New IGNOU MEG-16 Help Book Indian Folk Literature in English Translation in English – MA English Latest Edition Guide and Study Material.

Block 1 – Folk Literature and Language: Research and Pedagogy
An Introduction to Folklore
Thematic & Narrative Concerns of Indian Folk Literature
Indian Folklore: Forms, Patterns and Variations
Theoretical Approaches to Folklore

Block 2 – Identity and Hybridity: Kshetra and Desha
Folk Language as a Repository of Culture
Folklore as an Expression of Existence
Folk Paintings: Visual Narratives

Block 3 – Folk Literature: Sources, Characteristics, Classifications and Functions
Folk Narrative Poems and Folk Songs
Myths, Legends and Tales
Proverbs, Riddles and Speech
Archiving and Documentation
Adaptation and Interpretation of Folk Literature in Modern Times

Block 4 – Folktales of India: Motifs, Modes and Mores
Folktales from India by A.K. Ramanujan
When the World was Young by Verrier Elwin
Myths of Middle India by Verrier Elwin
Manoj Das’s Tales Told by Mystics and The Lady Who Died One and A Half Times and Other Fantasies
The Legends of Pensam by Mamang Dai

Block 5 – Folk Poetry
Oral Epics in India by Stuart H. Blackburn
The Awakened Wind: The Oral Poetry of the Indian Tribes by Sitakant Mahapatra
Ramayana in Modern South India Ed. Paula Richman

Block 6 – Folk in Contemporary Indian Fiction
Pather Panchali by Bibhuti Bhusan Bandopadhyay
The Folk Culture of Odisha: Gopinath Mohanty’s Paraja
Maila Anchal by Phanishwar Nath Renu
The Dilemma by Vijaydan Detha
Chemmeen by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
Kanthapura by Raja Rao

Block 7 – Folk Theatre
Appropriation of Folk in Indian Theatre: Jatra, Kathakali, Tamasha, Nautanki and Pala
Folk, Popular and Film
Girish Karnad’s Hayavadana and Naga-Mandala
Habib Tanvir’s Charandas Chor