The Travelling Concepts of Narrative
Editors
Narrative is a pioneer concept in our trans-disciplinary age. For decades, it has been one of the most successful catchwords in literature, history, cultural studies, philosophy, and health studies. While the expansion of narrative studies has led to significant advances across a number of fields, the travels for the concept itself have been a somewhat more complex. Has the concept of narrative passed intact from literature to sociology, from structuralism to therapeutic practice or to the study of everyday storytelling? In this volume, philosophers, psychologists, literary theorists, sociolinguists, and sociologists use methodologically challenging test cases to scrutinize the types, transformations, and trajectories of the concept and theory of narrative. The book powerfully argues that narrative concepts are profoundly relevant in the understanding of life, experience, and literary texts. Nonetheless, it emphasizes the vast contextual differences and contradictions in the use of the concept.
[Studies in Narrative, 18] 2013. vi, 311 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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Introduction, or another story of narrativeMari Hatavara, Lars-Christer Hydén and Matti Hyvärinen | pp. 1–10
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Exploring the narrative turns
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Travelling metaphors, transforming conceptsMatti Hyvärinen | pp. 13–42
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Why narrative is here to stay: A return to originsMark Freeman | pp. 43–62
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To the narrative turn and back: The political impact of storytelling in feminismOlivia Guaraldo | pp. 63–82
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Travelling with narrative: From text to bodyPaul John Eakin | pp. 83–92
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Philosophical underpinnings of the narrative turn in theory and fictionHanna Meretoja | pp. 93–118
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Travelling between fiction and non-fiction
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Fact and fiction: Exploring the narrative mindJens Brockmeier | pp. 121–140
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Broken or unnatural? On the distinction of fiction in non-conventional first person narrationStefan Iversen | pp. 141–162
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Making sense in autobiographyMari Hatavara | pp. 163–178
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“Unnatural” narratives? The case of second-person narrationJarmila Mildorf | pp. 179–200
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Storytelling on the go: Breaking news as a travelling narrative genreAlexandra Georgakopoulou | pp. 201–224
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Travelling from body to story
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Towards an embodied theory of narrative and storytellingLars-Christer Hydén | pp. 227–244
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Fractured narratives: Psychology’s fragmented narrative psychologyBrian Schiff | pp. 245–264
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Broken stories: Narrative vs. narration in travelling theories of cultural traumaKuisma Korhonen | pp. 265–284
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Concluding reflections
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Twists and turns: The circulation of narrative concepts across disciplines and culturesAndreea Deciu Ritivoi | pp. 287–302
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List of contributors | pp. 303–306
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Index | pp. 307–311
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Subjects
Communication Studies
Main BIC Subject
CFG: Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General