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Record Nr.

UNINA9911092835503321

Autore

Goodson Ivor

Titolo

Developing narrative theory : life histories and personal representation / / Ivor F. Goodson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2013

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-73101-6

9780415603621

0415603625

1-283-64363-4

0-203-81770-2

1-136-73102-4

9780203817704

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

146 p. : ill. ; ; 24 cm

Classificazione

EDU000000EDU002000

Disciplina

370.721

Soggetti

Education - Biographical methods

Discourse analysis, Narrative - Research

Postmodernism and education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Studying life narratives -- pt. 2. On forms of narrativity.

Sommario/riassunto

"We live in an age of narrative: life stories are a crucial ingredient in what makes us human and, in turn, what kind of human they make us. In recent years, narrative analysis has grown in interest and use across many areas of research; up until now, however, this rapidly developing approach has lacked the firm theoretical underpinning that would allow researchers to both approach such research in a reliably structured way, and to interpret the results more effectively. Developing Narrative Theory looks at the contemporary need to study life narratives, considers the emergence and salience of life narratives in contemporary culture, and discusses different forms of narrativity. It shows in detail how life story interviews are conducted, and demonstrates how the process often begins with relatively unstructured



life story collection but moves to a more collaborative exchange, where sociological themes and historical patterns are scrutinised and mutually explored. At the core of this book, the author shows that, far from there being a singular form of narrative or an infinite range of unique and idiosyncratic narratives, there are in fact clusters of narrativity and particular types of narrative style. These can be grouped into four main areas: Focussed Elaborators; Scripted Describers; Armchair Elaborators; and Focussed Describers. Drawing on data from several large-scale studies from countries across the world, Professor Goodson details how theories of narrativity and life story analysis can combine to inform learning potential. Timely and innovative, this book will be of use to anyone researching or developing learning strategies and resources, as well as those interested in lifelong learning and professional and self-development practices"--

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911142494303321

Autore

Railton Ben <1977->

Titolo

Contesting the past, reconstructing the nation : American literature and culture in the Gilded Age, 1876-1893 / / Ben Railton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 2007

ISBN

0-8173-8020-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Collana

Studies in American literary realism and naturalism

Disciplina

820.9/358

Soggetti

American literature - 19th century - History and criticism

National characteristics, American, in literature

Literature and society - United States - History - 19th century

Sex role in literature

Race in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-304) and index.

Nota di contenuto

"He wouldn't ever dared to talk such talk in his life before" : dialect slavery, and the race question -- "If we had known how to write, we would have put all these things down and they would not have been



forgotten" : silenced voices, forgotten, histories, and the Indian question -- "That's the worst of being a woman. What you go through can't be told" : Private histories, public voices, and the woman question -- "Quite the southern version" : the lure of alternative voices and histories of the southern question -- "The way they talked in New Orleans in those days" : voice and history in and on the grandissimes.

Sommario/riassunto

Fables of American history embodied in Gilded Age literature  In this study of Gilded Age literature and culture, Benjamin Railton  proposes that in the years after Reconstruction, America's identity was  often contested through distinct and competing conceptions of the  nation's history. He argues that the United States moved toward unifying  and univocal historical narratives in the years between the Centennial  and Columbian Expositions, that ongoing social conflict provided sites  for complications of those narratives, and that works of historical  literature offer some