Thinking big with small stories in narrative and identity analysis

Being Fred: big stories, small stories and the accomplishment of a positive ageing identity

“…For Bamberg (2006a), this process enables something like a life to come to existence. Predominantly gathered during interview situations, and therefore elicited by someone, Georgakopoulou (2006) notes that the analysis of big stories is often used to present the grand narratives of ones life. In other words, the big story approach is closely aligned with exploring the 'whats' of narrative content.…”

Når fortælling bliver til argumentation

“…Saerligt er der hjaelp at hente i de faglige miljøer der arbejder på grundlag af staerk empirisk forpligtelse. Inden for psykologien har fx Bamberg (2006), Georgakopoulou (2006), De Fina (2003), Bruner (1990) og Linde (2000) bidraget til forståelsen af det narrative som situeret handlingsfaenomen. Inden for sprogvidenskaben har den etnometodologiske samtaleanalyse siden halvfjerdserne udviklet minutiøse beskrivelser af narrativers samtalemaessige organisering og funktion.…”

“…Under overskriften "small stories research" konkluderes at narrativer bør defineres bredt, undersøges som de indlejrer sig i forskellige typer af samtaleaktiviteter, og forstås som dele af større sociale aktiviteter (Bamberg 2006(Bamberg , 2007Georgakopoulou 2006;De Fina 2000;Ochs 2004;Ochs & Capps 2001;Ferrara 1994;Norrick 2000;Christensen 2004). Feltet zoomer ind på spørgsmål der angår fortaellingens transformation og forandring over tid: For én ting er at studere den enkelte fortaelling som den gennemføres og fortolkes situationelt.…”

“…Ochs peger på at mange forskellige tekst-og handlingstyper kan vaere narrative, fx opremsninger (så skete der det, så skete der det), sportsreportager, beretninger, livshistorier og opskrifter, og anbefaler i tråd med andre store dele af narrativforskningen (Bamberg 2006(Bamberg , 2007Georgakopoulou 2006;De Fina 2000;Ferrara 1994;Norrick 2000) at vaere åben for den narrative diversitet (Ochs 1994(Ochs , 1997Ochs & Capps 1996). Artiklen følger denne anbefaling og viser nogle eksempler på narrativ aktivitet som ligger langt fra den prototypiske fortaelling; nemlig argumenterende redegørelser for noget fortaelleren gerne vil overbevise modtager om.…”

The Handbook of Narrative Analysis

“…Defining a story as "an oral or written performance involving two or more people interpreting past or anticipated experience" (111), Boje emphasizes the multi-authored character of organizational storytelling, where different participants contribute different narrative elements, amplifying some lines and contesting others; at the same time he de-emphasizes the importance of plot. Boje's approach was part of a wider problematizing of "story" in postmodern theorizing that has questioned the centrality of plot and character in narratives and has tended to broaden the concept of story to include many conversational texts that do not necessarily feature beginnings, middles, and ends (e.g., Georgakopoulou 2006aGeorgakopoulou , 2006bKearney 2002).…”