Brewer 1985

Brewer 1985

Reference
	Brewer, William F. 1985. "The story schema: Universal and culture-specific properties." In Olson, D., Torrance, and Hildyard 1985. Interest level: general.

Summary
	Describes basic properties of the story schema in Western literature, but compares them with the story schema in traditional societies. Includes a section on culture-specific properties of the story schema. Also discusses the universal properties of the story schema, as well as the oral versus written tradition of storytelling.

Evaluation
	Useful for writers of literacy and postliteracy materials to develop relevance and appropriate story lines. Not too technical for lay people to understand.

Context for this page:

Bibliography module: Brewer 1985
In overview module: Bibliography (Literacy): B
In modular book: Bibliography (Literacy), by Doris Gallemore, Trudi C. Hunt, Jeanne Swanson, and Stephen L. Walter
In document collection: Reference materials
In bookshelf: Literacy

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