Complex characters of many kinds? : Gendered representation of inner states in reading anthologies for Czech primary schools

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21248/l1esll.2022.22.1.406" target="_blank" >10.21248/l1esll.2022.22.1.406</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Complex characters of many kinds? : Gendered representation of inner states in reading anthologies for Czech primary schools

Original language description

L1 literacy instruction in Czechia largely relies on reading anthologies, i.e., textbooks containing short excerpts of literary texts from the 19th to 21st century. Focusing on current Year 3 anthologies (N = 13), wehave developed a simple, scalable and transferable analytical procedure examining what types of characters (male, female, animal, other) are represented in the narratives included (N = 530), what experiencedimensions (cognition, emotions, bodily engagement) these characters are attributed, and on what levelsof complexity. We found that female characters overall are strongly underrepresented in the anthologies,including excerpts from the most recent children&apos;s literature which is predominantly authored by women.Further, female characters show lower complexity than male characters in emotions, bodily engagement,and especially cognition. In a concluding case study of one particular text, we demonstrate how evenexcerpts with relatively complex characters of both genders may tend to perpetuate deeper imbalances.Our approach provides an experientially nuanced alternative to traditional content analysis yet its morebasic steps remain easy to use for practitioners in selecting literary texts for teaching. It can be applied inresearch anywhere but also in designing classroom activities exploring diversity in stories, whether thefocus is gender, ethnicity, or other.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

L1-Educational Studies in Language and Literature

ISSN

1567-6617

e-ISSN

1573-1731

Volume of the periodical

22

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

24

Pages from-to

1-24

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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