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http://dx.doi.org/10.17703/JCCT.2022.8.4.143

A Study on the Oral Characteristics in Personal Narrative Storytelling  

Kim, Kyung-Seop (Dept. of Liberal Arts, Eulji Univ)
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The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology / v.8, no.4, 2022 , pp. 143-150 More about this Journal
Abstract
The folk language that lives and breathes in modern works does not just come from old stories, but it is a personal narrative which is based on the experiences of the narrator. Like many genres in oral literature, most of these personal narratives occur from the impulse of communicating and reinventing rather than from the impulse of creating. Compared to traditional folktales, stories about an individual's experiences, such as personal narratives are often performed by adding the individual tendencies of the narrator. In so doing, the phenomenon of "processing the experience by estimating it and reinterpreting the memories roughly" occurs, and this is a significant factor in making the oral literature. However, the question that arises here is: How can we deal with these significant elements that are inevitably captured when performed orally? Text linguistics, the main methodology of this paper, implies the possibility of expressing the impromptu elements of oral literature. Also, textual linguistic analysis of personal narratives provides the possibility of discussing oral characteristics from various angles which have been difficult to analyze, such as on-site atmosphere, speaker mistakes, contradictions in stories, and audience reactions. Hence, it is possible to effectively discuss oral-poetics in oral literature which are based on the one-off of 'words', the 'roughness' of the on-site atmosphere, and the stackability of the 'wisdom of crowds'. Furthermore, it is expected to contribute to the study of personal narrative storytelling that plays an important part in Veabal art in community culture.
Keywords
Personal Narrative; Orality; Oral Folklore; Oral Literature; Text Linguistics; Oral Poetics; Community Culture; Verbal Art;
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