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(Abstract)M.A Folklore - Syllabus - Choice Based Credit Semester System - implemented - Ordersissued.
GENERAL AND ACADEMIC BRANCH _ I 'B' SECTIONNo.GAI/'B 1.5756199 Dated, calicut University p.o,5ll/2009.
Read: I. U.O.No.GAUJlll373l08dated tl7l200B.2- Minutes of the meeting of the Board of Studies in Folklore held on 2417l2OOg (Item
No.l).3. Minutes of the meeting of the Faculty of Humanities held onBlg/20A8 (tem No.5)4- Minutes of the meeting of the Academic Council held on TllOl2OOB (Item
No.IIC(12).
ORDERl. Vide University Order read first above, orders were issued implementing the Choice
based Credit Semester System in the Teaching Departments/School of the UniverJity from theacademic year 2008-09 onwards.
2. The Board of Studies in Folklore at its meeting held on241712008 resolved to acceptthe syllabus of MA Folklore prepared by the Department Council of Centre for FolkloieStudies.
3. The minutes of the meeting of the Board of Studies in Folklore held on Z4lO7/2OOgwas approved by the Faculty of Humanities and Academic Council vide papers read third andfourth above.
4. Sanction has therefore been accorded for implementing the syllabus of MA Folklore-'-.' (Choice Based Credit Semester System) in the University Gntre with effect from 200g
admission ownwards.
5. Orders are iss6d accordingly.
6. The Syllabus is appended herewith.
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UNIVERSITY OF CALICUTI CENTRE FOR FOLKLORE STUDIES
The Centre for Folklore Studies is one of Statutory Departments of University ofCalicut, established in the year 1999. The Department is functioning in the VatakaraCampus at Puthuppanam, 3 Km. away from Vatakara town towards South and veryl nearto NH-17. It is the only Folklore Department in Kerala and within this short span oftime, the Centre could develop a digital folklore archive and a good library. The Centreentered into Memorandum of Understanding with Folklore Fellows of Malabar (Trust)and Centre for Development of Image Technology (C DIT), Govemment of Kerala andtherefore students are getting excellent training in Folk Medicine and Visual Mediarespectively. To impart training to school children in Folk arts and folk songs, organizing
_ _ Traditional Massage Camp and creating awarenesslryfulk Medicine through work-shopsand Camps are some of the extension work by the Department.
Within years, 22 Nets and 4 JRF have been secured by the students of theDepartment. Few of the students got placement in Education Department,rArchaeologyDepartment and Press. Some others are working in different Departmental projects.
Course OfferedM.A. FolkloreM.Phil in FolklorePh.D. in Folklore
M.A. in FolkloreChoice based credit semester system (2 years - 4 Semester)
Eligibility:Any graduation recognized by UGC/Calicut University with a minimum of 45o/o r
marks. Those who are having Post-Graduation are also eligible for admission.
Admission:Admission is based on an entrance test conducted by the Academic Committee.
FacultiesProfessor (Dr. Raghavan Payyanad) - ILecturer (Dr. E.K. Govindavarma Raja) IGuest Lecturers :
(Jisha C.K., Sineesh Velikkuni)
Course
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Credit Details
SI
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RequiredMinimum credits- 48
DefinitionsFTIETlL,P I
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FT1FT2FT3FT4FT5FT6FT7FT8FT9FT 10
FT I1FT 12
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Core TheorY Course - I
Elective TheorY - 1
Elective Practical - l
Project work - I
Introduction to Fol kl ore
Kerala FolkFolklore Genres
Kerala FolkloreFolklore Theories I
Folklore Theories IIField MethodologY and Archiving
Dissemination of FolkloreDynamics of FolkloreFolklore and Current Trends
Folklore in the Changing World
Indi genous Knowledge and Technolog-v
Folklore and MediaFolklore and Tourism
Folk MedicineIntroduction to Mass Communication
Still PhotograPhY
Introduction to Computers and Text based applications
Fundamentalof TourismKalari an IntroductionReporting and EditingBasics of VideograPhY
Data Base Design and Internet Applications
Folklore Tourism and ldentitY
Kalari Medical Treatment
Reporting - PracticalEditing - Practical
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: Photography, - PracticalVideography - PracticalData CollectionComputer LaboratoriesTraining - Tourism ManagementTraining - GuidanceTraining in MassagingTraining in Kalari Treatmer,tProiect Work
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CENTRE FOR FOLKLORE STUDIES"IJNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
MA (FOLKLORE)
( 2 Year - 4 Semester Course )
Choice Based Credit System
I SEMESTER
FT 1: INTRODUCTION TO FOLKLORE (4 credits)t6
Unit 1: lntroduction to FolklorePopular antiquities - coinage of the word Folklore - different terms - definition of Folklore- Folklore matters - Richard M. Dorson & Alan Dundes - shift from 'lore' to folk - DanBen Amos's definition - Folklore is the study of the lore of the oppressed and otherissues - change in the definition of folk-rural/peasant.later shifted to non urban, pre-' industrlal - Any group which share a common trait.
Unit 2: Nature and Scope of FolkloreRural-illiterate - Traditional - anonymous - inherited - even urban and industrialcommunity which has some expressive tradition - in a folk their tradition also is folklore -orality to literacy and vice-versa. Major concern of Folkloristics at present is not confinedto 'lore' in the genric form but, to see the genric continuum, the expressive behaviour offolk which identify them to a group.
Unit 3: Folklore Study: European perspective and American perspectiveWells Newel, Archer Tylor, Stith Thompson, Dorson, Dan Ben-Amos, Dundes, RichardBauman, Goldstien, Roger Abraham etc. Germany, Finland, Russia.
Unit 4: frSiflore Research in the East ''Far east - Japan and China, South East Asia, Bali, Thailand, lndonesia and Malaysia,lndia, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Pre-colonial, Colonial and Post Colonial.
Unit 5: Folklore Research in KeralaFolkore collection, Research, Publications and Activities
Selected Readings:1. Ben -Amos, Dan, 1982: "Towards a Definition of Folklore" in Fotklore rn Contexf, New
Delhi: South Asian Publishers.2. (Ed.)1976: Folklbre Genres, Austin: University of Texas press.3. Carvalo - Neto, Paulode 1971: The Concept of Folklore (Translation), Florida: University
of Miami Press.4. Clarke,Kenneth&MaryClarkeW, 1963: lntroductingFolktore, NewYork: Rineheart&
Winston.5. Cochiara, Giuseppe, 1971 The history of Folklore in Europe, Philadelphia: lnstitute of the
study of human issues.' 6. Dorson, Richard M.1972', Folklore and Folk /ife, Chicago: Chicago Universrty Press7. - 1973. Folklore Research Around the world, New York: Kennikat Press8 Dundes, Alan (Ed.), 1965: Ihe Study of Folklore. Prentice Hall.9. - 1978: Essays in Folkloristics, Meerut Folklore lnsitute.
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Handoo Jawaharlal, 1989. Folklore - An tntroduction Mysore: central lnstitute #noianLanguages
fglamaY.r.=Tul,'1P85: 'Folklore the pulse of the people'in The Context of tndic Folktore,New Delhi, Conceipt Publishing Co.Payyanad, Raghavan, 1997 Folklore (3'd Ed.) Trivandrum: State lnstitute of Languages_--------- (Ed.) 1999: tdeotogy, politics afi Folklore, payyannur. FFM publicationPardes, A & Dan Ben - Amos (Ed) 1972: Towards a New ierspective in Folklore, Austin:University Texas PressRamanujam, A.K., 1987:"The Relevance of South Asian Folklore" in lndian Folklore - 11,Mysore: Central lnstitute of lndian Languages.Toelken, Bare 1929 The Dynamics of roHore, Boston: Houghton Mifflin co.
FT ll: KERALA FOLK (4 Credits)
Unit 1: Kerala Folk in a Historical perspectiveAs a continuation of Sangham Tradition - Natives and migrated groups Keralolpatti andKerala folk - Kerala Folk through ages - what happened to the KJrata Folk through agests themain con@m of this unit.
Unit 2: Geographical features and cultural landscapeCoastal , plane and mountain - Distribution of roti in these area. Malabar, Cochin andTravancore - general features of these folks.
