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IGNOU MFC-06 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
1. Explain ‘Çultural Milieu’ in the context of emergent contemporary trends of Folk literature.
2. What are the broad genres in folklore? What are he literary theories that you may apply for the interpretation of folk literature?
3. Write a critical note on the relationship between folklore and other allied disciplines.
4. How did the rise of romanticism and nationalism influence the development of folklore as a mainstream discourse in Indian universities? Explain with examples.
5. What do you understand by textual and non-textual orality in Indian folk tradition? What is oral-written continuum?
6. Write short notes on the following:
a) Indian tribal poetry
b) Scripto-centric Phono-centric and Body-centric approaches to folklore