CHILDREN'S NARRATIVE AND THE MEDIATION OF THE OTHER: IMPLICATIONS FOR CHILD EDUCATION

The article addresses the appropriation of narrative discourse by children aged between two and six years old, considering the theories of Bakhtin (1997; 2006), Bruner (1986; 1991; 1997) and Perroni (1983). The empirical data were constructed through two procedures: the first concerns the field journal records of narratives created by a group of children, who attended an Early Childhood Education Center in the city of Natal-RN in 2019; and the second concerns the collection of children's narratives in family interactions during the year 2020. The analyzes point out that the mediation of the adult in the role of listener, provocateur and coauthor in the production of children's narratives are essential for children to appropriate the narrative genre and expand their abilities to narrate and participate in the dialogic web.