Unit 3: Linguistic GroupsBi-lingual and multi-lingual groups - Tulu, Kannada and Malayalam speaking - Tualunadarea - Tamil and Malayalam speaking, Palghat and Trivandrum area -
-Konkani andMalayalam speaking area.
Unit 4: Gaste, Tribe and Religious GroupsDifferent castes in Kerala - Different tribes in Kerala - Different religious groups inKerala.
Unit 5: lssues related to identities of Kerala FotkDiversified identities and common identities - impact of globalization and consumerismon Folk identities - Unification process in diversified religious identities and otheridentities.
Selected Readings:1. Bhaskaranunni, P, 1988: Pathombatham Nooftandile Keralam, Thrissur: Kerala Sahithya
Academy.2. Fawcet, F, 1990: Nayars of Malabar, (Reprint), Madras: Asian Educational Services..3. Gopalan Nair, C, 1911: Malabar Series - Wynad: lt's People and Traditions,Madras.4. Gopla Paniker, T, 1900: Matabar and its Foik, Madras.9 Logan, William, MCS, 1981 : Malabar Vol. l, Triandrum, Charithram publications6. Sankaran Namboothiripad, E.M.,1969: Keratam Malayalikalute Mathrubhoomi, Thrissur:
Current Books.7. Seydu Muhammed, P.A, 1961: Kerala Mustim Chaithram,Thrissur: Current Books.8. Sreedhara Menon, A, 1979: Socra/ and Cultural History of Kerala, New Delhi Sterling
Publishers.
9- Thurston, Edgar 1909: casfe s and ribes of southern tndia, z Vol. Madras.10. -------------- 1906: EthnographicNofes in South/ndra, Madras.
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CFT lll: FOLKLORE GENRES (4 Credits)
Unit 1: Concept of GenreCorrcept of Genre - deciding factors of genre - Form, Content, Function Perforraer etc -Dynamics of Folklore and Generic change - Native category
Unit 2: Verbal Folklore - 1: Prose Narratives and Linguistic formsDefiniticrns and major studies on Myth, Legend, Folktale, Prcverb Riddle, Folk speechetc ,
Unit 3: Verbal Folklore - 2: Folksongs, Narratives in VerseDefiniticrn and major studies on Folksong Ballad, Epic, Children Rhyme etc ,
Unit 4: Non-ve'rbal FolkloreDefinitic,ns and major studies on Festivals, Folk performances - Ritual performances, Ai-t
performances, Folk games, Folk dance, Folk drama etc. - Beliefs and Customs.
Unit 5: Material CultureDefiniticns and major studies on Utensils and other home appliances, agi-icultural
implements, Architecture etc.,
Selected Readings:1. Abrahams, Roger D., 1968: A Rhetoric of Everyday Life: Traditional Conversational
Genres, South Folklore Quarterly,32. 44 - 59- 1972: Proverbs and Proverbial Expressions, ln Dorson, (Ed), 1972.
117 - 127 .
- & Alan Dundes, Rrddles, 1972- in Dorson (Ed) 1972: 129 - 143.
Bausinger, Hermann, 1990. Folk Cutture in a Wodd of Technology, Translated by, Elke
Dettmer, Bloomington and lndianapolis, lndiana Universi$ Press.Belden, Henry M, tgt 1: The Relation of Balladry to Folklore, Journal of American
Folklore, 24.1 - 13.6. Ben-Amos Dan, (Ed) 1981. Folklore Genres, Austin, University of Texas Press.
7. Blackburn, Stuart H, and Ramanujan A.K., (Ed): 1986: Another Harmony - New Essays
on the Folklore of lndiagpxford University Press. -<8. Boatright, Mody C, 1958: The Family Saga as a Form of Folklore. ln The Family Saga
and Other Phases of American Folklore, by Mody C, Boatight, Robert B. Brown, and
John T. Flanagan, pp 1 - 19, Urbana: University of lllinois Press.g. Bricker, Victoria R, 1973: Three Genres of Tzotzil lnsults. ln Edmonson, (Ed), 1973: 183
-203.10. Briggs Charles, L, and Bauman, Richard, 1992: Genre, lntertextuality and Social Power,
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, (2(2), 131 - 172).
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11. Christiansen, Reidar Th., 1955. Myth, Metaphor, and Simile, Journal
Folklore, 68: 417 - 427 (Reprinted in Sebeok, (Ed)' 1955: 39 - 49'
12. Colie, Rosalie L, 1973: The Resources of Kind: Genre-Theory in the
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press'13. Fine, Eiizabeth C, 1984: The Folklore Text from Peiormance to Print
lndiana University Press.
of American
Renalssance,
Bloomington,
14. Hamnett, Lan, 1967: Ambiguity, Classification and Change: The Function of Riddles, Man
1:379 -392.15. Honko Lauri, 1967: Genre Analysis in Folkloristics and Comparative Religion, Temenos
3, 48 - 66.- 1984: The Problem of Defining Myth. in Dundes 1984'.41 - 5?'- 1989d: Folklore Theories of Genre in Siikala, 1989: 13 - 28'- & Handoo, Jawaharlal & Foley, John Miles (Eds) '1998. The Epic: Oral and
Written. Mysore: Central lnstitute of lndian Languages.Jason, t-leda, 1973: The Genre in Oral Literature: An Attempt at lnterpretation, femenos9: 156 - 160
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20 Org, Walter J 1982. Orality and Literacy, The Technologizing of the Word, Lor .:n &New York. Methuen
21 Richman, Paula @;, 1991'. Many Ramayanas. The Diversity of a Narrative Tradition inSouth Asia, Berkeley & Los Angeles & Oxford: University of California Press
22 Tallman, Richard S, 1974: A Generic Approach to the Practical Joke, South FolkloreQuafterly,38: 259 -274.
23. Taylor, Archer, 1931a: The Proverb, Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press,
[Reprinted with "An lndex to the Proverb," Hatboro, Pa.. Folklore Associates, 1962].24. Thompson, Stith, 1946'. The Folktale, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
FT lV: KERALA FOLKLORE (4 Credits)
Unit 1: lntroduction to Kerala FolkloreMajor Native Genres - Nature - Characteristics - Function etc.,
Unit 2: Verbal lore-l: Prose Narratives and Linguistic formsMyth, Legend, Folk tale, Proverb, Riddle, Folk speech, Major native genres available inthese categories, their contexts and texts- Tribal/rural/urban and Region representationsha*l be observed. r
Unit 3: Verbal lore-2: Folksongs and Narratives in VerseFolk song, Ballad, Epic, Children rhyme etc. Major native genres are to be introduced
Unit 4: Non-verbal FolkloreFolk performances - Rituat performances, Art performances, Customary act, Folk games,Folk dance, Folk drama, Folk medining, Omen and Evil eye etc. Major Native Genres areto be inkodticed Beliefs and Customs.
Unit 5: Material GultureUtensils and other home appliances, agricultural implements, measurements, buildingstructures etc. Folk technology etc.
Selected Readings:1 . . Achutha Menon, Chelanatt 1956: Bal/ads of North Malabar, Madras, Madras University.2. - 1959: Kenlathile Kaleeseva, Madras: Madras University.3. Choondal, Chummar 1978: Sfudies in Kenla Folklore, Trivandrum: College Books
House.-,/i 4. 1988: Christian.Folklore, TrichprKerala Folklore Academy.
5. Karasseri, M.N. 1989. Mahakavi Moikutty Vydiar Anusmarana Pnbandhangal,-- Malappuram, Yuvakalasahithi.
6. Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy 1978: Folk Art Directory, Thrichur: Kerala SangeethaN-ataka Academy.
7. Nair, S.K., 1989. Keralathile Natoti NatakangalMadara: Madras Univerisity.8. Nambiar, A.K. 1989: Keralathile NadaikalaRal, Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka
Sahakarana Sankham.9. Payyanad, raghavan (Ed), 1997: Kerala Folklore, Payyannur: FFM Publicatiions.10. ----:----- 1999: ldeology, Politics & Folklore, Payyannr;r: FFM Publications1 1. Raghavan, MD, 1947: Folk plays and Dances of Kerala, Trichur.12. Surendranath, lry., Sivakumar V.P., & Gopalakrishnan Perumpuzha 1988: Kerala
Kalagramam (Grameena Kala Padhanam) Trivandrum Kerala Kalagramam.13. Vishnu Nambuthiri M.V. 1981 Natotivijnaneeyathinoru Mukhavura, Kottayam: Sahitya
Pravarthaka Sahakarand Sangham.14. ------------- 1989: Folklore Nighandu, Trivandrum: State lnstitute of Languages.'15. ------------ 1996: Natotiviinaneeyam Koftayam: DC Books.
