Narrative necessity and the fixity of meaning in a life
Andrea C. Westlund | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
This paper raises doubts about the necessity of narrative to selfhood or unified agency, but suggests that there may nonetheless be an important role for autobiographical narrative in (provisionally) fixing the meaning of events, actions, and experiences within a life.
Keywords: trajectory dependence, narrative necessity, autobiography, self, narrative, autonomy, agency
Published online: 05 January 2012
https://doi.org/10.1075/ni.21.2.19wes
https://doi.org/10.1075/ni.21.2.19wes
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