LEADER 04089nam 2200781 a 450 001 9910806849603321 005 20240418024918.0 010 $a1-283-89815-2 010 $a0-8122-0739-4 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812207392 035 $a(CKB)2550000000707658 035 $a(OCoLC)559040793 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642209 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000851409 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11456488 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000851409 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10838208 035 $a(PQKB)11074356 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19134 035 $a(DE-B1597)449564 035 $a(OCoLC)979684883 035 $a(OCoLC)987921554 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812207392 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441874 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642209 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL421065 035 $a(OCoLC)932312747 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441874 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000707658 100 $a19800724d1981 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe folkstories of children /$fBrian Sutton-Smith ; in collaboration with David M. Abrams [et al.] 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aPhiladelphia :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d1981. 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 311 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aPublications of the American Folklore Society ;$vv. 3 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-8122-1108-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $apt. 1. Verse stories : ages two through four -- pt. 2. Plot stories : ages five through ten. 330 $aWhat prompts children to tell stories? What does the word "story" mean to a child at two or five years of age? The Folkstories of Children, first published in 1981, features nearly five hundred stories that were volunteered by fifty children between the ages of two and ten and transcribed word for word. The stories are organized chronologically by the age of the teller, revealing the progression of verbal competence and the gradual emergence of staging and plot organization. Many stories told by two-year-olds, for example, have only beginnings with no middle or end; the "narrative" is held together by rhyme or alliteration. After the age of three or four, the same children tell stories that feature a central character and a narrative arc. The stories also exhibit each child's growing awareness and management of his or her environment and life concerns. Some children see their stories as dialogues between teller and audience, others as monologues expressing concerns about fate and the forces of good and evil.Brian Sutton-Smith discusses the possible origins of the stories themselves: folktales, parent and teacher reading, media, required writing of stories in school, dreams, and play. The notes to each chapter draw on this context as well as folktale analysis and child development theory to consider why and how the stories take their particular forms. The Folkstories of Children provides valuable evidence and insight into the ways children actively and inventively engage language as they grow. 410 0$aPublications of the American Folklore Society.$pNew series ;$v3. 606 $aFolklore and children 606 $aChild authors 606 $aFantasy in children 606 $aChildren$xFolklore 606 $aFolklore and children$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aChildren$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xFolklore 615 0$aFolklore and children. 615 0$aChild authors. 615 0$aFantasy in children. 615 0$aChildren$xFolklore. 615 0$aFolklore and children 615 0$aChildren$xFolklore. 676 $a398/.09747/1 700 $aSutton-Smith$b Brian$0450198 701 $aAbrams$b David M$01612301 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806849603321 996 $aThe folkstories of children$93941016 997 $aUNINA