Eriksson2004

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Eriksson2004
BibType ARTICLE
Key Eriksson2004
Author(s) Katarina Eriksson, Karin Aronsson
Title Building life world connections during school booktalk
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Tag(s) EMCA, Book club, Discourse analysis, Reader response, Realism
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Year 2004
Language English
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Journal Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
Volume 48
Number 5
Pages 511–528
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DOI 10.1080/003138042000272159
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Abstract

In criticisms of children's literature, notions of 'fantasy' and 'realism' are pivotal. In school 'booktalk' conversations pupils referred to what is 'real' in three different ways: (i) by referring to feelings of or semblance to 'real' life, (ii) by invoking shared facts and (iii) by making references to personal experiences. In cases when teachers or pupils initiated so-called text-to-life or real world connections, two types of dilemmas occurred. First, engagement was at times bought at the cost of quite literal reader responses. At other times, engagement was accomplished at the price of intrusiveness. There was, thus, a delicate balance between life world references, on the one hand, and literal readings or intrusion, on the other. Moreover, students sometimes resisted life world probing, but volunteered privileged information about their parents, displaying different notions from teachers about legitimate information in a school context.

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