Magazine
1. Rajagopalan, C.R. (G.Ed.) 1995-1999. Keraleeyathaute Natarivu, issue 1-10 Trichur,' Nattarivu Padhana Kendram.
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CENTRE FOR FOLKLORE STUDIESUNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
M.A. (FOLKLORE)
(2 Year - 4 Semester Course )Choice Based Credit System
II SEMESTER
FT V: FOLKLORE THEORIES - 1(4 Credits)
Unit 1: Evolution TheoriesCultural evolution - Myth r-itual theory - Comparative Mythology - examples from Keialafolklore.
Unit 2: Devolution & Diffusion theoriesSolar mylhology and Maxian theory. Mono genesis and Poly genesis - lndianistic theory- Finnish method. Examples may be cited from Kerala Folklore as far as possible
Unit 3: Functional theoryFunctionalism by Malinowsky - Structural Functionalism by Radciiffe Brown - Functionalthoughts in Folklore - William Bascom and Clifford Geertz Examples may be cited fromKerala Folklore
Unit 4: Psychoanalytical theoryBasics of Freudian and Jungian theories - Application of Psycho-analysis and analyticaipsychology by Earnest Jones and Alan Dundes - A K.Ramanujam on lndian data.Application of these theories on Kerala Folklore
Unit 5: Contextualtheory & Genre theoryFrom Malinowsky to Dan Ben Amos. Thoughts of Roger Abraham anC A.K. Ramanulam- Contextual theory in Kerala context. What is genre? - context and genre - Ethniccategory and analytical category.
Selected Readings:1. Abraham, Karl, 1948: Selected Papers on Psycho Analysis, London: Emerson Press2. Arinowitz, Stanley, '1981: The Crisis in Histoical Materialism. C/ass, Politics and Culture
in Marxist Theory, New York: Praegu.3. Ben-Amos, Dan 1982: Folklore in context, New Delhi: South Asian Publishers.4. 1993:'Context in Context" in Westem Folklore 52 PP 209-2265. Blackburn H, Stuart & Ramanijam A. K. 1986. Another Harmony: New essays and the
folklore of tndia, Berkeley: University of California Press.6. Boas, Franz 1896: "The Growth of lndian Mythologies" in Journal of American Folklore,
Vol,9: PP109-1347 . Brunvand Jan 1978: The Study of American Folklore - An lntroducfron, New York
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8 Burns, Tomas R,efint "Folkloristics: A conception of theory" in Western FotklorexxxvlNo.2 PP109-134
9. Claus, Peter, J and Frank J. Korom 1991: Folklorisflcs and tndian Fotklore. Udupi,Regional Resources Centre.
10. Dorson, Richard M (Ed) 1972: Fotklore and Folklife. and lntroduction Chicago: Universityof Chicago Press.
11 Dundes, Alan 1964.'Text, Texture and Context" in Southern Folktore euarterly Vol.2gPP 251-265.
12- ---'--------- (Ed) 1965. The Study of Fotklore, Englewood Cliffs N J Prentice Hal
13. --------- 19!s. AnaryticatEssays in Forktore, The Hangue Mouton.14- ----------- 1978 Essays in Folktoristics Eaglewood Clif,r; N J., printice Hall15. --------- 1978: Essays in Fotkroistics, Meerut: Forkrore rnstitute.'16. ---------------- i987: Cracking Jokes, California Ten speed press.17. ------------ 1988: sacred Namtives, Reading on the Theory of Myth, Berkeley;
University of Califomia press.18 Freud, Sigmund, 1935: A General lntroduction to psycho-Analysis, New york:
Washington Square press.19. ------- 1949: Anatysis (Trans) London: The Hogarth press.20.' ------ 1956' V [rans), London:?The Hogarth Fr"ir]21- Freud, Sigmund & DE Oppenheim 1958.'Dreams in Fotklore, New york: tnternational
University Press.22' Fromm, Erich 1951: The Forgotten Language'. An lntroduction to the understanding of
Dreams, Fairy tales and Myths, New york. Giove press inc23. Handoo, Jawaharlal 1978. Current Trends in Fotklore, Mysore: lnstitute of Kannada
Studies.24- Hams, Marvin 1968: The Rise of Anthropologicalrheory, New york.25. James Frederic 1971'. Marxism and Form: Twentieti Century Diatecticat Theories of
Lite ratu re, N. J. princeton.26. Jung, Cal Gustar, 1959: The Archetypes and Cottective Unconscious, New york:
Boilington FouMation inc.27. ----- 1953: The Cotlected works of cG Jung vol.z (Trans): Roughledge & Kegan
Paul.28. Krohn, Karle 1977: Folktore Methodology (Trans)Austin: The University of Texas press. e29. Kardinar, Abraham 1939. 'The lndivid-ual end His Society' in the piycho oyiamics ofPimitive socrb/ organisation New york: columbia Univeriity press.30. Legman, G 1975: Rationales of Dirty Jokes, Anatysis of Sexuat Humours. New york,
Breaking Point.31 --------- 1978: No Laughing Matter. An analysis of Sexual Humour, Vol. 1 & 2
Bloomington : lndiana U niversity32 Lowie, Robert H, 1936: The History of Ethnological theory, New york: Holf Rinehart
Winsten.33. Malinowski, Bronislaw A 1944: A Scientrfic Theory of Culture and other Essays,
California: University of North Califomia press.34. Morgan, Litt, 1997; Antcient Society, Newyork.35. Prichard, Evans EE, 1965: Religion, Oxford University press.36. Radclifie-Brown,.A.R. tgSZ unctiin in pimitive Society, London: Cohen
& Wert.37. shebeok, Thomas- 1972: Myth: A symposium: lndiana University press.38. Thompson, Stith, 1977. The Folktale. Berkeley: University of California press.39. Tylor, E.8.1874: Primitive Culture, USA: Chicago press.40' Ziper, Jack 1979: lreakino the Magic spelt. Radicat Theoies of Folk and Fairy Tates,
Austin: University of Texas press.41. Ben-Amos, Dan 1976. Folktore Genres, Austin: University of rexas press.42. Honko, Lauri, 1989 Folktoistic Theories of Genre, Hetsinki; Studia Fennica
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FT Vl : FOLKLORE THEORIES - 2 (4 Credits)
Unit 1: Oral Formulaic tf6.VOral composition of oral epic - Millman Parry & Albert B Lord. Composition techniquesand use of Formula - Manipulation of Formula system -Scene building technique -Learning the themes - Critical reactions, Multiforms (Lauri Ho.nko)- Application of oralFormulaic theory on Vadakkan Pattukal.
Unit 2: Syntagmatic StructureSynchronic / Diachronic.Syntagmatic I Paradigmatic.Langue / Parole.Competence /Performance. Distinctive features etc. - Syntagmatic structuralism - Propp -Formalism -Morphology of the Folk tale - Dramatic personae - Function - Move - Syntagmaticstructuralism - Dundes's model - Claude Bremond model - analysis of a Malayalam tale.
Unit 3: Paradigmatic structureLevi-Straussian model. Binary opposition, myth, mytheme - Analysis of a myth fromKerala, prefereably local myth.
Unit 4: Elements of SemioUcsMotivation - Semiosis and meanilg - connotation and denotation etc. Give a semioticanalysis of a Folklore form of Kerala.
Unit 5: Performance theoryDefinition and characteristics of performance - performer and audience - per,rormanceconfiguration - performance context and text - Elements of performance - verbalelements - speech, dialogue, songs, narratives etc. - non- verbal elements mime andother elements i.e , space, posture, face, movement, para-language, eye, silence,Perceptual feature (artifacts), gesture, instrumentalmusic, and oral performance- culturalperformance and ritual performance.
