The Role of Memory and Stories in Shaping a Child’s Identity and Axiological Education. Pedagogical Reflections on the Theatre Performance: Stories from Oblivion Cover Image

Rola pamięci i opowieści w kształtowaniu tożsamości i wychowaniu aksjologicznym dziecka. Pedagogiczne refleksje na temat spektaklu Opowieści z niepamięci
The Role of Memory and Stories in Shaping a Child’s Identity and Axiological Education. Pedagogical Reflections on the Theatre Performance: Stories from Oblivion

Author(s): Anna Sanecka
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Preschool education
Published by: Uniwersytet Ignatianum w Krakowie
Keywords: story; mythology; forgetting; performance; identity

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the theatrical performance for children entitled Stories from Oblivion as a tool for shaping the cultural identity of a child and introducing the youngest audience to the subject of memory as an ethical category. In the research, the analysis of the content of the play is used and interpreted in the context of philosophical considerations of Paul Ricoeur concerning stories, time, memory and forgetting. Particular parts of the article concern: the pedagogical role of memory; Slavic mythology; stories as a narrative genre; memory and forgetting and their social consequences; identity and its shaping; educational values of the presented performance. Based on P. Ricoeur’s opinion on stories, memory and forgetting, as well as on B. Milerski’s pedagogical views, it was concluded that the content of the analysed performance and the way it deals with the above mentioned subjects can be an example of upbringing for memory and recognizing a story as a significant educational tool in the process of identity formation.

  • Issue Year: 15/2020
  • Issue No: 2 (56)
  • Page Range: 95-108
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish