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Story and Discourse: Narrative Structure in Fiction and Film

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The article was published on 1980-05-31 and is currently open access. It has received 1885 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Narrative structure & Narrative criticism.

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Storytelling as an Instructional Method: Definitions and Research Questions.

TL;DR: In this article, the theoretical and empirical foundations of the use of storytelling in instruction are discussed, and four instructional methods related to storytelling are identified: case based instruction, narrative-based instruction, scenario based instruction and problem based instruction.
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Reading for Learning: Cognitive approaches to children's literature

TL;DR: In this paper, a study of young readers' cognitive and emotional engagement with fiction is presented, which explores how fiction stimulates perception, attention, imagination and other cognitive activity, and opens radically new ways of thinking about literature for young readers.
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Do story agents use rocking chairs? The theory and implementation of one model for computational narrative

TL;DR: The computational narrative model presented in this paper offers one approach to narrative generation, that of splitting the task into three functional areas: defining an abstract narrative structure; defining a collection and organization of story pieces with some representation of their meaning; and a navigational strategy or reasoning through that collection of story Pieces.
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Narrative Discourse and Management Action

TL;DR: The authors found that narrative discourse helped resolve conflict, influence corporate decisions, and unify the group by collectively constructing stochastic narratives, which helped resolve conflicts, influence decisions and resolve conflicts.
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Using narratives to impact health policy-making: a systematic review.

TL;DR: Findings suggest that narratives may have a positive influence when used as inspiration and empowerment tools to stimulate policy inquiries, as educational and awareness tools to initiate policy discussions and gain public support, and as advocacy and lobbying tools to formulate, adopt or implement policy.