Narration in Williams syndrome

Abstract

The article addresses the issue of narrative in Williams syndrome. It attemps to answer the question: ‘Does a group of individuals who are physically similar to each other, due to the deletion of a chromosomal fragment, also show similarities in terms of narrative, i.e. the implementation of a highly personal process?’ and to determine the specificity of narrative texts created by people with Williams syndrome. For this purpose, the syndrome in question was characterized, the concept of narrative was introduced, and its different components were discussed. Then, the methodology of research conducted on a group of ten people with Williams syndrome was presented. The study consisted of creating narrative texts based on two short animated productions. Subsequently, the analysis of the empirical material and its results were presented.