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- Eriksson Barajas, Katarina, 1966-
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A discursive reception study of fiction
- 2012
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of the proposed paper is to increase the knowledge on fiction in use. A combination of reader reception studies (cf. Fish, 1980) and discursive psychology (Edwards & Potter, 1992), which I would like to call discursive reception studies (Eriksson & Aronsson, 2009): that is, a discursive-psychological analysis of reader-reception data is used in the paper. Such approach provides possibilities to analyse the role of social interaction in the co-construction of the experience of a film or a play (or the reading of a book). Drawing on detailed analyses of video-recorded pair or group conversations before, during and after the viewing of a stage play or a film, empirically-driven research questions will be addressed: f ex How is fiction used to create ourselves and position each other, to be seen as smart or well-informed, as being part of the cultural elite or as not high-brow? How is talk about fiction used to quarrel, flirt, tie bonds of friendship et cetera? To analyse talk about fiction as interaction makes it possible to understand the potential of action in interpretation of fiction contains, the participants in a conversation around a play or a film do not only report their reading of the piece, they also use their interpretation in social interaction. Hereby, it becomes possible to analyse how readings of fictive stories are created in social interaction and how they are used for different purposes. Hence, the knowledge on fictive characters becomes more dynamic.Data from conversations after seeing Shakespeare’s play Romeo & Juliette and films as One Day, Jane Eyre, Real Steel and Arrietty the Borrower is analysed in the paper.
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- Eriksson Barajas, Katarina, 1966-
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Boksamtalets dilemman och möjligheter
- 2012. - 1
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Hur kan skolan hjälpa barn att bli bokslukare?Boksamtalets dilemman och möjligheter handlar om litteraturläsning och boksamtal i skolan. I boken beskriver författaren hur boksamtal mellan lärare och elever kan gå till, och analyserar vad som händer i samtalen. Författaren ger också sin syn på nyttan och dilemman med boksamtal. I boken presenteras åtta böcker som användes på en skola för att locka elever att läsa. Författaren beskriver hur eleverna och lärarna tillsammans skapar olika läsaridentiteter i samtalen. Hon visar också hur genusfrågor och frågor om ”de andra”, som inte är som ”oss”, synliggörs i samtalen samt hur eleverna relaterar texterna till sina egna liv.Avslutningsvis ger författaren några didaktiska perspektiv på boksamtal, vad lärare bör hålla i minnet när de organiserar samtalen och hur de kan stödja elevernas lärande. Boken vänder sig till studenter som utbildar sig till lärare, bibliotekarier och litteraturvetare samt till redan yrkesverksamma lärare och barnbibliotekarier.
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- Eriksson (Barajas), Katarina, 1966-
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Booktalk Dilemmas
- 2001
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Ingår i: Oxford Ethnography and Education Conference. - : Informa UK Limited. ; , s. 391-408
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The syllabus for mother tongue teaching in Sweden states that an essential goal is that pupils, in conversation with others, should be able to express feelings and thoughts evoked by literature. The present paper addresses how schools try to promote pupils' reading, examining authentic school-run booktalk conversations from a discursive approach. The data consists of video-recorded sessions with small groups of pupils in Grades 4-7. A series of booktalk dilemmas were identified. The so-called book clubs studied were aimed at promoting reading for pleasure. Yet, literary practices were, at times, transformed into calculating tasks, vocabulary lessons or reading aloud exercises. Another complication concerned the synchronising of the pupils' reading, which led to extensive negotiations on the part of teacher and pupils.
