Beyond Narrative Coherence

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-90-272-2651-8
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, Band 11, 196 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 515 g

Reihe: Studies in Narrative

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 and historical background to the debate. Limits of narrative coherence are discussed from the perspective of three fields of life that often threaten the coherence of narrative: illness, arts, and traumatic political experience. The authors of the book cover a wide range of disciplines such as psychology, sociology, arts studies, political science and philosophy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hyvärinen, Matti

Hydén, Lars-Christer

Saarenheimo, Marja

Tamboukou, Maria

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften