dalit Literature. Columbia University Press, 2014.

Dangle, Arjun.Corpse In The Well: Translations From Modern Marathi Dalit Autobiographies. Disha, 1992.

Dangle, Arjun.Homeless in my Land: Translations from Modern Marathi Dalit Short Stories. Orient Longman Limited, 1992.

Gnanaiah, G. Obamas of America and Dalits of India : Saga of two Black People. Pragun Publication, 1978.

Manohar, Murali. Critical Essays on Dalit Literature. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd, 2015.

Mukherjee, Arun. Oppositional Aesthetics: Readings from a Hyphenated Space. TSAR, 1994.

Singh, R.P. The Subaltern Speaks and Asserts: The Autobiographies of NarendraJadhav, OmprakashValmiki and SharankumarLimbale. Authors Press, 2013.

Tharu, Susie. The Exercise of Freedom: An Introduction to Dalit Writing. Navayana Publishers, 2013.

Zelliot, Eleanor. From Untouchable to Dalit: Essays on the Ambedkar Movement. Manohar Publishers and Distributors, 2011.

Academic Year: 
2018-2019