Marta Genis: Integrating culture in teacher-training courses: Collective story-telling

Eaquals International Conference, Lisbon, 21 – 23 April 2016

Integrating culture in teacher training courses: Collective story-tellingMarta GenisNebrija University

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Contents

• Vladimir Propp• Propp’s dramatis

personae• Propp’s narratemes

• Jung’s archetypes• Campbell’s Hero’s

Journey

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• Creating a collective story

• Self-assessment checklist

• To know more

Vladimir Propp

• Morphology of the Folktale (1928)• Basic plot components of Russian folk

tales: • narratemes • dramatis personae

From:

en.wikipedia.org

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Propp’s narratemes

• Absence • Interdiction• Violation of

interdiction• Seeking for

information • Misfortune• Interdiction From:

surfnetkids.com

• Repair• Leaving home

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Propp’s dramatis personae

• Villain• Donor• Helper• Princess• Dispatcher• Hero• False hero From: commons.wikimedia.org


Jung’s archetypes


ARCHETYPE GOAL FEAR TALENT

EGO

INNOCENT To be happy To be punished or abandoned

Faith and optimism

ORPHAN To belong To be left out Realism and empathy

HERO Mastery in improving the world

Weakness, vulnerability

Discipline and courage

CAREGIVER To help others Selfishness and ingratitude

Compassion and generosity

SOUL

EXPLORER Search for a better life conformity Autonomy and ambition

REBEL To mend what is not working

Ineffectiveness or powerlesness

freedom

LOVER Intimacy and experience Being alone, unloved

Passion and commitment

CREATOR To realize a vision mediocrity Creativity and imagination

SELF

JESTER To enjoy Be bored or bore others

Joy

SAGE To find the truth Being misled and ignorance

Wisdom, intelligence

MAGICIAN To make dreams come true, transformation

Negative consequences

Personal power and finding good solutions

RULER Create prosperous community

Chaos

Responsibility, leadership

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Campbell’s Hero’s Journey


From: awakenyourherowithin.com

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Creating a collective story


• PROCEDURE• Brainstorm story ideas• Choose an appropriate one

for the intended audience• Make a story outline• Develop characters and/or

scenes to illustrate the story• Decide:

• The language to be used (vocabulary and structures)

• The visual aids you will use• Select the materials to

create the visual aids needed

• Make the visual aids• Practice storytelling with your

partners• Perform the story for your audience

From:kstoolkit.org

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Self-assessment checklist


1. Does your story have a clear beginning?2. Does your story use a hook so to catch the

listener attention?3. Does your story have a clearly defined

goal?4. Does your story have some characters

such as defined by Propp?5. Does your story have struggles,

difficulties, twists and frights?6. Does your story have a happy ending?

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To know more:• Campbell, J. ([1949] 2004) A Hero with a Thousand Faces. Princeton, N.J.:

Princeton University Press.• http://seas3.elte.hu/coursematerial/TarcsayTibor/Joseph-Campbell--The-Hero-

With-a-Thousand-Faces-Commemorative-Edition.pdf• Jung, K. ([1947] 1969) Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious In

Collected Works, volume 9, part 1. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.

• https://archive.org/stream/collectedworksof92cgju/collectedworksof92cgju_djvu.txt• Propp, V. ([1928] 1969) Morphology of the Folktale. Texas: University of

Texas Press.• https://archive.org/details/MorphologyOfTheFolkTale

• Vogler, C. ([1998] 2007) The writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for writers. Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese Productions.


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