A Study of Deepening Appreciation of the Arts through Expression and History Talk : Through Arts and Crafts Practices Focusing on the Narrative Approach

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the workings of aesthetic appreciation through expression of stories based on subjects' feelings using multiple art works they had selected according to interests rooted in their life experiences, as well as the practice of renarrating the process of one's own story and others'. To discuss this linguistic practice, the focus was on "narrative-based inquiry," an approach in qualitative study. Results elucidated that meaningful dialogue utilizing history talk promotes a speaker's reflective thinking and multidimensional understanding, consequently improving his or her aesthetic appreciation with inference and criticism.