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. Explain the transformation of traditions from oral to written and vice versa in India.
OR
Attempt a critical essay on genre classification in historical perspective.

2. Discuss the influence of folklore on documentaries, films, radio and advertisements.
OR
Translation between major' and languages involve both written and oral narratives -discuss.

3. What do you understand by the concept 'Tribe -Caste -Continuum'? What are the various theories associated with it?
OR
What are the different dynamics of tribal identity and transformation? Examine with a case study from the 'Bhil tribe.

4. Attempt a critical essay on the 'literature of nationalism' in relation to the use of folklore in modern Indian narratives.
OR
What important role does folklore play in tribal and dalit literatures?

5. Write short notes on any four of the following:

Non translatability of folklore

Genre transformations

Folk in world literature

Folklore and Indian T.V.

Images of women in folklore

Urban folk forms


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