Zápletka v mluvených narativech dětí mladšího školního věku
Plot twist in younger school-age children’s spoken narratives
Author(s): Anežka NáhlíkováSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Language acquisition
Published by: Lingvokulturologické a prekladateľsko-tlmočnícke centrum excelentnosti pri Filozofickej fakulte Prešovskej university v Prešove (LPTCE)
Keywords: denouement;gender differencies;narrative;plot twist;sociocultural approach;story grammar;narrative structure;children in younger school age
Summary/Abstract: In the article, the author presents results of study of primary school age children’s narratives and children’s abilities to develop a plot twist. The study follows work of Stein and Albro who analysed children’s abilities to follow a given aim in a story. Our analysis was conducted on a sample of 315 narratives which children had created on a basis of demand to tell a fairy tale. While in 1st grade 40 % of children’s narratives already contained a plot twist with a denouement, in 5th grade this number increased to only 70 %. We also noticed a difference between boys’ and girls’ narratives – in our sample, girls on average were able to create a plot twist sooner than boys; however, in 5th grade such difference is no longer apparent. Our expectations were that at the end of primary school education, almost all children should be able to create a plot twist and lead it to a denouement. We believe that this result should be an impulse to systematically integrate story creation into education.
Journal: Jazyk a kultúra
- Issue Year: 7/2016
- Issue No: 25-26
- Page Range: 90-103
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Czech