A study of animal characters as representations of humans: the animality/bibliotherapy test

Suvilehto, Pirjo

doi:10.1080/08893675.2019.1583414

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“…It means access to benefit from reading skills, but also to experience the joy of reading. It is well documented that stories and literary activities in children's lives have diverse positive effects and by using carefully selected thematic books teachers can use literature to reach out to students experiencing difficult situations (6,2).…”

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We Need Stories and Bibliotherapy Offers One Solution to Developmental Issues

Suvilehto

2019

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The power of stories, that is, bibliotherapy and literary arts, lies in the field of literature and in the knowledge of new ways to gain wellbeing and joy through literary practices, specially, in education. In this short paper I discuss about the benefits of developmental bibliotherapy, which means active interaction with a child through a story and its fictional characters. A well-chosen and an appropriate book may be a solution for many daily concerns [1,2].

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“…In this short paper I discuss about the benefits of developmental bibliotherapy, which means active interaction with a child through a story and its fictional characters. A well-chosen and an appropriate book may be a solution for many daily concerns [1,2].…”

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We Need Stories and Bibliotherapy Offers One Solution to Developmental Issues

Suvilehto

2019

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“…Die bewussynsmatige ingesteldheid berus op 'n peinsende staat van belewenis, gekenmerk deur verskerpte intuïsie, verbeelding, 'n sensitief invoelende ingesteldheid en betrokkenheid by 'n eie ondersoek na die werklikheid, na die vervlegtheid van die self en die wêreld (Längle & Klaassen, 2021:746) Stone, 2003), wat verwys na die bewustelike inademing van 'n moment of indruk, met ander woorde 'n verskerpte bewussyn, oftewel verinnerliking, van die vervloeide ingebindheid van 'n ganse bestaan: om dus sonder voorbehoud, intensioneel ontvanklik en besinnend met 'n gegewe werklikheid om te gaan (Gadamer, 2004:57). Verder betrek dit 'n tipe ingekeerdheid of innerlike stilte wat noodsaaklik vir ontledende, genuanseerde en verbandsoekende denke is (Feller & Cottone, 2003).…”

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Die waarde van literêre teater in die bewussyns-opvoeding van psigoterapiestudente

Conradie

2023

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The value of literary theatre in the consciousness education of psychotherapy studentsThe capacity to comprehend experiences in a coherent way and attribute meaning to existence is unique to human beings. Through Dasein, being consciously concerned with the ontophenomenological experience, thus interpreting what it means to exist amid that which is and is still becoming, human beings strive to connect with their Lebenswelt (a lived world). Only when individuals are consciously receptive to and involved in their own ontological being and becoming can they empathise with the very nature of another. Woven into this larger disposition characterised by continuous onto-phenomenological self-making-in-a-situation (Bildung)the Nietzschean call -is the empathic attitude. In the context of psychology, in particular psychotherapy, the empathic attitude -that is, being sensitively aware of how we understand ourselves, others and the world we share -is undeniably part of the repertoire of qualities that a therapist ought to possess. Often, however, the attitude of novice therapists towards what is happening between them and their clients here and now involves inflated self-awareness that is devoid of ontological considerations. Frequently, this results in a clichéd form of empathy based primarily on sentimental emotionality. It seems to be true that, in a ubiquitous cyberculture characterised by self-absorption and the mere accumulation of simplistic explanations, the ability to be ontologically receptive -as the sine qua non of an empathetic attitude -is gradually becoming undervalued. Art, in particular literary theatre, has the capacity to push psychotherapy students (as spectators) to the edge of what it means to be human beings; by implication, therefore, it constitutes an appeal for existential phenomenological involvement. Suddenly the spectators cannot escape the incantatory circle of what is affectively transcendent and become participants in their own self-developmental needs and psychological yearnings.This article seeks to illustrate how the existential phenomenological elements of literary theatre, including physicality (language, movement, actions and sound), time and spatiality, can be used to comprehend an embodied involvement (being with the client, here, now) and encourage ontological reflection in psychotherapy students. In this regard, literary theatre displays certain existential phenomenological characteristics that can be understood and applied as part of a pedagogical enterprise in psychotherapy teaching and training. Some core characteristics include inner stillness, a sensitive-receptive attitude, and an awareness of Jungian or depth-psychology archetypes. Of importance is therefore the existential

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“…The Bear is an 'anthropomorphic character' (Suvilehto, 2019) acting as the hero in the preschooler's animated show. We find a similar bear character, Pooh, in 'Winnie the Pooh ' (1966).…”

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Gender-sensitive Portrayal in Cartoon Shows for Preschoolers: A Critical Analysis of Masha and the Bear

Laskar

2021

Asia Pacific Media Educator

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Most of the studies on children’s programming conducted in America or India, indicating an unbalanced and stereotypical gender representation, remain limited to those on older children. The present study explores if cartoon shows for preschoolers resort to the counter-hegemonic portrayal of male/female characters, and if thereby have any scope for representation of gender fluidity within it. Consequently, it also attempts to discern the ways in which interpersonal relationships between the protagonists, and between the protagonist(s) and the secondary character(s) portray any ‘dominant/submissive’ dichotomies. Drawing on Bandura’s ‘Social Learning Theory’ and de Beauvoir’s notion of the social construction of women as the ‘other’, this study presents the results of textual analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis of a popular Russian cartoon show ‘Masha and the Bear’ (M&TB) telecast on Nick Jr. The study findings indicate more gender-sensitive representation in the show for preschoolers than those for the older children. Bearing the tropes of Soviet Russian egalitarian and cultural traits, the characters of M&TB portray non-binary gender roles compared to their American or Indian counterparts.

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A study of animal characters as representations of humans: the animality/bibliotherapy test

Cited by 8 publications

References 12 publications

We Need Stories and Bibliotherapy Offers One Solution to Developmental Issues

We Need Stories and Bibliotherapy Offers One Solution to Developmental Issues

Die waarde van literêre teater in die bewussyns-opvoeding van psigoterapiestudente

Gender-sensitive Portrayal in Cartoon Shows for Preschoolers: A Critical Analysis of Masha and the Bear

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