Selected Readings:1 Barthes. Roland 1973. Mythologies (Trans) London. Paladin2 --------------- '1981. Theory of the Text in Untying the text3 Beck, Brenda E F'1982: The Three Twins: The Telling of a South lnclia Epic,
Bloomington4 Claude, Bremond 1977. "The morphology of the French fairy tale. the ethical model" in
Keda & DimitriSegal(Eds ) Patterns in Oral Literature, The Hague. Morton Pubiications5 Claus, Peter J & Frank J Korqm (Eds). Folkloristics and lndian Folklore, Uciupi: regional
Resource Centre or Folk Performing arts6 Dundes Alan, 1964. The Morphology of Norlh American lndian Folktales, Helsinki: FF
Communications.7 ------------_-- 1975: Analytic Essays in Folklore, The Hangue, Morion.8. Eco, Urnber-to, 1984: Semiotics and :Philosophy of Language, Blcomingtcn: lndiana
University Pres.9. Edmunds, Lowell and Alan Dundes, (Eds) 1983. Oedipus. A Folktcre Case Book, New
York. Garland publishing inc10. Foley Jr:hn Mills, 1985: Oral Formulaic Theory and Research: An introduction and
Annotated BiblioEraphy, New York: Garland.Gilt, H.S , 1989: Abetardian Semiofics and Other Essays, New Delhi. Bahri Publication.Handoo, Jawahadal 1979: Current Trends in lndian Folkloristics, Mysore: lnstitute ofKannada Studies, Mysore tJniversityKongas, Elli and Pierre Maranda 1962. Structural Models in Folklore, Midwest FolkloreLevi-Strauss, Claude, 1963: Sfructural Anthropology, New York: Basic Books.Lord, Albert B & Pierre M, 1953: The Singerof theTale, Cambridge. Harvard UniversityPress.
16- Maranda, Piene and Ellikkongas Maranda, 1971: The Structural Models in Folklore andTransformational Essays, Morton: The Hague.
17. Propp, Vladmir, 1982. The Morphology of the Folktale, London. University of TexasPress.
18. RaghavaWarrier, M R, 1982: Vadakkan Pattinte Paniyala, Sukpuram. Dakshina Books.
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19' Saussure. Ferdinand De 1974 Course in General Linguistics, London Foniana I _rdernMasters_
20. Bauman, Richard.61977. verbar Art as peiormance, lilinois: wakeland press21 Blackburn, stuart Fl., 1986. Another Harmony, Delhioxford University press22 -------------- 1988: Srngrng of Bifth and beath, Texts in Performance, philadelphia,
University of Pennsylvania press.23. Turner, Victor, 1976. The RitualProcess, lthaca: New york: Council University press.
FT vl!: FIELD METHoDoLocy AND ARcHrvrNG (4 credits)
Unit 1: Folklore as field scienceFolklore as data - what is field - pre-field preparation - primary secondary andcontextual data.
Unit 2: Methods of collectionObservation method (participant method and non-participant observation)Questionnaire method - Schedules - Ethnograpfriclnethod - Dialogical method -Evaluation of these methods in the light of Kerala tolrtore data.
Unit 3: lssues in field workGender and Genre issues - Ethical issues - Copyright problems and Honoiariurns
Unit 4: Post Field workProcessing clata - Organizing and Analysrs
Unit 5: Folklore ArchivingTypes of Archiving - Methods of Archiving - Preservation and Retrieval systems -Conservation Techniques and Computer Applications.
Selected Readings:'1 Brunvand, Jan Harold, 1976. Fotktore a Study and Research Guide. New rioik StMartins Press
2. Dorson, Richard M, 1972. Folklore and Fotk Life, Chicago; Chicago Universiiy press3 Finnegan, Ruth, 1989: oral Tradition and the Verbal416, A Guide to Research practicesLondon and Newyork, Rufledge.
4 Goldstein, Kenneth, 1964. A Guide for Field Workers in Fotklore, pennsylvania TheAmerican Folklore Society
5 Hammersly, Martyn & Paul Atkinson, 1983. Ethnography principles in practice, London.Routledge
6. Jackson, Bruce, 1987: Fietd work, chicago. University of lllinois press7 Junnonaho, Martti '1989;, Video in Field Work, Nordic lnstitute cf Folklore. Newstetter,4 -1989;32 - 34.8. Lawless, Elaine J 1997: ' I was afraid of some one like you - and out Rider - would
misunderstand - Negotiating lnterpretive Dilferences iefueen Ethnographies andSubjects" in Journar of Ameican Fotktore, Vor. 205 pp 32-314.9. Lindahl, Carl, Rikoon, J Sanford and Lawless, Elaine J. 197g. A Basic Guide to Fieidwork
Folklore sfudenfs. Techniques of serection, cottection Anarysis and
10 :'€l !1!T.rH:!:.'iX;J:'tt; ,o,0,o,." Fierdwork. in the Emersence orFolklore in Everyday L/e. George H. Schoemaker (Ed.), Bloomingion: Trickster press11 Payyaaad, Raghavan, 1998. Folklorinu Oru Patanapadhathi, ihrissur, Kerala Sahitya
Academy.12 Rajarnki, Maria 1989. lntroducing Collacard, Nordic Insiituie of Folkiore l.,lewsletter.
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FT Vlll : DISSEMINATION OF FOLKLORE (4 Credits)
Unit 1: Definition and ni6aningWhat is Dissemination? - (Dissemination among the public, dissemination among theacademics). Aims and objectives of dissemination -Make aware the folk about their ownfolklore - lntroduce folklore of a particular group to other groups - Create resistanceamong the folk against any kind of invasion - promote sustainable development. Makeaware of the public as well as the academics about the relevdnce of Folkloristics -Dissemination of Folklore - Disseminate folklore incorporating the needs of the hour -Dissemination of Folkloristics - Academic curriculum, through different media
Unit 2: Process of disseminationSecond life of folklore - Lauri Honkos' concept - Folklorism -'applied folklore' v/s folkloreand folklorism.
Unit 3: Means of disseminationFestive context - Social activism - Political context - Academic context - Mass mediacontext.
Unit 4: lssues in disseminationc
Ethnical - copyright - representation of power, politics and identity.
Unit 5: Kerala folklore Dissemination ProcessDiscuss the state of dissemination in the light of the above given four units
Selected Readings:1. Barker, Chris, 2004. Cultural Sfadies Theory and Practice, London, Thousand Oaks, New
Delhi, Sage Publications.2. Bausinger, Hermann, 1990'. Folk Culture in a World of Technology, Translated by, Elke
Dettmer, Bloomington and lndianapolis, lndiana University Press.3. Chinnappa Gowda K, 2005: The Mas and The Message, Mangalagangothri,
Madipuprakashana Publications.4. Muthukumaraswamy, MD, 2OO2'. Voicing Folklore, Carrers, Concerns and /ssues, A
Collection of lnterviews, Chennai, National Folklore Support Centre.5. Org, Walter J, 1982. Orality and Literacy, The Technologizing of the Word, London &
New York: Methuen.., 6. Richman, Paula (Ed), 1991'. Many Ramayanas. ThsDiversity of a Narrative Tradition in
South Asia, Berkeley & Los Angeles & Oxford: University of California Press.7. Tarkka, Lotte 1996: Transformations of Epic Time and Space: Creating the World's
Creation in Kalevala-metric Poetry, OralTradition 111 1: 50 - 84.8. Tol[en, Barre, 1979. Dynamics of F_olklore, Boston, Houghton Milffli5r Co.
ET l: FOLKLORE AND MEDIA (4 Credits)
Unit 1: lntroduction to Communications:Definition's - features - characteristics of media - temporal and special communication -media theories general introduction. Authoritarian theory - Free press theory - Socialresponsibility theory, Sovigt media thebry - Development media theory - Democratic -participant media theory. Democratization of communication: Barriers of deocratisation -Breaks in the barriers - critical awareness - the right to communicate.
Unit 2: Print Medialntroduction to Print Media - reporting, editing and publishing - issues in print media -Folkloric Journalism and its relevance
Unit 3: AudioA/isual Medialntroduction to AudioA/isual Media - Radio/TV-Cinema - documentaries - issues ofrepresentation in folkloristic view
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Unit 4: Electronic Media :.
lntroduction to Electronic Media - computer - Multimedia - E-commerce - videoconference - FolHore and electronic media.
