MFC-001 Course Title : Folklore and Culture: Conceptual Perspectives (2022-23) ENGLISH

MFC-001 FOLKLORE AND CULTURE: CONCEPTUAL PERSPECTIVES
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MFC-001
Course Title : Folklore and Culture: Conceptual Perspectives
Assignment Code : MFC-001/TMA-01/2022-23
Coverage : All Blocks
Maximum Marks 100
Attempt any five questions. All questions carry equal marks. (20×5)
1. Discuss the roles of Grimms Brothers in the introduction of folklore in research
and pedagogy. (20)
2. What is the structural approach to the study of folklore? (20)
3. Why do you think that classical, folk and popular cultures are closely
interrelated? (20)
4. What is the Diffusionalists’ School of Thought? What is Culture and Marxist
Thought? (20)
5. Discuss ‘folk forms as protest’ with special reference to Folk Ballads. (20)
6. Do you agree that multilingualism leads to the death of one’s own language?
Justify your hypothesis. (20)