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Narratology
About: Narratology is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2833 publications have been published within this topic receiving 50998 citations. The topic is also known as: narrative theory.
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TL;DR: The most frequently cited theories from the perspective of IS research are reviewed to discuss in particular the extent to which they can actually inspire IS technologies and highlight key issues for the effective use of narratology in IS.
Abstract: Most research in Interactive Storytelling (IS) has sought inspiration in narrative theories issued from contemporary narratology to either identify fundamental concepts or derive formalisms for their implementation. In the former case, the theoretical approach gives raise to empirical solutions, while the latter develops Interactive Storytelling as some form of “computational narratology”, modelled on computational linguistics. In this paper, we review the most frequently cited theories from the perspective of IS research. We discuss in particular the extent to which they can actually inspire IS technologies and highlight key issues for the effective use of narratology in IS.
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01 Jan 1989
TL;DR: Figures of Ill Repute as discussed by the authors explores the prostitute's embodiment of the threat of female sexuality and her subjection to artistic strategies of containment in the nineteenth-century Paris brothels.
Abstract: Ubiquitous in the streets and brothels of nineteenth-century Paris, the prostitute was even more present in the novels and paintings of the time. Charles Bernheimer discusses how these representations of the sexually available woman express male ambivalence about desire, money, class, and the body. Interweaving close textual analysis with historical anecdote and theoretical speculation, Bernheimer demonstrates how the formal properties of art can serve strategically to control anxious fantasies about female sexual power. Drawing on methods derived from cultural studies, psychoanalysis, social history, feminist theory, and narrative analysis, this interdisciplinary classic (available now for the first time in paperback) was awarded Honorable Mention in 1990 for the James Russell Lowell prize awarded by the Modern Language Association for the best book of criticism. "Figures of Ill Repute brilliantly explores the prostitute's embodiment of the threat of female sexuality and her subjection to artistic strategies of containment. [Bernheimer's] compelling readings of Balzac, Manet, and Zola and his provocative discussions of Flaubert and Degas advance debates about sexuality and representation and refocus the history of modernity." (Jonathan Culler). "[A]n important work...Shifting nimbly from close textual analysis to biographical or scientific information, from psychoanalytic speculation to anecdotes of social history, this original, exciting study offers...a truly liberal view of the seriousness and importance of all our representational activities." (Leo Bersani). "A remarkable achievement that can be recommended to anyone interested in nineteenth-century European culture." (Francine du Plessix Gray, New York Review of Books). "Figures of Ill Repute is no less than a brilliant achievement in the debates on sexuality and representation. On Heather Dawkins, Art History Combining psychoanalysis, narrative theory, new historicism, and the newly minted approaches of Omen in feminism, Bernheimer traces male fantasies of the prostitute from Balzac to Huysmans. An impressive sweep of the nineteenth-century canon is brought into play...[A] pioneering work." (Emily Apter, Novel).
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TL;DR: The authors suggests that narrative meaning structures have different modes of existence: the "told", the "inner" and the "lived" modes, and their definitions and mutual relationships are presented in the form of a schematic model.
Abstract: This article suggests that narrative meaning structures have different modes of existence: the “told”, the “inner” and the “lived” modes. Their definitions and mutual relationships are presented in the form of a schematic model. The inner narrative represents the experiental mode of narrative form. It is an individual's interpretation of his/her life, in which the past events, present situation and future projects are understood using cultural narrative models as resources. It is (partly) made external by told narratives, and validated/revised in that process. The lived narrative, again, refers to the real-life drama, which is shaped in the interplay between situational constraints and the inner narrative that guides one's actions in changing life situations. The article reviews narrative research focusing on the studies and discussions related to the relations between the different modes of narrativity. (Narrative Theory, Narrative Methodology, Inner Narrative, Lived Narrative)
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TL;DR: The authors proposed an approach that combines ethnographic methods and narrative methods in conducting hermeneutic analyses of narratives and stories, shifting not only between texts and contexts, but texts within a context of construction.
Abstract: While much research within narrative theory has focused on discourse in organizations, context should be a central focus because it is material in the production of meaning. In this article, I suggest an ethnonarrative approach that seeks to combine ethnographic methods and narrative methods in conducting hermeneutic analyses of narratives and stories, shifting not only between texts and contexts, but texts within a context of construction. Narrative research relies on analysis of various texts and often ignores context, while ethnographic methods are especially attuned to making observations and interpretations regarding the context in which texts are produced. The ethnonarrative approach highlights the multiple materials at play in narrative construction and attempts to demonstrate contextual influence on meaning making. The ethnonarrative approach is distinguished by a focus on the context of construction, the endosymbiotic relationship between text/context, and the social act as the level of analysis.
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