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Showing 1 to 20 of 90 for “"narrative theory"”.
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Metalinear cinematic narrative : theory, process, and tool
… tools which support this new medium, this new narrative form. This thesis proposes the name Metalinear Narrative for the new narrative form. The metalinear narrative is a collection of small related story pieces designed to be arranged in many different ways, to tell many different linear …
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Narrative Theory and Fort Berthold's Stories of the Paranormal or Supernatural
… American Indian oral tradition, Walter Fisher's narrative paradigm, and the paranormal or supernatural.</p> <p>The American Indian oral tradition was revealed in the way the stories were told, complete with the use of sometimes sacred language and nonverbal communication. Fisher's concepts of …
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Contextualizing narrative theory: reading the politics of formal innovation in contemporary women's fiction
… illuminate the complex and varied mechanics of narrative form, yet it also bears the traces of its structuralist origins. Its value is therefore contingent upon its continuing reformulation as an expansive, pluralist and contextualized critical discipline. Participating in this expansion, this …
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Narratological (Re)Visions: Feminist Poetics and Nontraditional Narrative Structure in Contemporary Women’s Writing
… the intersection of feminist narratology and narrative theory, arguing that narrative structures considered experimental, nontraditional, or unnatural within narratology are instead necessary attempts to articulate the nuanced experiences of diverse subjectivities. Building on Susan Lanser’s …
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The narrative thematics of the late style of Henry James : incorporating an analysis of The wings of the dove
This paper represents a study of contemporary narrative theory in relation to the late style of Henry James. Using the work of various narrative theorists it examines the concepts of the Narrator, Speech Representation, Focalization and Figural Narration. This is the main emphasis of part I. The …
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The Diagnosis Narratives & The Healing Ritual
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>THE DIAGNOSIS NARRATIVES & THE HEALING RITUAL</p> <p>by JAMES PETER MEZA</p> <p>December 2013</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Andrea Sankar</p> <p>Major: Anthropology (medical)</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p> The goal of this dissertation was to describe healing practices in the …
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Translation and conflict: Arab-Spring uprisings and their impact on translation from Arabic into English
… terms of elaborating, subverting, or undermining narratives circulated about certain communities and events. To do so, the present dissertation uses narrative theory in translation studies as developed by Mona Baker as a theoretical framework to describe the translation scene from Arabic into …
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Beyond Words: An Exploration of Research and Writing for Indigenous Land Acknowledgements
… within the frameworks of Critical Indigenous Theory and Narrative Theory. Through the utilization of archival research methods, the project not only offers recommendations for crafting an effective land acknowledgment but also provides the necessary historical foundation for the implementation …
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"That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore": Humor and Trauma in Postcolonial and Black British Texts
… this dissertation suggests some expansions of narrative theory and additional approaches to the study of trauma narratives.
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Meaning and narrative : a phenomenological enquiry, with reference to psychotherapy
… of the 1920s and proposes that the concept of narrative can clarify our understanding of meaning in human life. Narrative theory in turn is critically examined and the importance of the difference between the spoken and written word is elucidated. It is demonstrated that the theoretical …
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“I Was Their Worst Nightmare”: The Narrative Experience of Military Widows
… Each interview is analyzed according to narrative theory in order to understand how the participants understand their experiences with bereavement. From the data, four main themes emerge to explain how widows identify and make sense of widowhood and bereavement: (1) Shifting Identities, …
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"Time for Teletubbies": Childhood, Child Participation, and the Struggle for Meaning
… is presented, including the methodologies of narrative theory, semiotics/structuralism, and poststructuralism. The context is also analyzed, using a cultural studies and historical reception approach, in order to chronicle and analyze the show's controversies and elucidate how these arguments …
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Striving Towards an Understanding of Experienced Teachers’ Perceptions of the Usefulness, Ease of Use and Effective Integration of Technology in their Classroom
This thesis uses Narrative Theory and Technology Acceptance Model to uncover the experiences, perceptions, and challenges that five experienced teachers face when using and integrating technology in their classroom. It gives narrative consideration of the value of unique experience by focusing on …
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Considerações estéticas e políticas na obra de Lima Barreto: a emergência de um contexto biopolítico
… the notion of militant literature, narrative space and the concept of Biopower and biopolitics developed by Michael Foucault. Firstly, the methodological form is constructed and how it can play an important and strategic role in our analysis. The genealogy of powers aims to reflect …
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Women's Work: Stitching New Identity Narratives in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings
… in this exploration within the framework of narrative theory, using Kenneth Burke’s dramatistic pentad to analyze the narratives presented in a selection of textile pieces created by women in Chile, South Africa, and Northern Ireland. I situate this project within literature pertaining to …
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ON THE NARRATIVE CONSTRUCTION OF REALITY IN POLITICAL DISCOURSE: A THEORY, A METHOD, AND EMPIRICAL STUDY
… for systematically and quantitatively analyzing narratives in mass political discourse. First, “open narratives” are defined as distinct from the traditional “closed” sense of a narrative, which has a beginning, middle, and end. Open narratives are co-constructed, rhythmic processes of selecting …
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A Comparison of the Origins, Goals, and Techniques of Storytelling and Literary Journalism.
… within the framework of communication and narrative theory. In addition, the techniques and subjects of oral storytelling and literary journalism, as described in professional publications and manuals for storytellers and reporters, are compared for similarities.</p> <p>Storytelling and …
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A Software-based Knowledge Management System Using Narrative Texts
… based on the principles of narratology and narrative information exchange. The focus of knowledge is shifted from the reductive approach of data and information to a holistic approach of meaning and the way people make sense of complex events as experiences expressed in stories. Such an …
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Healing Racial Trauma and Reframing the Miseducation of U.S. America: Altering Exclusionary Textbooks as a Therapeutic Experiential
… critical consciousness, intersectionality, narrative theory, racial trauma, race-based trauma, radical healing, self- efficacy, public education</p>
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