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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465450303321

Titolo

The travelling concepts of narrative [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Matti Hyvärinen, Mari Hatavara ; Lars-Christer Hydén

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013

ISBN

90-272-7196-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Collana

Studies in narrative (SiN), , 1568-2706 ; ; v. 18

Altri autori (Persone)

HyvärinenMatti

HatavaraMari

HydénLars-Christer

Disciplina

401/.41

Soggetti

Discourse analysis - Psychological aspects

Narrative inquiry (Research method)

Cohesion (Linguistics)

Electronic books.

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

The Travelling Concepts of Narrative; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction, or another story of narrative; Interdisciplinary narrative studies; The concept of narrative; The structure of the book; Exploring the narrative turns; Travelling between fiction and non-fiction; Travelling from body to story; Note; References; Exploring the narrative turns; Travelling metaphors, transforming concepts; Travelling with Mieke Bal; Tasting the difference; LaCapra's astonishment; Confusions of a traveller; Narrative as a metaphor; Ryan's distinction

Life as postclassical narrative?Life On Chesil Beach; References; Why narrative is here to stay A return to origins; The hermeneutic imperative and the turn to narrative; i. The Freudian moment; ii. The textual moment; iii. The historiographical moment; iv. The poetic moment; Narrative, dementia, and the nature of the real; References; To the narrative turn and back The political impact of storytelling in feminism; 1.; 2.; 3.; 4.; References; Travelling with narrative: From text to body; References; Philosophical underpinnings of the narrative turn in theory and fiction



The epistemological dimensionThe ontological dimension; The ethical dimension; References; Travelling between fiction and non-fiction; Fact and fiction: Exploring the narrative mind; Just the facts; Narrative hermeneutics; Interpretive meaning-making and the autobiographical process; Interpretation and intersubjectivity; References; Broken or unnatural? On the distinction of fiction in non-conventional first person narration; Accessibility and mediation: Against against the exceptionality thesis; Defining and interpreting (elements of) non-conventional narration; Obstructed attributions

ConclusionNote; References; Making sense in autobiography; Autobiography and sense-making; Natural and literal readings; Paratexts, beginnings and ends; Mediated experiences; Theories of mind and narrative; Conclusion; References; "Unnatural" narratives? The case of second-person narration; Mapping out the area: Second-person narration; Playing with narrative situations: Ahmadou Kourouma's Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote; Sharing stories: Second-person narration in conversational settings; Second-person narration: "Unnatural" storytelling?; Appendix; References

Storytelling on the go: Breaking news as a travelling narrative genreWays of telling-sites-tellers in small stories research; Breaking news as ethnographic observables; Analysis; Breaking news as (small) stories; Event sequencing and world-making in breaking news: Ways of telling; Situatedness and recontextualization of breaking news: Sites; Audience engagement and co-construction: Tellers; Conclusions; References; Travelling from body to story; Towards an embodied theory of narrative and storytelling; Storytelling and dementia: The experimental and cognitive approach

Problems with the cognitive processing theory

Sommario/riassunto

This chapter addresses how concepts of narrative and narration have been used in theories of cultural trauma. My point of departure is an article by Wulf Kansteiner and Harald Weilnböck, where they criticize the concept of cultural trauma or what they call the paradigm of "deconstructive trauma discourse." They argue that this paradigm not only misuses the concept of psychological trauma by adapting it to a cultural realm, but also refuses to recognize the significance of narratives in trauma therapy. I will challenge their criticism by taking a closer look at how the concept of cultural traum



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Record Nr.

UNISA996217134803316

Autore

Stutely Richard <1955->

Titolo

Numbers guide [[electronic resource] ] : the essentials of business numeracy / / [Richard Stutely]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.j., : Bloomberg Press, c2003

ISBN

1-281-03165-8

9786611031657

1-84765-028-7

Edizione

[5th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

The Economist series

Disciplina

330.01513

Soggetti

Business mathematics

Numeracy

Problem solving - Statistical methods

Decision making - Statistical methods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: The Economist numbers guide, 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; List of tables; List of figures; Introduction; 1 Key concepts; 2 Finance and investment; 3 Descriptive measures for interpretation and analysis; 4 Tables and charts; 5 Forecasting techniques; 6 Sampling and hypothesis testing; 7 Incorporating judgments into decisions; 8 Decision making in action; 9 Linear programming and networking; A Z; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Numbers Guide, now in its fifth edition, is aimed at managers who have budgetary, planning or forecasting responsibilities and is invaluable for everyone who wants to be competent, and able to communicate effectively, with numbers. There are chapters on Key Concepts *  Finance and investment * Measures for interpretation and analysisForecasting techniques  *  Sampling and hypothesis testingIncorporating judgments into decisions * Decision-making  Linear programming and networking *  How spreadsheet programmes can make it easy. The guide also points out common pitfalls, such as: * On roundi