Narrative Constitution

Scheffel, Michael

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“…Story, text, and narration Competing definitions of narrative exist in narratology (Scheffel, 2010). This paper draws on an understanding of narrative that provides useful heuristic tools for the analysis of narratives of peoplehood in the social sciences (Shenhav, 2015).…”

Section: Learning From Narratologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Repetition, adaptation, institutionalization—How the narratives of political communities change

Hase

2021

Ethnicities

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At times when migration and diversity are politically salient and controversially discussed, the rhetoric of staying ‘as we are’ is widespread. But how do ‘we’ actually change and how would ‘we’ know when it happens? Based on the premise that political communities are the products of narratives of peoplehood, this paper explores how such narratives evolve over time. It conceptualizes different modes of balancing narrative continuity and change. These modes – repetition, adaptation, and institutionalization – are illustrated with reference to evolving German narratives of peoplehood centring around (not) being a country of immigration. The paper argues that all modes lead to some degree of change in narratives of peoplehood. Against the backdrop of different understandings of the core of a narrative, it further discusses when such changes fundamentally affect who ‘we’ are. Overall, the paper invites scholars, policymakers, and citizens to think critically about the essential aspects of their political communities’ narratives and to be aware of the stories that ‘we’ are told and that ‘we’ tell ourselves.

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Section: Learning From Narratologymentioning

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Repetition, adaptation, institutionalization—How the narratives of political communities change

Hase

2021

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“…Again, by choosing a specific frame, giving it a clear meaning and filling it with the right content, the author can create suspense or arouse the audience' s curiosity (cfr. Scheffel 2010).…”

Section: A Better Understanding Of How Stories Are Told: Basic Insighmentioning

confidence: 99%

A narratological approach to content selection in audio description: towards a strategy for the description of narratological time

Vercauteren¹

2012

MonTI

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As more and more countries start to provide audio description services for a growing range of products and events, research into this new discipline is growing and diversifying as well. Two questions that seem to be at the heart of much of this research focus on what should be described and how this should be done, in other words on content selection and formulation of the description. The present article looks at the first of these two questions and approaches it from a narratological point of view. After a general discussion of the use of narratology for audio description, the focus will shift to one particular constituent of narrative, namely time. The different temporal aspects will be discussed in greater detail, after which a strategy for the audio description of time in film will be proposed. RésuméDe plus en plus de pays commencent à offrir des services d'audio description pour un nombre croissant de produits et évènements. La recherche dans cette nouvelle discipline a de ce fait tendance à se développer et à se diversifier. Deux questions paraissent être au coeur de nombreuses recherches : que faut-il décrire et comment faut-il le faire ? Ou, en d'autres termes, quel contenu choisir et comment formuler la description ? Cet article se penche sur la première question et adopte une approche à partir d'un point de vue narratologique. Après une discussion générale sur l'utilité de la narratologie à des fins d'audio description, l'accent sera mis sur un composant particulier de la narration: le temps. Les différents aspects temporels seront examinés plus en détails et une stratégie d'audio description du temps pour le cinéma sera proposée.

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“…Structural analysis continues into the present as a significant focus of inquiry (cf. Scheffel, 2009). In contrast, there are also substantial numbers who see narrative as constitutive of social process.…”

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Narrative tensions

Gergen

Gergen²

2011

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We focus on four major tensions pervading much narrative inquiry to date, tensions that threaten to divide the field into alienated enclaves. Of specific concern are psychological vs. social explanations of narrative, structural vs. process orientations to research, approaches that celebrate experience vs. those that textually deconstruct experience, and accounts that center on singularity of self-narratives vs. incoherent multiplicity. Finally, we open discussion on a relational constructionist account of narrative, with an eye toward reconciling these disparate orientations.Inquiry into narrative has swept across the humanities and social sciences, adding rich dimension to an enormous range of topics. Although the vastness and variation in narrative studies militate against a systematic summary, one does begin to sense that narrative work has reached maturity. There is presently an enormous wealth of conceptually, experientially, empirically, and pragmatically illuminating research. More importantly, we begin to find critical deliberation on the nature and significance of narrative in human affairs. In effective, narrative study is becoming reflective about its own undertakings. It is in this context that we wish to focus on several significant tensions emerging in narrative study to date, tensions with far reaching implications both for narrative studies and for related professional practices. In particular, we will focus on four inter-related tensions that currently invite intellectual polarization and the balkanization of what has largely Requests for further information should be directed to:

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Narrative Constitution

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Repetition, adaptation, institutionalization—How the narratives of political communities change

Repetition, adaptation, institutionalization—How the narratives of political communities change

A narratological approach to content selection in audio description: towards a strategy for the description of narratological time

Narrative tensions

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