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IGNOU MEG-16 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
1. Give a brief overview of the growth of folklore studies in India.
2. What is Contextual Theory of folklore? Elucidate.
3. Categorize the ‘Great’ and ‘Little’ traditions in the study of folklore.
4. Are cave paintings a part of our folk paintings and folk narratives? Attempt a critical review of folk paintings.
5. Tales Told by Mystics bases itself on the rich indigenous mythological properties. Discuss.
6. Attempt a critical note on the ethnographic details and eco-systems of the tribes of India on the basis of Sitakant Mahapatra’s The Awakened Wind: The Oral Poetry of the Indian Tribes.
7. Discuss Girish Karnad’s pivotal role in the development of folk theatre and modern Indian drama.
8. Write short notes on any two:
a. Desha,Kshetra,Nadu,Rajya
b. Jatra, Kathakali, Tamasha
c. Folk music
d. Folk cuisine
IGNOU MEG-16 (July 2023 – January 2024) Assignment Questions
1. Give your views on the oral epics of India and justify your points with reference to the oral epics in your syllabi.
2. Critically appreciate the text, ‘Ramayana in Modern South India’, edited by Paula Richman.
3. Write short notes on the following:
a) Folk Culture of Odisha
b) Maila Anchal
c) The Dilemma
d) Chemmeen
4. How does Raja Rao’s ‘Kanthanpura’ reflect the Gandhian Concerns?
5. What are the different elements that influence folk, popular and film and make them a part of our culture?
6. Discuss Girish Karnad’s engagements with myth, history and folktale.