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Studies in Dalit Literature [1]

Paper Code: 
ENG 144 (d) - Option 14

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:

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: 

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.

Academic Year: 
2018-2019 [2]

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