Description
MFC-006 : FOLKLORE: CANON, MULTIMEDIALITY,
INTERDISCIPLINARITY AND SOCIAL
EPISTEMOLOGY
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MFC-006
Course Title : Folklore: Canon, Multimediality,
Interdisciplinarity and Social Epistemology
Assignment Code : MFC-006/TMA-01/2024-25
Coverage : All Blocks
Maximum Marks 100
Answer any 5 questions. All questions carry equal marks. (20 X 5 = 100)
1. Explain ‘Çultural Milieu’ in the context of emergent contemporary trends of
Folk literature. 20
2. What are the broad genres in folklore? What are he literary theories that you
may apply for the interpretation of folk literature?
20
3. Write a critical note on the relationship between folklore and other allied
disciplines. 20
4. How did the rise of romanticism and nationalism influence the development of
folklore as a mainstream discourse in Indian universities? Explain with
examples. 20
5. What do you understand by textual and non-textual orality in Indian folk
tradition? What is oral-written continuum?
20
6. Write short notes on the following: (10×2=20)
a) Indian tribal poetry
b) Scripto-centric Phono-centric and Body-centric approaches to folklor
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