A criança e suas narrativas: a (auto)biografia no espelho

Abstract

Studies of narratives produced by children are still incipient in the field of Linguistics, although already on effective dissemination in the areas of Sociology, Psychology and Pedagogy. Our research sought to contribute to science by bringing to the field of Linguistics this approach that can support teacher formation in the areas of languages, particularly in the teaching of native languages, when it seeks, for the valorization of the verbal creation, entertain a relationship between child lexical universe and its motivation to the discovery of the narrative as a genre of creative order. It is important that we emphasize what we understand as children’s narratives: sometimes we define children’s narratives as stories told by children, sometimes as stories told to children by an adult, and sometimes as universal stories created for children in general. Thus, we differentiate children’s narratives as universal stories created for children and stories narrated by children as their stories, their own lives or adaptations they make of their own lives from popular stories, fictional or not. To this end, we will bring to light the details children elaborate on their narrated speeches, including the playful imperfect in traditional narratives and intuitively taken over by children.