Unit 5: Folklore as a Media and Consortium of Media:nsmission form one generation toolklore and revivalism Folklore co: interrelationship of different med
Selected Readings:1. KevelJ.Kumar: Mass Communication in lndia.2 lntroduction to Mass Communication
? unicology, An lntroduction to the Study of Communication4. alJournalism5. Nadi Krishna Murthy: lndian Journalism prasaranya publication, Mysore.6. Spensor Crump: Fundamentals of Journalism7 ' Manual for News lgency Reporting (lndian lnstitute of Mass Communication)8. Gerald Millerson, Video production Hand Book.9. Geratd Millerson, The Techniques of TV production10. Steven E.Brown, Video Tape Editing11. Authur schneider, Electronic post production and Video Tape Editing12. Mike Wolverton, How to make Documentaries13. Lyver and Graham Swainson, Basics of video production14. er 6.215. C J Date16.17' an
ET ll: FOLKLORE AND TOURTSM (4 Credits)
Unit 1: Tourism an lntroductionlntroductionJotourism - History of tourism - Tourism in lndia - differentl([nds of tourism:Cultural Tourism, Eco Tourism, Rural Tourism and lnternational Tourism .
Unit 2: Tourism Management- A general introduction to Tourism Management - Tourism planning and development -Marketing information system.
Unit 3: Travel ManagementA general introduction to Travel Management - transport system - Acts and regulationsof Tourism and Travel.
Unit 4: Kerala Tourism - Status and prospectsGovernment Tourism - V6luntary organization Tourism - Festival Tourism
Unit 5: Folklore Tourism:Folkloristic view of tourism - lntroduction to Folklore tourism - possibilities of FolkloreTourism - internal (folk) folklore tourism - folklore tourism for the public.
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Selected Readings:1. Sarkar, Arunkumar,^1998: Action Plan and Priorities in tourism Development, Kanishka
Pubhshers. ^42. Negi, Dr Jagmohan, 1996 : Tourism and Travel- Concepts and Principles3 Singh, Percy K, 1998 : Fifty Years of lndian Tourism, Kanishka Publishers4 Negi, Dr. Jagmohan, 1997: Travel Agency and Tour Operation - Concepts and
Principles5. Akthar, Javaid, 1990: Tourism Management in lndia, Ashish Publishing House6. Gupta, Vijayakumar,1987 Tourism in lndia, Gian Publishing House, Delhi.
ET lll: FOLK tlEDlClNE (4 Credits)
Unit l: lntroduction to MedicinePreventive, curative and therapeutic - Home Practices - traditional practices - codifiedmedical practices.
Unit 2: Folk Medicinelntroduction to Folk Medieinq Folk consciousness of health and disease - Honre-medical practices - traditional medical practices.
Unit 3: Folk tedical Practicts tCause and Effect - Physical and metaphysical - curative: application of different objects,plant, animals etc. - preventive Medicines: regulating food system, application ofmedicinal plants, practices of does and taboos.
Unit 4: Preparation of folk medicine is folk knowledgeDirect application of Medicinal plants and animals etc. - Preparation of mixed naturalmedicines - Preparation of cooked natural medicines
Unit 5: Medical Practices in Kalari Tradition:lntroduction to Kalari Tradition - Orthopedic treatment in Kalari treatment of differenttypes injurious - Massage in Kalari.
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MA (FOLKLORE)
( 2 Year - 4 Semester Course )
Choice Based Credit System
III SEMESTER
FT lX: DYNAMICS OF FOLKLORE (4 Credits)
Unit 1: Theoretical Evolution towards the concept of dynamics of FolkloreContent to form- form to function- function-to- text- iext to context- context tc out ofcontext- text and context to communication- dynamics of Folklore i
Unit 2: Dynamism in different levelsDynam ism in terms of content-form-fu nction-context etc,.
Unit 3: Temporal dynamism of FolkloreFormation of temporal texts - socio-political, ideological and cultural influences that createnew texts
Unit 4: Spatial dynamism of FolkloreFolklore gets different texts spatially in terms of form, content, context and function
Unit 5: lssues related to dynamism in FolkloreThe concept of Genre and dynamism of folklore- text, texture and context and dynamisffi rin folklore, ethicaland ownership issues.
Selected Readings:1. Barker, Chris, 2004: Culturalsfudies Theory and Practice, London, Thousand Oaks, New
Delhi, Sage Publications.2. Bausinger, Hermann, 1990. Folk Culture in a Wodd of Technotogy, Translated by, Elke
Dettmer, Bloomington and lndianapolis, lndiana University press.3. Beck, Horace P., (Ed) 1962: Folklore in Action: Essays for Discussion in Honor of Mc-
Edward Leach, American'Folklore Society Bibliographical and Special Series. No.14,Philadelphia: American Folklore Society.
4. Bharathan, KM, 2003: Folklore sidhandavum prayogavum, pannannur, FFMPublications.
5. Blad<burn, Stuart H, and Ramanujan A.K,, (Ed): 1986: Another Harmony - New Essayson the Folklore of lndia, Oxford University press.
6. Briggs Charles, L, and Bauman, Richard, 1992: Genre, lntertextuality and Social power,Joumal of Linguistic Anthropology, (2(Z); 131 - 172) .
7. chinnappa Gowda K, 2005: The Mas and rhe Message, Mangalagangothri,Madipuprakashana Publlcations.
8. Fine, Elizabeth C, 1984'. The Folklore Text from Performance to Print Bloomington,lndiana University Press.
9. Hamnett, Lan, 1967: Ambiguity, Classification and Change: The Function of Riddles, Man1:379 - 392.
10- Honko Lauri, 1986b. Empty Texts, Full Meanings, On Transformal Meaning in Folklore,ARV,Scandinavian Yearbook of Fotktore, 40 (1 98a): 95-125.
11. ---------- 1991: The Folklore Process, Folklore Fetlows' Summer School Programme(Turku, FFSS 1991). 25 - 47.
12. ----------- & Honko Anneli, 1998: Multiforms in Epic Composition. ln Honko et al.1998: 31 - 79.
13 ---------------- & Voigt Vilmos (Eds) 191O.Genre, Structure and Reproduction in OralLiteratu re, Budapest. Akademiai Kiado
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t- & Voigt, Vilmos (Eds) 1981 . Adaptation, change, and Decline in oral
Literature, (Studia Fqnnica 26.), Helsinki. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura'
----------------- & Hanho, Jawaharlal & Foley, John Miles (Eds) 1998: Ihe Eprc. Oral and
Written, Mysore: Central lnstitute of lndian Languages'
Muthukumaraswamy, MD, 2002: Voicing Folklore, Carrers, Concerns and /ssues, A
collectron of lnterviews, chennai, National Folklore Support Centre
Org, Walter J, 1982: Oratity and Literacy, The Technologizing of the Word, London &
New York. Methuen.Richman, paula (Ed), 1991. Many Ramiayanas. The Diversity of a Narrative Tradition in
Soufh Asla, Berkeley & Los Angeles & Oxford: University of California Press'
Tarkka, Lotte 1996: Transforirations of Epic Time and Space: Creating the World's
Creation in Kalevala-metric Poetry, OralTradition 111 1: 50 - 84
Tolken, Barre, 1979: Dynamics of Folklore, Boston, Houghton Milfflin co.
Wadely Susan S, 200-5: Essays on Nofth lndian Folk Traditions, New Delhi, Chronicle
Books.
FT X : FOLKLORE AND CURRENT TRENDS (4 Credits)t
Unit 1: OralitY and LiteracyWalter J Ong concePtion - thetextualisation - different kinds oftextualitY.
Unit 2: Post structuralismDerida - De-construction - Metaphysicat presence - Signifier continuum - Critique on
Levi-Strauss - Lecan - critique on-Freudian Psychoanalysis - critique on saussure -Post Structuralism in Folklore Perspective
Unit 3: Post ModernismHermeneutics - Eco - Gadamer - Paul Ricoure - Distanciation theory - Edward Said's
- cultural lmperialism - Althusar's neo Maxism - Theory of Poly Phony by. BaKin and
theory of ambivalence by Homi Babha - Post modernism in Folklore perspective.
