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“How do I apply narrative theory?”
Socio-narrative theory in translation studies
Since the publication of Translation and Conflict: A Narrative Account (Baker 2006), there has been a growing interest in applying socio-narrative theory to Translation Studies, with Baker’s ideas extended and applied to several different areas of inquiry. This article gives a brief overview of these projects, and discusses in more depth the example of my own application and development of narrative theory. This includes a revised typology of narratives, the combination of narratological and sociological approaches, an intratextual model of analysis, and a new emphasis on the importance of narrators and temporary narrators in the (re)configuration of narratives. The article ends with a brief discussion on further topics within Translation and Interpreting Studies to which narrative theory might be applied.
Keywords: socio-narrative theory, research methodology, textual analysis, narrator(s), news reporting, online media, Beslan, Russia, Russian/English
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Narrative theory and translation studies
- 3.Applying narrative theory
- 3.1A typology of narratives
- 3.2‘Socio-narrative’: Combining narratological and sociological approaches to narrative
- 3.3An intra-textual model for the analysis of text
- 3.4Narrators and temporary narrators
- 4.Conclusions and further possibilities
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