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Understanding Storytelling Among African American Children: A Journey From Africa to America This page intentionaltly left blank Understanding StorytelIing Among African American Children: A Journey From Africa to America Tempii B. Champion University of South Florida Iw LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, PUBLISHERS 2003 Mahwah, New Jersey London Senior Acquisitions Editor Naomi Silverman Editorial Assistant: Erica Kica Cover Photograph: Arthur M. Guilford Cover Design: Kathryn Houghtaling Lacey Textbook Production Manager: Paul Smolenski Text and Cover Printer: Sheridan Books The camera ready copy for the text of this book was provided by the author. Copyright 0 2003 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microform, retrieval system, or by any other means, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers 10 Industrial Avenue Mahwah, New Jersey 07430 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-PublicationD ata Champion, Tempii. Understanding storytelling among African American children : a journey from Africa to America / Tempii Champion. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN 0-8058-3407-9 (alk. paper) 1. African American children-Language. 2. English language-United States-Foreign ele- ments-African. 3. English language-United States-Discourse analysis. 4. English Language-United States-Rhetoric. 5. African languages-Influence on English. 6. Sto- rytelling-United States. 7. Storytelling-Africa. 8. Narration (Rhetoric) I. Title. PE3102.N42 C47 2002 808.5’43’08996073+lc2 1 2002069203 Books published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates are printed on acid-free paper, and their bindings are chosen for strength and durability. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Dedication Dr. Lynda Ruth Campbell April 1958 - March 2001 Ancestors are remembered as long as there is someone to call their names. This book is dedicated to Dr. Lynda Ruth Campbell, who returned home to be with her parents on March 15, 2001. Lynda’s love and commitment to providing innova- tive language research among African American children and collegial support for young scholars have impacted many lives, and the fruits of her labor are in her writings and those she touched. Lynda’s encouragement, laughter and comforting presence, before and after her death, have made this book possible. This page intentionaltly left blank Contents Preface ..................................................... vi Overview of the book .................................... vi Acknowledgments .......................................... xi1..1. Chapter 1: Tell Me Somethin’ Good: Storytelling From Africa to America . 1 History of Storytelling Within the African American Community ...1 African to African American ............................... 5 African American English Language Studies .................... 6 Narrative Analysis ....................................... 6 Purpose ............................................... 7 PART 1: Approaches to Understanding Narrative Structures Among African American Children ............................... 9 Chapter 2: Research on Narrative Structures Among African Americans and West Africans ..................... 10 Research on Narrative Production Among African American Children ........................ 10 Discourse Strategies within the African American Community ....1 9 Narrative Strategies Within West Africa ..................... 21 Purpose of Storytelling in West Africa ...................... -25 Summary ........................................... 26 Chapter 3: Extending the Research: A Study of Narrative Production Among African American Children ..................... 28 Data Transcription, and Reliability ......................... 34 Narrative Data Collection Process .......................... 35 Data Analysis .......................................... 36 Evaluative Analysis ..................................... 36 Episodic Analysis ....................................... 38 Thematic Analysis ...................................... 39 Sociolinguistic Analysis .................................. 39 Making a Transcript ................................ 40 Description of Utterances ........................... 40 Summary ............................................. 41 PART 11: Toward a Repertoire of Narrative Structures Among African American Children ............................. -42 Chapter 4: Evaluative Narratives ................................ 43 Overall Production of Structures ........................... 44 Classic Structure .................................. 44 Stitches/hospital .................................. 44 Chronological Structure ............................. 45 Leapfrogging Structure .............................. 46 - Ending-at the -Highpoint Structure .................... 48 Impoverished Structure ............................. 48 Patterns Within Age Groups .............................. 49 Elements Within Narrative Structure ....................... S O Summary of Evaluative Results ............................. 51 Chapter 5: Episodic Narratives ................................. 52 Overall Production of Structures ........................... 52 Complex Episodes ................................. 52 Complete Episodes ................................. 53 Reactive Sequences ............................... -53 Interactive Episodes ................................ 55 Action sequences .................................. 56 Patterns Within Groups .................................. 56 Summary of Episodic Analysis ............................. 58 ... Vlll Chapter 6: Moral Centered Narratives ........................... 59 Chapter 7: Performative Narratives ..............................6 9 PART 111: Research to Practice ................................. 86 Chapter 8: Implications for Educating African American Students ......8 7 Findings of the study .................................... 87 Relevance and Educational Implications .....................8 8 Home-School Mismatch ................................. 88 Teacher expectations .................................... 89 Culturally Relevant Pedagogy ............................. 90 Examples of Narrative Instruction .......................... 91 Directions for Future Research ............................. 96 Conclusion ........................................... 96 Appendix A: Narratives by Participant ........................... 97 Appendix B: Linguistic Features of African American English ........1 09 Vocabulary ................................................ 113 Bibliography ............................................... 115 Author Index .............................................. 128 Subject Index .............................................. 134
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