ERIC Number: EJ1333048
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0272
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Narrative and Analytical Interplay in History Texts: Recalibrating the Historical Recount Genre
Journal of Curriculum Studies, v54 n1 p85-104 2022
Based on Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) informed genre theory, this paper investigates the interplay between narrative and analytical representations of the past in texts used for history-educational purposes. In this paper, it is argued that the role of narrative merits further attention in history genre descriptions. Thirteen history texts, selected from a lower-secondary history-instructional unit about European colonization, are examined. The examination of stages, narrative elements, and the way historical significance is expressed in these texts arrives at a re-calibration of the historical recount genre suggesting four distinct "historical recount types" with different configurations of a narrative-analytical interplay. The findings have implications for our understanding of the role of narrative elements in history texts, and further for genre-based approaches to instruction that concern reading and writing history texts.
Descriptors: Linguistics, History Instruction, Language Styles, Grade 8, Foreign Countries, Historical Interpretation, History, Narration
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 8; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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