The acquisition of narrative competence through comics in Primary School

Abstract

In this paper we describe a range of aspects that favor the development of narrative competence of children, and how it is acquired through comics. Comics are well known for its versatility among the various media that allow the creation of stories with images in children, as its expressive material is based on drawing and writing without the need to resort to sophisticated technological tools for the production of speech. The analysis of psycholinguistic factors involved in the narrative act allows us to sketch an effective methodology to address an essential aspect of media education: learning to tell stories with pictures. To narrate with images, the child needs to know how to construct the term structure of the story and how to translate the argument into the language of comics. We propose guidelines for the integration of this resource didactic in different areas of the curriculum in elementary school.