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- Eriksson Barajas, Katarina, 1966-
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Discursive Reception Studies : A Path toward Knowledge about Fiction in EverydayLife
- 2015
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Ingår i: Journal of Literary Theory. - : Walter de Gruyter. - 1862-5290 .- 1862-8990. ; 9:1, s. 1-21
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The study of mainstream consumers of fiction is still limited, as is research of naturalistic reading situations. In this paper I argue that a combination of reception theory and discursive psychology – discursive reception research – can be a fruitful method for empirical literary studies. Reception theory gains both a way to adequately analyze conversations about literature (and other aesthetic products), and the opportunity to study how the reception is done and how literature is used, while discursive psychology, in turn, gains the opportunity to »dementalize« a practice that has previously been surrounded by a strict cognitivist paradigm. Literature and other aesthetic products such as film and theater often deal with existential questions. In this way, conversation data on aesthetic reception provides a greater breadth of such content than does other natural conversation data. I argue that discursive psychology provides systematic tools and concepts for analyzing talk that can be useful for literary scholars who mostly deal with fiction. In addition, discourse analysis of conversation transcripts resembles the analysis of literary texts, making talk seem less alien to analyze for those who are accustomed to studying written text. The analytical tools used in discursive psychology thus provide literary scholars with adequate help for the analysis of conversations. The advantage of using discursive psychology and discourse analysis when researching reception is that a detailed analysis of the interaction reveals how participants create a shared reading of literature (Fish 1998). In much of the previous reception research, the researcher has only considered the respondent’s answer and not how the answer, or the reading, emerges in the conversation. In some examples, I show how an interactional focus on booktalk enables us to highlight children’s voices as part of a common social practice, for example in a discussion about withdrawing when one is feeling sad. I also show how the booktalk participants refer to traditional gender positions in a conversation about the characters in a book. I show how a teacher presents his own hypothesis about people from other parts of the world in booktalk. My hope is to add another dimension and in this way highlight the importance of teachers taking careful consideration when they use fiction – books as well as film – in an attempt to create contrasting images to undemocratic conditions, as the Swedish school curriculum requires. In addition to the experiences conveyed in the conversations, I also show examples of how people in conversation about literature – can position themselves as, e.g., a booklover, a guy or as enlightened. This type of analysis also gives insights into how booktalk reception is done. Detailed analyses of conversations about books provide opportunities to study the connection between fiction and life. In this way, our knowledge of literature in practice increases, allowing us to address questions such as: How is literature used to create ourselves and position others, to portray us as good or well-read, as belonging to the cultural elite or as not being a snob? How can discussions about literature be used to quarrel, flirt, make friendships, etc.? How are the concepts ›reader‹ and ›non-reader‹ construed in young people’s identity work?
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- Eriksson Barajas, Katarina, 1966-
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Eight Books to Promote Reading : Experiences from a Book Club in Grades 4-7
- 2016
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Ingår i: New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship. - : Taylor & Francis Group. - 1361-4541 .- 1740-7885. ; 22:1, s. 15-35
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Drawing on a one-year-long ethnographic reader-response study of a book club activity in a Swedish school, the present article offers a narratological analysis of books used in the book club, as well as some didactical implications for practice. The analysis of the books shows a preponderance of male protagonists, foreign settings, and first-person and omniscient narrators. The books used were characterized by classic folktale plots. A majority of the books were about animals and adventures. And, many of them dealt with existential themes. When it comes to leading book clubs, the author suggests keeping in mind that struggling readers might be the greatest book lovers, and that stereotypical texts can be used to counteract stereotypes. Interpretations of what is “real” emerge in the book club were shown to be potential starting points for discussions on the conditions of fiction. To avoid ideological dilemmas, it is important to make clear what the aim of a book club is.
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- Eriksson Barajas, Katarina, 1966-
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How to (or not to) research reception of fiction in public spaces : methodological reflections
- 2014
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Thepaper is based on an interdisciplinary empirical research project on theuse of fiction. Reader response/reception theories and discursive psychology (Edwards & Potter, 1992) are combined in theproject. The approach, called discursive reception studies (Eriksson Barajas& Aronsson, 2009), provides possibilities to analyse the role of socialinteraction in the co-construction of the experience of, in this case, a filmor a play. Thepaper deals with methodological issues: i) how to get access to ‘naturally’occurring practices around fiction – when people went to cafés after seeing afilm together and in the pause at the theatre; ii) how to record data in suchpractices; iii) how to use data collection methods and analysis methods adaptedto the type of data collected. One advantage with the used method for datacollection is that I have come across “dream participants” – that is correctmatch between participants and film content.
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- Eriksson (Barajas), Katarina, 1966-
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Life and Fiction
- 2005
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Eriksson (Barajas), Katarina, 1966-
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Maurice Sendak
- 2022
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Ingår i: Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. - Stockholm : ALMA. ; , s. 12-15, s. 13-15-
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Bokkapitel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)
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- Eriksson Barajas, Katarina, 1966-
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Methodological Reflections on Investigating the Reception of Fiction in Public Spaces
- 2016
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Ingår i: CLCWeb. - : Purdue University (bepress). - 1481-4374. ; 18:2
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In her article "Methodological Reflections on Investigating the Reception of Fiction in Public Spaces" Katarina Eriksson Barajas discusses how to find and approach research participants in public spaces. Eriksson Barajas's study is based on tenets of the empirical study of literature. Reader response and reception theories and discursive psychology are both employed in the analysis. This approach, called discursive reception studies, enables researchers to analyze the role of social interaction in the co-construction of the experience of, in this case, a film or a play. Eriksson Barajas discusses the following methodological issues: 1) how to gain access to "naturally" occurring practices such as when people meet to talk at cafés after seeing a film together and during the intermissions at the theater and 2) how to record data on such practices. The results of Eriksson Barajas's study show that gaining access to participants in cinema settings is difficult, but not impossible.
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