Unit 4: Gender and FolkloreConsensus on Gender, Emergence- of Feminism - Concepts, ldeolog_y .- School of
thought, tndian Feminism, Hislori6fraphy of Gender Approaches to Folklore Study'
Women's Folklore
Unit 5: ldeology Politics and FolkloreDifferent layers ol ideology - Folklore receives nEw ideologies time to time' Exarnple from
Kerala Folkl# - tnt"rpi"trtion of Folklore and imposition of new ideology - Examples
are to be cited. power structure and Folklore - Folklore expresses strong feeling against
as well as oppression familiar to National level. Politics behind the origin of popular
antiquities and'the evolution of the discipline Folklore - Kerala Folklore and Politics'
Selected Readings: '1'Barthes,Roland1973:Mythotogies(Trans)London:P.aladin2. Culler, J, 1983: On Deionstruttion: rcory and Criticism after Structuralism' London:
Rutledge and Kegan Paul.3. Farrer, claire R, 1g75: women and Folklore: lmages and Genres, Prospect Hieghts lll.
Wave and Press.4. Law, J (Ed) 1986: Power, Action and Belief, London: Routledge and Kegan-Paul
5. NamboodiripJ, u"n" (Ed), 1990. Naffarivile Pennu, (Kerateeyathayude Nattarivu - 5),
Thrissur: Nattarivu Padhanakendranm'6. oi"ri-r"iir--J, lgza, 'The political Uses and Themes of Folklore in Sov(et Union'in
Folklore Nationalism and Politics, columbus: Slavic Publications'
technologising of the word - modern discovery -text: oral text, written text, mental text etc' lnter
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FT XI : FOLKLORE IN THE CHANGING WORLD (4 CrEditS)
re, Fakelore and Folklorism _ primary context,of context_Folklorism and ApplieO Folklore _
Unit 2: Apptied Folktore
world _ Feeling of identitytext - Ethnic identity andSearch of identity of ,ny
Unit 4: elopmentwholistic worldview - lntegrating local knowledge _Ie participation prog ra m me [a nafe"-yrr ril" n rr).
tdmputerization,
- lntemet, urbanization andsm _ impact of folklorism, apptilO folklore,anging world _ case studie, Jit*" Folktoreltore).
Selected Readings:1' Ben-Amos' Dan' 1984: "The seven strands of rradition Varieties in it,s meaning inftrH Folktore Studiesli ir-'iorrnrt ;i ;"iit";;'' R"""u.h vot.21 No 2/3 pp
' B:},l-x,:".tffi r':::: "Forkrorism: rhe charenge of a concept,, in tnternationat Fotktore
3' Dundes' Alen 1985. Nationalistic inferiority complexes and the Fabrication of Fakelore: Ai:;;Z:f :; i::ff :: "?::: : fi."li i",' ffil i i,.;; #;':f il e x a r e va r a a ; ; p;,i B u n y a n i n
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(Ed) 1997. Kerala Folklore, Payyannur:Wilson. William A 1978. The Kalevala and FrnnishPotitics, Columbus:Elavic Publications
FFM PublicationsPolitics in Folklore Nationalism anci
FT Xll: INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY (4 Credits)
Unit 1: lntroduction to lndigenous Knowledge Systems and Technologylntroduction- Folklore, Local knowledge, Traditional Knowledge. lndigenous knowledge;systems- technology, Nature and Scope
Unit 2: lndigenous Knowledge from Folklore PerspectiveAtomic to holistic, worldview and ethos, objectivity and subjectivity,reasonrng.
Unit 3: lndigenous Knowledge Systems in present day contextRelevance in sustainable development -health care, nutrition, agriculture. folkffinrologywater resource management, gender construction and empowerment.
Unit 4: Conservatipn, Preservation and Property Rights ?lssues of conservation and preservation duplication -replication-plagiarism-safeguarding measures( U N ESCO g uidelines. cu ltural policy,
Unit 5: Case StudyEach student is supposed to submit a term paper on any lndigenous Knowiedge Systemat the end of the Semester based on the above four units.
Selected Readings:1. Ahmed, 2.U,2000: When a Bangladeshi 'native'is not a Bangladeshi native ln
lndigenous Knowledge Development in Bangladesh. Present and Future, (Ed) P. Sillitoe,London. lntermediate Technology Publications & Dhaka: University Press. 203-2Og
2 Bicker, Alan, & Sillitoe, Paul & Pottier,Johan: lnvestigating Local Knowledge: NewDirections, New Aproaches, Ashgate Publishing
3 Brush,Stephen 8., & Stabinsky, Doreen,'1996: Valuing local knowledge: indigenouspeople and intellectual propefty ights,lsland Press, 337p.
4 Brush, S. & Stabinsky, D. 1996: Valuing Local Knowledge: lndigenous People andintellectual property rights, Washington DC: lsland Press.
5. Choondal, Chummar, 2003: Janajivitavum Kalakalum; Kannur, Kerla Folklore Academy6 Dickinson, H, Winnington, TL., Rural.Technology in China, Appropriate Technology 1974,
1 (1)7 Dileepkumar, KP, (Ed)2004. NadodiKaivela, Kottayam, DC Books.8 Dirar, VH, (Ed) 1995: Oofhala, Kannur, Samskrithi Publications9. Elavayoor, Suresh Babu, (Ed) 2003'. Poli, Quarterly, Kannur, Kerala Folklore Academy10. Ganguly-Scrase, Ruchira 2001,Global /ssues, Local Contexfs, The Rabi Das of West
Bengal, New Delhi, Orient Longman.1 1. Grenier, Louise: Working with lndigenous Knowledge: A Guide for IDRC12 Hafeel, A, (Ed) 2OO4: Nattuvaidyam, Kottayam, DC Books.13. Jarvis, DC., '1957. Folk Medicine, A Vermont Doctor's Guide to Good Health, New York,
Henry Holt and Company.14. Kalla, AK., Joshi, PC., 2000: A Tribal Health and Medicines, New Delhi, Concept
Publishing Company.15. MA Leena, (Ed),2004: Nattubhakshanam, Kottayam, DC Books.16. Menon, Vijayakumar, (Ed) 2004: Puzhayude Nattarivu, Kottayam, DC Books17. MK, Harinarayanan, (Ed)2004: Sasyangalude Nattarivu, Kottayam, DC Books.1 8. N a I ini, N, 200 1 : N attarivil e N akshath ralokom, Kottayam, Current Books.19. Nujoom, A, (Ed)2004: Neerarivukal, Kottayam, DC Books.20 Parkers, Peter, & Ellen, R F & Bicker, Alan: lndigenous Environmental Knowledge and
I ts T ra n sform atio n s. Ci t ic a I A nth ro pol og ic a I p e rspecflyes, Routled ge ( U K)21 Ranjith, P, (Ed) 2004. Pookkalum Pakshikalum,Kottayam, DC Books.22. Sharma CP., 2000: Synergy in Vastu, Delhi, BR Publishing Corporation.23 Sharma, KD , Qureshi, MA . (Edited) 1979. Altemative Technology, Siml4 lndian lnstitute
of Aovance Study
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26. Booksof all and potentiai of
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ET lv: rNTRoDUcfloN To MASS coMMUNrcATtoN (4 credits)
Unit 1: Definition of CommunicationElements of communication - Context, Sender, Message, Channel, Receiver Noise,Effect and Feed back
Unit 2: Levels of Communicationlntrapersonal communication - lnterpersonal communication - Group communicaticn -Mass Communication.
Unit 3: Code of Ethics for JournalistsMopels of communication: Laswel's model - shannon and weaye/s model
Unit 4: media and ConstitutionConstitutional status of Freedom of speech and expression in lndia (Articte 191 A)Reasonable Restrictions in the Constitution.
Unit 5: tedia and ActsDefamation, Libel, Slander, Faix comment copyright act 1957. official secrets act
Selected Readings:1. Keval J. Kumar; Mass Communication in lndia.2. Agee, Dutt and Emercy; rntroduction to Mass communication.I Jftq! A- Devito:Communicology, An lntroduction to the Stuuy of Communication.4. M.V. lGmath: professional Journalism.5- Nadi Krishna Murthy: lndian Joumalism prasaranya publications, Mysore.6. Srivastavava: News Unity and Reporting.7. Spensor Crump: Fundamentals of Journallsm.8'- Manualfor News_Agency Reporting (lndian lnstitute of Mass Communication).9. S.R. Sarean: lndian press.10. F.K. Barkett and Scissors: The Art of Editing.11. Durga Das Basu: The Law of press in lndia.
