The development of the narrative genre in English and Italian as a foreign language (original) (raw)

What, in a nutshell, is this story about? Orientation: Who, When, Where, What? Complicating action: Then what happened? Evaluation: So what, how is this interesting? Result or resolution: That finally happened? Coda: That's it, l've finished, and bridging back to our present situation. Hasan analyzes nursery tales, yet she presents the generic structure potential (GSP) of a nursery tale, in other words, the description of "the total range of The development of the narrative genre 147 textual structures avilable withn a genre G" (Hasan 1984: 79), in a somewhat similar way to Labov and Waletzky's, with the optional elements in round brackets and the obligatory ones outside (Hasan 1984: 80): (Placement) Initiating event Sequent event Fina! event (Finale) (Mora!) Hasan's definition of the semantic properties of a story bave been particularly useful in determining the sense of narration of our students. Some elements which, according to Hasan, identify a nursery...