This study was to carry out narrative analysis on contemporary history in elementary social studies textbook, focused on 'point of view' and 'narration'. The results are shown as follows.
First, the textbook uses omniscient narration of history on t...
This study was to carry out narrative analysis on contemporary history in elementary social studies textbook, focused on 'point of view' and 'narration'. The results are shown as follows.
First, the textbook uses omniscient narration of history on the basis of 'narration on viewpoint of narrator' to make us consider narrated content to be 'the real'. Second, various characters appeared in the textbook play a role as provider of viewpoint to make us internalize fixed meaning of history taken over from narrator.
To write social studies textbook is the process of narratization that reveals the author's perspective on society. Conversely, To read the textbook is the process of connecting the narrative recovered from it to the reader's life. Accordingly, to write and read social studies textbook is to reflect on a society and life through narrative. This is why we should care about narrative of textbook.