| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 196 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in narrative ; v. 11
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Studies in narrative ; v. 11.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Beyond narrative coherence: an introduction / Matti Hyvärinen -- Weird stories: brain, mind, and self / Maria I. Medved and Jens Brockmeier -- Identity, Self, Narrative / Lars-Christer Hydén -- 'Mind-reading', a method for understanding the broken narrative of an aphasic man / Tarja Aaltonen -- Broken narratives, visual forces: letters, paintings and the event / Maria Tamboukou -- Artists-in-progress: narrative identity of the self as another / Linda Sandino -- Breaking of self-narrative as a means of reorientation? / Vilma Hänninen and Anja Koski-Jännes -- "There is no fear in my lexicon" vs. "You are not normal if you won't be scared": a qualitative semiotic analysis of the 'broken' discourse of Israeli bus drivers who experienced terror attacks / Alison Stern Perez, Yishai Tobin and Shifra Sagy -- Beyond narrative: the shape of traumatic testimony / Molly Andrews -- Afterword: 'even amidst': rethinking narrative coherence / Mark Freeman -- List of contributors. |
| Summary |
Beyond Narrative Coherence reconsiders the way we understand and work with narratives. Even though narrators tend to strive for coherence, they also add complexity, challenge canonical scripts, and survey lives by telling highly perplexing and contradictory stories. Many narratives remain incomplete, ambiguous, and contradictory. Obvious coherence cannot be the sole moral standard, the only perspective of reading, or the criterion for selecting and discarding research material. Beyond Narrative Coherence addresses the limits and aspects of narrative (dis)cohering by offering a rich theoretical. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Discourse analysis -- Psychological aspects.
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Discourse analysis -- Psychological aspects. |
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Cohesion (Linguistics)
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Cohesion (Linguistics) |
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Narrative inquiry (Research method)
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Narrative inquiry (Research method) |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hyvärinen, Matti.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Beyond narrative coherence. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2010 9789027226518 (DLC) 2009046919 (OCoLC)463855931 |
| ISBN |
9789027288554 (electronic book) |
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9027288550 (electronic book) |
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9027226512 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9789027226518 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9789027226518 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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