LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
FIFTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2006
EL 5401 - INDIAN FOLKLORE
(Also equivalent to ENG 401)
Date & Time : 29-04-2006/AFTERNOON Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
I. Answer briefly in 50 words any FIVE of the following oral genres:1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
( 5 x 4 = 20 Marks)
Riddle
Ballad
Sarcasm
Gombira
Myth
Motif
Lullaby
Tamasha
II. Answer in 150 words any FOUR of the following :-
( 4 x 10 = 40 Marks)
9
The salient features of Yakshagana.
10
Therukoothu in village context is becoming unpopular. List out reasons.
11
Silambattam is the foremost defensive sport-substantiate.
12
Temple festivals without Karagattam is unimaginable – Do you agree?
13
The reports and superstitious beliefs relating to the ‘birth of children’.
14. Folklore is orally transmitted, but not all that is orally transmitted qualifies to become
folklore-substantiate.
III. Attempt essays on any TWO in 300 words each:-
( 2 x 20 = 40 Marks )
14
Sensitize people on the menace of Western arts and defend the prospects of folk
studies with your suggestions.
15
Attempt an essay on VILLUPATTU
Communities.
16
Build a conversation with any popular artist of folk performances and clarify the
futurology of folklore in the crippling web-world.
and its prominence in the South Indian
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