IGNOU MEG-13
- Writing From the Margins,
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MEG-13 English Topics Covered

Block 1 - Theory, Culture and History of Dalits

• Unit 1 - Historical Background
• Unit 2 - Dalit Canon
• Unit 3 - Dalit Discourse
• Unit 4 - Dalit Identity and Culture
• Unit 5 - Dalit Viewpoints and Voices-I
• Unit 6 - Dalit Viewpoints and Voices-II

Block 2 - Fiction and Autobiographical Writing

• Unit 1 - Balbir Madhopuri: Changia Rukh: Against the Night-I
• Unit 2 - Balbir Madhopuri: Changia Rukh: Against the Night-II
• Unit 3 - Bama: Sangati-I
• Unit 4 - Bama: Sangati-II

Block 3 - Poetry

• Unit 1 - Sunny Kavikkad’s two Poems: “Naked Truths” and “With Love”
• Unit 2 - Kalekuri Prasad and Adigopula Venkataratnam
• Unit 3 - Basudev Sunani’s “Coaching Centre”
• Unit 4 - Hira Bansode and L.S. Rokade

Block 4 - Drama and Short Fiction

• Unit 1 - Contextualising Dalit Writing
• Unit 2 - Datta Bhagat: Routes and Escape Routes
• Unit 3 - Short Stories: “The Poisoned Bread” and “The Storeyed House”
• Unit 4 - Short Stories: “The Flame” and “Fear”

Block 5 - Theory, Culture and The History of Tribals

• Unit 1 - Historical Background
• Unit 2 - Tribal World View
• Unit 3 - Tribal Discourse
• Unit 4 - Nature and Celebration in Tribal Life
• Unit 5 - Tribal Thought: Some Voices-I
• Unit 6 - Tribal Thought: Some Voices-II

Block 6 - Oral Narratives

• Unit 1 - Santal Folk Tales
• Unit 2 - Legend of the Lepchas (Folk Tales)
• Unit 3 - Folk Tales of Mizoram and Meghalaya
• Unit 4 - Folk Songs of the Oraons

Block 7 - Fiction and Autobiography

• Unit 1 - Mother Forest: The Unfinished Story of C.K. Janu
• Unit 2 - Kocharethi: The Araya Woman–Background to the Text and Context
• Unit 3 - Kocharethi: The Araya Woman–A Study of the Novel

Block 8 - Poetry, Drama and Short Fiction

• Unit 1 - Marshal Hembram: “I Must Pick up the Bow” Nirmala Putul: “If You Were in My Place”
• Unit 2 - Poem: “Song of Netarhaat: Victory Trumpet is Sounding”
• Unit 3 - Contextualising Tribal Literature
• Unit 4 - Budhan: An Analysis
• Unit 5 - Writers of Short Fiction: Temsula Ao and Lummer Dai

Previous Year Solved Question Papers Included

MEG-13 English (Total-6, Solved-6, Unsolved-0)

• December (2022)
• June (2023)

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