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Unit 1. Tellings: Myths, tales and folklore
Unit 1. Tellings: Myths, tales and folklore
This theme explores the meaning, form and function of storytelling in Indian context. Initially, storytelling was simply an oral tradition involving a narrator and an audience. The narrator modified the story to suit the listeners and listeners became co-authors of the stories. Oral traditions contain a variety of forms like epics, myths, legends, folktales, proverbs, riddles, jokes and songs. Folklore, besides oral traditions includes material culture, such as handmade toys, and customary lore, such as rituals etc. In all societies oral traditions present a primordial vision, validate culture when traditions are challenged, encourage group cohesion and sense of belonging, and fulfill a didactic purpose. Such acts of telling are communication strategies for re-invention and dissemination of culture.
Essential readings:
Essential readings:
Kanak Mital, “A Santhal Myth, Five Elements” & M.D. Subash Chandran, “Peasant Perception of Bhutas, Uttara Kannada” in Prakrti, The Integral Vision, Vol. 1 (Primal Elements – The Oral Tradition, edited by Baidyanath Saraswati), pp. 119-125; 151-166.
A. K. Ramanujan, “‘A Flowering Tree’: A Woman’s Tale”, Oral Tradition, 12/1 (1997): 226-243.
Stuart H. Blackburn, “The Folk Hero and Class Interests in Tamil Heroic Ballads”, Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 37, No. 1 (1978), pp. 131-149.
Beatrix Hauser, “From Oral Tradition to "Folk Art": Reevaluating Bengali Scroll Paintings”, in Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 61, No. 1 (2002), pp. 105-122.
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Kanak Mital, “A Santhal Myth, Five Elements” in Prakriti, pdf Meenakshi Khanna, 8 Sept 2019, 12:10 AM
M.D. Subash Chandran, “Peasant Perception of Bhutas, Uttara Kannada” pdf Meenakshi Khanna, 8 Sept 2019, 12:10 AM
A. K. Ramanujan, “‘A Flowering Tree’: A Woman’s Tale”, pdf Meenakshi Khanna, 8 Sept 2019, 12:11 AM
Stuart H. Blackburn, “The Folk Hero and Class Interests in Tamil Heroic Ballads”, pdf Meenakshi Khanna, 8 Sept 2019, 12:12 AM
B. Hauser,“From Oral Tradition to'Folk Art': Reevaluating Bengali Scroll Paintings", pdf Meenakshi Khanna, 8 Sept 2019, 12:12 AM
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