Literatures from the Margin syllabus, B.A English Literature, 3rd Year 6th Semester, Elective Paper, University of Madras

 B.A English Literature

3^rd Year 6^th Semester

Elective Paper – BEN-DSE2C

Literatures from the Margin

UNIT-1: Poetry

1.1 “Blood Wave” – Daya Pawar

1.2 “Hunger”– Nam Deo Dhasal

1.3 “This Country is Broken”– Bapurao Jagtap

1.4 “Tathagata”– Bhagwan Sawai

1.5 “You who Have Made the Mistake” – Baburao Bagul

1.6 “Shema” - Primo Levi

1.7 “Tears of blood” - Polish Gypsy named Bronislawa Wajs, [known as Papusza, the Romani word for “doll.”]

1.8 “Mandela and De Klerk” - Wayne Visser

Unit 2: Prose

2.1 “Dalit Literature: Past, Present and Future” - Arjun Dangle from Poisoned Bread [234- 258]

[Caste System in India, Arrival of the British, Dr. Ambedkar, Father of Dalit Litt., Dev. of Dalit Litt., Little Magazine Movement, Progressive Litt., Asmitadarsha, white collar attitudes, Dalit Literature, Meet at Mahad, New Periodicals, Dalit Panthers, Internal conflicts, Autobiographies, Struggle for Independence, Internal Conflict among Dalits]

Unit 3 - Drama

3.1 No Sugar - Jack Davis

UNIT 4 – Short Story

4.1 “The Cull” - Amitabh

4.2 “Livelihood” [Poisoned Bread] - Bhimrao Shirwale

4.3 “Draupadi” - Mahaswetha Devi

4.4 “Beethoven was one-sixteenth black” - Nadine Gordimer

UNIT 5 – Life Writing

5.1. Joothan: An Untouchable's Life - Omprakash Valmiki

(translated by Arun Prabha Mukherjee)

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