Pedagogical Implications of Folktales to Children: Urgency for a Reconstructed Tale

Citraningtyas, Clara Evi (2013) Pedagogical Implications of Folktales to Children: Urgency for a Reconstructed Tale. In: Proceeding of the World Conference on Integration of Knowledge. WCIK, pp. 222-229. ISBN 978-967-11768-2-5

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Abstract

Literature is Dulce et Utile (Horace c. 13 B.C.), but children literature is more accurately to be Utile et Dulce. This exchange of order is to show how children literature is never a neutral entity. The aim of children literature is primarily to educate, and only then to amuse. There is always pedagogical element that is placed before entertaining element in children literature. This concept of Utile et Dulce in children literature is even more strongly present in folktales. Folktales are often believed to be texts that posses power in educating children and in shaping them to approve behavior. The pedagogical power of folktales is widely shared by parents and educators and thus they are eager to introduce folktales to children from a very early age, making folktales to be a potent medium to carry moral education from generation to generation. This paper argues that being a legacy, folktale is not and must not be a lifeless and stagnant narrative. As values change over centuries, folktales must be rewritten and reconstructed to adapt to change in society. The need to rewrite and reconstruct a tale is more urgent in tales that carry obsolete values or principles that are not believed anymore. This paper provides evidence on the urgency to reconstruct a long-established Indonesian folktale that carries unconstructive values. This is proven by comparing how the traditional and its reconstructed version of the tale affect child readers in their decision towards a number of moral judgments that involve forgiveness. Children aged 9 – 12 are contrasted on their willingness to forgive prior to and after reading a traditional and a reconstructed version of the tale. The result of the study shows how a correctly reconstructed folktale can influence child readers in positive ways.

Item Type:	Prosiding
Uncontrolled Keywords:	folktale, children literature, education, child readers.
Subjects:	A General Works > AI Indexes (General)
Divisions:	Fakultas Humaniora dan Bisnis > Prodi Ilmu Komunikasi
Depositing User:	Admin Repository
Date Deposited:	21 Feb 2023 08:07
Last Modified:	21 Feb 2023 08:07
URI:	http://eprints.upj.ac.id/id/eprint/4479

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