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Studies in Dalit Literature
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:
Limbale, Sharankumar. Towards an Aesthetic of Dalit Literature: History, Controversies and Considerations. Trans. Alok Mukherjee. Delhi: Orient Longman, 2004, pp 19 – 39.
Ahmed, Imtiaz and ShashiBhushanUpadhyay.Dalit Assertion in Society, Literature and History.Orient BlackSwan, 2012.Pp 129 -141.
Kumar, Raj. Dalit Personal Narratives.Orient BlackSwan, 2010.pp 115 – 154
Suggested Readings:
Singh, R.P. The Subaltern Speaks and Asserts: The Autobiographies of NarendraJadhav, OmprakashValmiki and SharankumarLimbale. AuthorsPress, 2013.
Brueck, Laura R. Writing Resistance: The Rhetorical Imagination of Hindi Dalit Literature. Columbia University Press, 2014.
Anand, S. Touchable Tales: Publishing And Reading Dalit Literature. Navayana, 2005.
Manohar, Murali. Critical Essays on Dalit Literature. Atlantic Publishers& Distributors Pvt. Ltd, 2015.
Tharu, Susie. The Exercise of Freedom: An Introduction to Dalit Writing. Navayana Publishers, 2013.