Korean children’s talks about the classic children’s book, the story of Babar
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The story of Babar has had a broad appeal around the world as one of classic children’s books. Against many adults’ expectation on the story of Babar as a famous classic story, Dorfman(1983) and Kohl(1995) expose hidden messages representing imperialism, colonialism, capitalism and so on under an innocent mask. Their criticism was however based on analyzing the text itself rather than young readers. Sticking to the texts only, they did not consider any curiosity about young children’s intellects, voices, or different possibilities of children’s interaction with the story of Babar. This study endeavored to listen to children’s voices about the story of Babar in order to learn how Korean children really respond to the story in their social and cultural contexts. Children in a first-grade class of an elementary school located in Seoul participated in this study. Focus group interview was employed as a method. Data were analyzed through postcolonial and Bakhtinian theories to understand social and cultural contexts. Various theoretical perspectives borrowed from literary theory, critical theory, and psychoanalytic approaches were used as well to make sense of details of children’s utterances and responses. The children revealed the state of their society in the process of interpreting the story of Babar in their contexts. They exposed Western perspectives sometimes, but they also exhibited resistances to the blind acceptance of the text. They would swing back and forth somewhere between resistance and submission, reflecting their society.
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The story of Babar has had a broad appeal around the world as one of classic children’s books. Against many adults’ expectation on the story of Babar as a famous classic story, Dorfman(1983) and Kohl(1995) expose hidden messages representing imperialism, colonialism, capitalism and so on under an innocent mask. Their criticism was however based on analyzing the text itself rather than young readers. Sticking to the texts only, they did not consider any curiosity about young children’s intellects, voices, or different possibilities of children’s interaction with the story of Babar. This study endeavored to listen to children’s voices about the story of Babar in order to learn how Korean children really respond to the story in their social and cultural contexts. Children in a first-grade class of an elementary school located in Seoul participated in this study. Focus group interview was employed as a method. Data were analyzed through postcolonial and Bakhtinian theories to understand social and cultural contexts. Various theoretical perspectives borrowed from literary theory, critical theory, and psychoanalytic approaches were used as well to make sense of details of children’s utterances and responses. The children revealed the state of their society in the process of interpreting the story of Babar in their contexts. They exposed Western perspectives sometimes, but they also exhibited resistances to the blind acceptance of the text. They would swing back and forth somewhere between resistance and submission, reflecting their society.
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