Mieke Bal

Bio: Mieke Bal is an academic researcher from University of Amsterdam. The author has contributed to research in topics: Narrative & Cultural analysis. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 215 publications receiving 7127 citations. Previous affiliations of Mieke Bal include Dublin Institute of Technology & Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Major issues in narrative theory

Abstract: Volume I: Close reading or micro-stylistic analysis The first volume provides a range of theoretical 'models' for the analysis of narrative style, and examines how these bear on important - though not necessarily canonical - literary texts. Volume II: Structural analysis of larger artefacts Since structuralist narratology, as distinct from style analyses, remains highly abstract, this volume consists of sample analyses of a variety of cultural artefacts, with an emphasis on plot and structure, as well as the key theoretical articles. Volume III: Politically and socially oriented critiques of culture Volume three demonstrates the ongoing and increasing relevance of narratological tools and concepts for a politically aware analysis. Volume IV: Interdisciplinary methods The last volume includes texts that explicitly broach the question of how narrative theory can be brought to bear on objects not traditionally considered primarily narrative.

Response: Ariel Dorfman's Quest for Responsibility

Abstract: Mieke Bal comments on Ariel Dorfman's play Picasso's Closet. The thrust of Picasso's Closet is to ethically unsettle the audience via the “out-of the closet” revelations about Picasso's cowardice against and complicity with the Nazi regime. The multiplication of story lines, of identities, and of actors underlines different ethical stances, staged, exposed, but not judged. This does not reflect a refusal to commit or a free-floating indifference, but a direct rejection of moralistic judgment and its resulting moral superiority. Instead, and along with the refusal of facile identification, this multiplication, when added to the singular case, seeks to use affect as a medium rather than and a means to manipulate emotions. Picasso's Closet resituates the political in art in the self-conscious artifice of the theatrical.

Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research

Abstract: This article examines five common misunderstandings about case-study research: (1) Theoretical knowledge is more valuable than practical knowledge; (2) One cannot generalize from a single case, therefore the single case study cannot contribute to scientific development; (3) The case study is most useful for generating hypotheses, while other methods are more suitable for hypotheses testing and theory building; (4) The case study contains a bias toward verification; and (5) It is often difficult to summarize specific case studies. The article explains and corrects these misunderstandings one by one and concludes with the Kuhnian insight that a scientific discipline without a large number of thoroughly executed case studies is a discipline without systematic production of exemplars, and that a discipline without exemplars is an ineffective one. Social science may be strengthened by the execution of more good case studies.

Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research

Abstract: This article examines five common misunderstandings about case-study research: (a) theoretical knowledge is more valuable than practical knowledge; (b) one cannot generalize from a single case, therefore, the single-case study cannot contribute to scientific development; (c) the case study is most useful for generating hypotheses, whereas other methods are more suitable for hypotheses testing and theory building; (d) the case study contains a bias toward verification; and (e) it is often difficult to summarize specific case studies. This article explains and corrects these misunderstandings one by one and concludes with the Kuhnian insight that a scientific discipline without a large number of thoroughly executed case studies is a discipline without systematic production of exemplars, and a discipline without exemplars is an ineffective one. Social science may be strengthened by the execution of a greater number of good case studies.

Analysing Discourse: Textual Analysis for Social Research

Abstract: Part 1: Social Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Text Analysis 1. Introduction 2. Texts, Social Events, and Social Practices 3. Intertextuality and Assumptions Part 2: Genres and Action 4. Genres 5. Meaning Relations between Sentences and Clauses 6. Types of Exchange, Speech Functions, and Grammatical Mood Part 3: Discourses and Representations 7. Discourses 8. Representations of Social Events Part 4: Styles and Identities 9. Styles 10. Modality and Evaluation 11. Conclusion

The Practice Of Everyday Life

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