본 연구는 상상적 내러티브에 나타난 이야기를 만드는 유아의 의도와 상상적 내러티브에 나타난 등장인물의 의도는 어떠한지 탐색함으로써 유아의 의도에 대한 구체적이고 의미 있는 이해를 돕고자하는데 그 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 만 5세 유아 총 24명을 연구참여자로 하여 5주간 유아의 상상적 내러티브 내용을 수집하고, 내러티브에 나타난 의도를 이해하기 위한 참여관찰, 면담, 기타자료 수집 등의 질적 연구를 수행하였다. 연구 결과 첫째, 상상적 내러티브에 나타난 이야기를 만드는 유아의 의도는 「이야기 지식을 활용하려는 의도」, 「경험을 표현하려는 의도」,「마음을 드러내려는 의도」의 세 범주로 나타났다. 둘째, 상상적 내러티브에 나타난 등장인물의 의도는 「관계를 맺으려는 의도」, 「도덕적 가치를 반영하려는 의도」의 두 가지 범주로 나타났다.

The purpose of this study was to help you understand specifically and meaningfully children’s intention in the fantasy narrative by looking deep into their intention, stories and characters. This study sampled 24 five-year-old children in the Tree class of the kindergarten affiliated with W elementary school located in Y gu, Seoul as the subjects for study. This study was conducted from June 16th to July 18th, 2013. During this period, contents of fantasy narrative and various data to conduct this study were gathered. The method of data gathering was participant observation and conversation and other data collection. While staying in the kindergarten for participant observation, I wrote a field diary and interviewed each child, their parents and teachers. In addition, I referred to life record and anecdotal records such as proposals and daily plan, and collected children’s works which is related to fantasy narrative such as articles, pictures, works and so on. The collected data were organized, divided and analyzed through the three stages of interpretation. The results of this study were as follows. First, children have three different intentions which are ‘taking advantage of knowledge of story’, ‘expressing the experience’, ‘revealing the mind’. Second, characters’ intention in children’s stories were ‘intention to forge relationships’, ‘intention to reflect the moral values’.

• 오아름(청주교동초등학교병설유치원 교사) | Oh, Ah-Reum 교신저자