ET V: STILL PHOTOGRApHy (4 Credits)
Unit 1: Essentials of Visual MediaDrawings, illustrations, cartoons. photographs. Evolution of visual media with specialreference photography, fllm and videography
Unit 2: Visual Media and SocietyUses and effects of visual media; aesihetics of stili photcgraphy.
Unit 3: Basics of Still photographycamera types, camera controls, lenses, and filters: Depth of field, film speed, cameraaccessories; Lights for indoor and out door photography.
Unit 4: Rules of CompositionDeveloping, Prlnting and enlarging black and white film; Basics of colour photography
Unit 5: Art and Culture Photographywirdrife photography, fashion photography, advertrsing photography, news phoiographv
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1. Focal Press, EncycJopedia of Photography2. Barbara Upton and John Upton, Photography3. G. Allridge ed. Manual of Photography.4. Peter Pollack, History of Photography.5. Aaron Sharf. Process of Photography.6 Allyn Solomon, Advertising Photography-7. Gerald Millerson, Video Production Hand Book.
8. Gerald Millerson, The Techniques of TV Production'
9. Steven E. Brown, Video Tape Editing.10. Authur Schneider, Electronic Post-Production and Video Tape Editing
11. Mike Wolverton, How to make Documentaries.12. Lyer and Graham Swainson, Basics of Video Production'
ET Vl: INTRODUCTION TO COTIPUTERSAND
TEXT BASED APPLICATIONS (4 Credits)t
Module 1: !ntroductionHistory of computers, Computer organization, System software and application software,principles of computing, Structured approach in application development, Algorithms,
Flow charts, Programming languages and packages.
Module 2: Operating SYstemsBasic concepts and terminologies, Types of Operating
MS WINDOWS
Module 3: Electronic Word Processing
Systems, MS-DOS,
What is word processing? Creating documents - formatting texts - Editing and printing
documents, Power point presentation.
Modute 4: Electronic SPread SheetsCreating - Formatting - Editing - Printing-
Module 5: Word Processing Using l3dian Languages.Folklore data and word processl"ng, text based application in Malayalam Language, Text
formats and Graphic formats, Fonts and Keyboard handler for Malayalam Language,
Word Processing with Multilingual Printing support, MS-Office, Enchantments to give
Dateffime, FindiReplace and sorting for lndian languages in MS-Word and MS-Excel,
Basics ofDesk ToP Publishing.
Selected Readings:1. Peter Noton's Dos guide update to cover 6.22. Word 2000, HesloP & Angell3. User Mannual Sree - LiPi 5-04. PC Software forWindows, TaxalY.5. Visual Basic 6/0 WillTrain6. An lntroduction to Database Systems - C.J. Date'7. Windows 98 Bible - Alan SimPson-8. Special Edition Using Visual Fox-Pro 6, Menachem Bazian and others.
9. Fundamentals of Computers, V. Raghavan.10. User Manual Sree - LiPi 5.0.
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ET Vil : FUNDAMENTALS OF TOURTSM (4 Credits)
Unit 1: History anO #wth of Tourism.Tourism before 1840, Early trav.elers, Roman empire and Tourism, pilgrim Tourism,Grand tour, Tourism after 1840, industrialization and its aftermaths, Thorias cook andhis role in tourism development, steam engine, railways Mass tourism, paid holiday,Tourism after 1940, jet travel informatior technology, latest trends.
Unit 2: Tourism Phenomenon, Types ofDefining tourism, product and servielements of tourism, geographical compinbound, outbound intra regional & inter imotivators.
Unit 3: Tourism lndustry, ServiceMajor constituents of tourism nstituents - Accommodation cateringtransportation, intermediaries, nts _ Shops, Handicraft, taxis, Artistsetc. Hotels, Tour operators, travel agent s, operations and objectives.
Unit 4: Tourism Admin t and MarketingN T Os- National nistration in lndia _ Dept. of Tourism, lDClKTDC, DTpC etc cs, Measure ce, types ofmeasurement, Mad<eting and promotion s, services,characteristics,. marketing, mix, various pro by tourismpromoters. Various agencies involved in tourism
Unit 5: Tourism Planning, Development and tmpactsNeed for planning in. tourism, planning, pro@ss, factors influencing tourism, tourismdevelopment Tourism impacts Environmental, cultural, social etc. (ruegltive and positive)
Selected Readings:1' Sarkar, Arunkumar, 1998: Action Plan and Priorities in Tourism Development, Kanishka
Publishers.
? leoi o1. Jagmohan, 1996: Tourism and rraver- concepts and principres.
I singh, Percy K, i998: Fifty years of tndian Tourism, Kanishka publishers.4. Negy, Dr.Jagmohan, 1997: Travel Agency anj Tow operation - concepts and
Principles.5. Affiar, Javaid, 1990: Tourism Management in lndia, Ashish publishing House.6. Guptia, Vijayakumar, 'r987: Tourism in tnoia, Gain pubris!1B Hou;;, 6"ih;--
ET Vlll : KALARI- TNTRODUCTTON (4 Credits)
Unit 1: rc"f"fi, the Martial TraditionAnkam, poyth
Unit 2: Kalari, the Martial Tradition(Continued)Meythari, Kolthari
Unit 3: Kalari, the ilartiat Tradition (Continued)Anghathari, Verumkai.
Unit 4: Equiping the BodyDifferent kinds of Massage - Samvahanam, utsadanam, poshanam, soshanam
Unit 5: Medicines for MassagingOils, Herbal Medicines, Do's ind Taboos.
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MA (FOLKLORE)
( 2 Year - 4 Semester Course )
Choice Based Credit System
IV SEMESTER
ET lX: REPORTING & EDffiNG (4 Credits)
Unit 1: NewsOefirritions, Elements of news, Source of news and types of news
Unit 2: ReportingNew:; stories struciure - lead, body - methods of newsgathering - art of inteiirievu,ing andpress conference - unity news release
Unit 3: Creative Unity and Journalistic UnityDifference between creative unity and journalistic unity, feature, editorial and opinionpleCe:S.
Unit 4: Editing ProcessEditing process - checking facts - correcting languages, unity heads and subheads aEditing and proof reading symbols Glossary of editing and reporting and style book.
Unit 5: LayoutSelection and editing of pictures and scenting captions, Car-toons.
Selected Readings:1 Keval J Kumar. Mass Communication in lndia.2. Agee Dutt and Emercy: lntroduction to Mass Communication.3 Joseph A. Devito. Communicology, An lntroduction to the Study of Communicaticn4 M.V. Kamath: Professional Journalism.5 Nadi Krishna Murthy: lndian Journalism Prasaranya Publications, Mysore6 Srivastavava: News Unity and Reportrng.7. Spen:sor Crump: Fundamentals of Journalism8. Manual for News Agency Reporting (lndian lnstitute of Mass Communication)I S.R. Sarean. lndian Press10 F.K. tlarkett and Scissors: The Art of Editing.11 Durga Das Basu: The Law of Press in lndia.
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ET X : BASICS CF VIDEOGRAPHY'(4 Creditsi
Unit 1: The Video MdlltiumVideo formats - VHS, S-VHS Hi-8 U-matic, Beta, Digitat.
Unit 2: Scope and Functions of Video MediumIts uses in diverse fields - arVculture and folk studies, Education ancj other developmentareas; Aesthetics of video
Unit 3: Video Camera and Camera ControlBlack or white balance, gains, filters and other controls; Camera movements -pan, tilt,tacking/trucking. cranin g
Unit 4: Videography TechniquesElements of composition; Various kinds of shots; Angles: Light and lighting techniques;Sound and Sound recording Use of graphics
Unit 5: Essential Aspects of ProductionDocumentary production process - Idea, research, scripting, budgeting, story board,shooting editing and other post production work.
Selected Readings:'1 Focal Press, Encyclopedia of Photography2. Barbara Upton and John Upton, Photography3. G. Allridge ed. Manual of Photography.4. Peter Pollack, History of Photography.5. Aaron Sharf. Process of Photography.6. Allyn Solomon, Advertising Photography.7. Gerald Millerson, Video Production Hand Book.8. Gerald Millerson, The Techniques of TV Production9. Steven E. Brown, Video Tape Editing.10. Authur schneider, Electronic Post-Production and video Tape Editing't1. Mike Wofuerton, How to make Documentaries.12 Lyer and Graham Swainson, Basics of Video Production.
