Chapter published in:
Intercultural Experience in Narrative: Expatriate stories from a multicultural workplace
Michał Wilczewski
[Studies in Narrative 26] 2019
► pp. 50–62

Chapter 3
Narrative approach to studying intercultural experiences

Article outline
  • 3.0Introduction
  • 3.1Narrative as a structure of meaning
  • 3.2Story as a meaningful narrative
  • 3.3Functions of narratives and stories
    • 3.3.1Narrative as a means of cognition
    • 3.3.2Narrative as a means of organizing experience and constructing reality
    • 3.3.3Storytelling as a sense-making process
  • 3.4Capturing the narrator’s perspective
  • 3.5Studying narratives of intercultural experiences
  • 3.6Conclusion