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 December, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. What are folktales and myths Bring out the thin line of distinction between the two vis-a-vis their orality.
OR
What are the non-verbal folk forms or narratives? How do they affect a society What are their influences?

2. Attempt a critical essay on translation as a modern phenomenon. What are the roles of translation in the preservation of folk literature?
OR
What are your views about the problems of representation in translation of literature from one language to another?

3. Critically analyse the concepts that help us to understand tribes and castes.
OR
"In the tribe system, there is the notion of equality while the caste system represents the notion of inequality." Do you agree? Justify your point of view.

4. Discuss the problems of classification of and 'modern' in literature.
OR
Attempt a critical essay on folk and pre-modern written narratives in the literatures of the world.

5. Write short notes on any two of the following

Folk Representations by/of Dalits and Tribals

Tribal Identity and Transformation

Sanskritisation

Great-Little Traditions


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