The process of communication between author and reader is a critical issue in examining any text. When considering the communication of ideas from young people whose voices are seldom heard, the journey from author to audience has particular significance. The construction of children and young people as ‘authors’ is important, especially for those with learning difficulties or who struggle to comply with the current emphasis on spelling, punctuation and grammar. This article relates to a UK Research-Council-funded three-year collaborative research project involving the co-creation of fictional stories with young people with disabilities to represent aspects of their lives. Drawing on frameworks from narratology, I analyse the co-creation of one of the stories, and present an interpretation and elaboration of the discourse structure of narrative fiction to illustrate the complexities of the relationship between the multi-faceted ‘author’ and community ‘reader’ of these stories. The combination of qualitative research and fictional prose has particular characteristics and implications for the dissemination and communication of research findings; while extending feminist critique of Barthes’ claim for the death of the author provides new insights for engaging children in writing with their own voice.

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与残疾青年合作写作：提出作者和代理的新问题

作者和读者之间的交流过程是检查任何文本的关键问题。当考虑到很少听到声音的年轻人的思想交流时，从作者到观众的旅程具有特别重要的意义。将儿童和青少年培养为“作者”很重要，特别是对于那些有学习困难或难以遵守当前对拼写、标点符号和语法的强调的人。本文与英国研究理事会资助的一项为期三年的合作研究项目有关，该项目涉及与残疾青年共同创作虚构故事以代表他们生活的各个方面。借鉴叙事学的框架，我分析了其中一个故事的共同创作，并对叙事小说的话语结构进行解释和阐述，以说明这些故事的多方面“作者”和社区“读者”之间关系的复杂性。定性研究与虚构散文的结合对研究成果的传播和交流具有特殊的特点和意义；同时扩展对巴特关于作者死亡的主张的女权主义批评，为让孩子们用自己的声音写作提供了新的见解。