Exam Details

Subject Cultural And Societal Transformation
Paper
Exam / Course Post Graduate Diploma in Folklore and Culture Studies
Department School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date June, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

No. of Printed Pages: 2 IMFC-0031
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN FOLKLORE
AND CULTURE STUDIES
Term-End Examination

June, 2016
MFC-003 :CULTURAL AND SOCIETAL
TRANSFORMATION

Time 3 hours Maximum Marks: 100
Note: All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks, unless otherwise instructed.

1. 'People's memory and not a text is the repository of folktales' -discuss in relation to the orality of folklore.

OR

What are the non-verbal folk forms Evaluate with examples.

2. What are the problems of representation of folk forms in novels and short stories

OR

What are the problems of representation in the translation of literature from one language into another?

3. What are the relationships between tribes and castes? Do they have anything to do with 'Varnas' and

OR

What is the relationship between gender and folklore? How does it affect the prescribed images of men and women in a given society

4. Problematize the classification of and 'modern' in literature.

OR

Attempt a critical essay on the nature, concept and function of in modem Indian literature.

5. Write short notes on any two of the following: 10x2=20

Folk representations by dalits and tribals

Great -Little Traditions

Translation and the politics of language

Oral-written continuum


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Cultural And Societal Transformation
  • Folklore And Culture, Conceptual Perspectives
  • Tradition, Identity And Cultural Production
  • Tribes Of India, Identity, Culture And Lore