Using an anthropological approach to folklore, the article views children's development of fictional narratives as performances that accentuate prosody. When viewed as performance, the meaning of stories is seen to be not just in the underlying structures, but also in the social and cultural contexts of the story. (Author/DB)

Examines ways in which two persons tell a story together and how the interaction of the two indicates the nature of their relationship. Discusses how co-participants encounter and resolve the problem of having two potential tellers, and a knowledgeable recipient present. (SRT)

By analyzing the elements of experience, handling of time, contextualizing, role of the narrator, and integration of these factors it is possible to trace developments in the texture of personal and imaginary stories among students 11-18. Thus, narrative is revealed as a "primary act of mind" involving increasingly mature insights and perspectives…

This study investigated whether instruction aimed to heighten awareness of narrative structure would enhance fifth-grade children's use of story elements during comprehension and composition. Results are discussed. (Author/MT)

This introductory article--in a symposium that explores the role of stories in human discourse--defines and sketches the history of the "narrative paradigm." (PD)

Describes a study of the features of British children's narrative writing, at ages 7, 10, and 13. The results indicated a progression from a simple chronicle of events, through simple stories based on a disruption of the probabilities, to more highly developed stories. (HTH)

Author points out two major difficulties with Emma" as an assignment: information (social facts, physical facts) needed to understand the setting and events, and the problem of making possible some relationship with so unreforming a work. (Author/MB)

Part of a panel discussion on the modern Japanese novelist presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies on March 29, 1972, in New York, New York. (DS)

Special issue dedicated to the works of Pio Baroja. (DS)

Special issue dedicated to the works of Pio Baroja. (DS)