日本語教育と創作 ―物語のパロディー創作授業―

Abstract

This paper presents an example of the “Writing Study” class proposed by the author. The Writing Study class involves students creating stories in Japanese according to a set pattern to foster both Japanese writing skills and creative thinking. With this aim the author conducted classes where students were asked to write stories following various patterns, such as the “And-style” “But-style,” “Taketori-style” “Urashima-style” and “Why-style” Additionally, creative writing classes, such as “Critical Writing on Painting” and ”Fictitious Travel Diary” were conducted, with results reported in various media. This paper introduces one of the patterns used in these “Writing Studies” called the 'If-style' method. Simply put, it is a creative writing method based on the technique of “parody.” Specifically, the setting or situation of a well-known folktale or fairy tale is changed, and the story is made into something completely different. However, when trying this class, we often found that changing the setting of the original story resulted in a copycat story without any new themes or atmosphere, lacking creativity. After various trials and errors, the author instructed the students to remake the original story into an “interesting” or “funny” story. They then began to write creative stories with new flavors　and subject matters. This paper is an introduction to the “If-style” method of teaching “Writing Studies” and presents a class report featuring the narrative texts written by the students and the process of change.