IGNOU MEG-16
- Indian Folk Literature in English Translation,
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MEG-16 English Topics Covered

Block 1 - Folk Literature and Language: Research and Pedagogy

• Unit 1 - An Introduction to Folklore
• Unit 2 - Thematic & Narrative Concerns of Indian Folk Literature
• Unit 3 - Indian Folklore: Forms, Patterns and Variations
• Unit 4 - Theoretical Approaches to Folklore

Block 2 - Identity and Hybridity: Kshetra and Desha

• Unit 1 - Folk Language as a Repository of Culture
• Unit 2 - Folklore as an Expression of Existence
• Unit 3 - Folk Paintings: Visual Narratives

Block 3 - Folk Literature: Sources, Characteristics, Classifications and Functions

• Unit 1 - Folk Narrative Poems and Folk Songs
• Unit 2 - Myths, Legends and Tales
• Unit 3 - Proverbs, Riddles and Speech
• Unit 4 - Archiving and Documentation
• Unit 5 - Adaptation and Interpretation of Folk Literature in Modern Times

Block 4 - Folktales of India: Motifs, Modes and Mores

• Unit 1 - Folktales from India by A.K. Ramanujan
• Unit 2 - When the World was Young by Verrier Elwin
• Unit 3 - Myths of Middle India by Verrier Elwin
• Unit 4 - Manoj Das's Tales Told by Mystics and The Lady Who Died One and A Half Times and Other Fantasies
• Unit 5 - The Legends of Pensam by Mamang Dai

Block 5 - Folk Poetry

• Unit 1 - Oral Epics in India by Stuart H. Blackburn
• Unit 2 - The Awakened Wind: The Oral Poetry of the Indian Tribes by Sitakant Mahapatra
• Unit 3 - Ramayana in Modern South India Ed. Paula Richman

Block 6 - Folk in Contemporary Indian Fiction

• Unit 1 - Pather Panchali by Bibhuti Bhusan Bandopadhyay
• Unit 2 - The Folk Culture of Odisha: Gopinath Mohanty's Paraja
• Unit 3 - Maila Anchal by Phanishwar Nath Renu
• Unit 4 - The Dilemma by Vijaydan Detha
• Unit 5 - Chemmeen by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
• Unit 6 - Kanthapura by Raja Rao

Block 7 - Folk Theatre

• Unit 1 - Appropriation of Folk in Indian Theatre: Jatra, Kathakali, Tamasha, Nautanki and Pala
• Unit 2 - Folk, Popular and Film
• Unit 3 - Girish Karnad’s Hayavadana and Naga-Mandala
• Unit 4 - Habib Tanvir’s Charandas Chor

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