Cultural features of performance in Norwegian children’s narratives

Abstract

This article presents part of a research project whose aim is to investigate Norwegian 6–7-year-old children’s language use in story-telling. The data consist of the children’s oral texts based on a wordless picture book. By studying creative and stylistic features of the children’s narratives, I attempt to shed light on cultural interaction and socio-cultural factors as fundamental contributors to those narratives. The aim of this article is to contribute to the exploration of a culturally anchored perspective on narratives in light of the reading culture prevailing at Norwegian kindergartens.

Keywords

• children´s narratives
• kindergarten
• reading culture
• creative and stylistic features