നാടോടിവിജ്ഞാനീയം
നാടോടിവിജ്ഞാനീയത്തിനുള്ള പ്രാധാന്യം
S2/P3C-FOLKLORE
Unit – I: Introduction - Folklore as a Universal topic - features of Folklore, Folksong, Folk music, Folk dance, Folk play, Folk story, Folk ballads
Unit – II: Folklore and Mythology, Folklore and Psychology, Folklore and life - types of heroes - Psychoanalytical ways of analyzing - Folk tales - Different methods in Folklore study - diffusion, polygenesis, historical reconstruction.
Unit – III : Malayalam Folklore - folktales, folksongs, religious and secular songs of various social groups. Popular folksongs in Kerala, Folklore connected with Kaaliyattom ( Theyyam) - Poorakkali.
Unit – IV: Sociological, Psychological and Mythical analysis of Malayalam Ballads.
Riddles and Proverbs - Legend - Place of Oral literature as the basis of Malayalam
Unit – V: Ballads in Northern Kerala and Southern Kerala – Special study Vadakkan pattu and
Thekkan pattu