MFC-8 2024-25 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

Description

MFC-008 : FOLK REPRESENTATIONS
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MFC-008
Course Title : Folk Representations
Assignment Code : MFC-008/TMA-01/2024-25
Coverage : All Blocks
Maximum Marks 100
Answer any 5 questions. All questions carry equal marks. (20 X 5 = 100)
1. Critically interpret the text, “The Awakened Wind: the Oral Poetry of the Indian
Tribes” by Sitakant Mahapatra 20
2. What is the cultural significance of the folk Ramayana Songs? Discuss many
folk Ramayanas and their cultural significance. 20
3. Discuss ‘Mahabharata: Ginge to Kurukshetra’by Alf Hilterbetel as a seminal
literary text in folk literature.
20
4. How important is Paula Richman’s contribution to the documentation of oral
traditions? 20
5. What makes Jatra, Kathakali, Tamasha and Nautanki the embodiments of
fusion of folklore and theatre practices.
20
6. What are the shared and radical forces that alarmed the poets of the earlier
generations that still get hold of the new poets in Native American poetry
scenario