ET Xl : DATABASE DESIGNAND INTERNET APPLICATIOt{S (4 Credits)
Module {: An Ove+vierysf.Database iianagmeatDefining Datqb_ase, Basic concept of DBiIS, Types of Databases, Conventional Filingsystem and DBilS. Database system Archite&ure- The three levels of architecture,ClienUServer architecture, Distributed Processing, Database Adminishation.
Module 2: Database Designlntroduction to Relational Databases, Trivial and nontrivial dependencies, NormalizationTechniques, Database Creation - Files, Records, Fields - Selecting, Vlewing, Editing,Modifying and Ordering data, Creation of lndian Language/English Database throughDatabase Manager, Storing Data in more than one lndian Languages in one Database
Module 3: Managing DatabasesForms, menus, reports and labels- Multiple databases, decision supports, StructuredQuery Language (SOL)- Creating Basic Quires, Database Security.
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Module 4: lntroduction to Computer Networksconnecting to lriGrnet, Browsing the world wide web, visiting websites, Searching andDown'Loading from the web. E-mail, Participating in Usenet Newsgroups, conferencingwith MS-Net meeting.
Module 5: HTMLCreating HTML documents with Front Page Express, Usage of web publishing wizard.
Selected Readings:1. Peter Noton's Dos guide update to cover 6.22. Word 2000, Hestop & Angeil3. User Mannual'Sree - Lipi 5.04. PC Software for Windows, Taxaly.5. Visual Basic 6/0 WillTrain6. An lntroduction to Database Systems - C.J. Date.7. \Mndows 98 Bible - Atan Simfson.8. Special Edition Using Visual Fox-pro 6, Menachem Bazian and others.9. Fundamentals of Compdters, V. Raghavan.10. User Manual Sree - Lipi 5.0.
ET xll : FOLKLORE TouRrsM AND rDENTrry (a credits)
Unit 1: Tourism productsVarious tourism products:(a) Accommg{ation based (b) kansportation based (c) food and catering based (d) Sites:air, water and land based (e) other products.
Unit 2: CulturalTourism in tndiaHistory of cultural tourism in lndia, impacts of cultural tourism in lndia- lndian Heritageand tourism-various Calcutta, historical sites in lndian - Folklore forms related to tourism:fairs, fe5tivals, crafts etc. )
- Unit 3: Tour Operation, Guides and EscortsBasics of tour operation, package tour, escorted tour ng _Itinera5y preparation, planning process, marketing of tour , roleof a guide, importance of guides function of a guide _ Field
Unit 4: Tourism Needs to Understand ldentityldentity-types of identity - ldentity formation - tourism need to understand identity. Folk &Folklore as part of the system-tourism at any level is an intrusion into the system - itreacts to the identity in may respects.
Unit 5: Legal, Ethical Aspects of Tourism Promotion and Sustainabte Devetopmentof TourismLegal aspect of tourism'in various sectors - accommodation, transportation, catering,travel agencies, tour operators etc. Etiical aspects of tourism importance of tourismethics, UN and WTO recommendations - sustainable development of tourism- tourismimpact assessment- various tourism impact critical study - social impact influence etc.
Selected Readings:1. Sarkar, Arunkumar, 1998: Action Plan and Priorities in Tourism D.evelopment, Kanishka
Publishers.2. Negi, Dr. Jagmohan, 1996: Tourism and rravel- concepts and principles.
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\Singh, Percy K, 1998. Fifty Years of lndian Tourism, Kanishka Publishers. A:Negy, Dr Jagmohan, 1997' Travel Agency and Tour Operation - Concepts andPrinciples. "tAkthar, Javaid, 1990 Tourism Management in lndia, Ashish Publishing HouseGupta, Vijayakumar,1987'. Tourism in lndia, Gain Publishing House, Delhi
ET Xlll : KALARI MEDICAL TREATMENT (4 Credits)
Unit 1: Functions of Kalari Medical TreatmentBreaking of bone, dislocation , external injury, internal injury
Unit 2: Treatment for Breaking of Bones and DislocationTypes of breakes. rib, arms and legs, backbone, body.
Unit 3: Treatment for lnjuryExternal lnjury. Muscle, wound, bruise lnternal lnjury: nerve, chest, stomach etc
Unit 4: Massaging Trlatment I
Types of Massaging - Sarvangam, Amsikam - Methods of Massaging.
Unit 5: Herbs in Kalari TreatmentsPlants, Natural Objects, Animals, Methods of Preparation
EP 1 : REPORTING (Practical) (4 Credits)
Each student should get training in reporting from any newspaper/magazine firms for aperiod at least one month. They should undertake and, complete the following practicalassignments. The detrails of the assignments would be given by the teacher/instructor concerned.Sfudents should complete the assignments without help from professionals or any otherperson(s) and submit the report for evaluation.
Assignments:1. Reporting of Folk festivals - (Marks 20)2. Any issue in the field of Folklore - (Marks 20)3. Folk technology - (Marks 20) .,4. Any of the folklore activities - (Marks 20)
EP ll : EDITING (Practical) (4 Gredits)
Each student should get trainrng in editing from any newspaper/magazine at least onemonth. Examination shall be in the form of evaluation by experts. Each student should undertakeand complete the following practical assignments. The details of the assignments would be givenby the teacher/instructor concerned. Students should complete the assignments without help-fromprofessionals or any other person(s) and submit the same for evaluation.
Assignments:l. Editing of interview2. Editing of report of a folklore event3. Editing of the information regarding any of the issues in the field of folklore.4. Editing of a report on the contribution of an institution/groups/ individual.
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EP lV : UDEOGRAPHY (practicat) (4 Credits)Each student should
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lity to use filters effectively (Marks 20)rstandins of the .rh; ;i;;;:rtion whitethe area of folk arts/art forms.(Marks 20)
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2. in camera movement,each. in iighting ror ':: 1io. composition. (Marks 40)
3. a quiz.(Ma-rks zb; tnvolving two people, , prr!n scripting for spots o ssues (Marks 20)
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EP V : DATA COLLECTION (4 Credits)
Each student should undertake and complete the following assignments The details of
the assignment= wourj'0" g;". by the teacheriinstructor concerieo ano sirbmit the same for
evaluation.
1. lnterview (Marks 20)'
; Corr""tion oftert (litlrature) with *ll:f (Marks 20)'
3. Coii.ction of visual text with context/Marks 20)'
4. Collecting aata or 'n-iiorrioi" "'"n[ -
Multi media (Marks 20)
EP Vl : COiiPUTER LABORATORY (4 Credits)
Module 1: OPerating SYstemsMS-DOS, MS-WINDOWS
Modul s pro"...ing & Spread Sheet,^ MS-office (Creating Documents'
Editing and Printirlg'O-o""unt")' Power Point Presentation i
Module 3: APPlication (Contd')Word procerrjig ,iri.g inOian Languages using Sree Lipi-S 0
Module 4: Database Management. Systems'
Application ;;6;Jtt using ViJual Basic 6'0 and MS-Access
Module 5: Website DeveloPment'''----burelop an interactive Website'
Assignments: , -L^..,r ,,aAartcka:nd comolete the following practicalEach student should undertake and 99t
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1. Overview of Operating Systems (20 Marks)
2. Prepare an Ethnographi" t]jo;n ;;;;' on fieldwork use an lndlan language
(20 Marks)3Developanapplicationsoftwareandwebsitebasedonthedatacollectedby
fleldwork (40 Marks)
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Ep V[ : TRA|N|NG _ TOURTSM MANAGEMENT (4
Students should get training from any reputed tourism agenciesrecord of the management training Jxperience i. irr" r"rr"*irg'ii"il,
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EP Vlil : TRA|N|NG _ GUTDANCE (4 credits)Students should get training from any reputed tourism agencies. They should submit therecord of the suidance training
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B;ff,:ljJ"kumar, 19e8: Action Plan and priorities in Tourism Devetopment, Kanishka
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1996: Tourism and Travel _ Concept and principles.: Fifty years of lndian Tourism, K;;T; ;;;btishers.
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Gupta' Vijayakumar,lgg1: rorrit, i"rlno-ir, crin pubrishing House, Derhi.
EP lX: TRA|N|NG lN MASSAGTNG (4 Credits)
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