Ethnological Research, No. 14, 2009.
Preliminary communication
Games for Children as a Model of Folklore Communication
Tijana Jakovljević
; Muzej Grada Novog Sada, Novi Sad, Srbija
Abstract
Children’s games, their forms and contents, have been shaped by cultural and social patterns, while the content itself presents symbolic
communication between society and its members –participants in the
games. Contents of the games, as with games in general, do not represent a medium only between the society and its members, but also among the members themselves. It is through their communication process that the transmission of the games is happening, mainly among the memebrs of different generations, but also among the same generation group. During the transmission the contents do not remain unchanged, but the new elements are introduced which transform or reduce the content. These qualities of the games, like the qualities presented during their creation, transffering and manifestation, define children’s games as a folklore form. This paper examines children’s group games in the discurse of folklore and folklore communication. Their folklore qualities are detected and analysed in the context of the communication process.
Keywords
children’s games; folklore; children’s folklore; folklore communication; children’s groups
Hrčak ID:
44176
URI
Publication date:
9.12.2009.
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