{"title":"Positioning with master and counter-narratives","authors":"Matti Hyvärinen, Mari Hatavara, Hanna Rautajoki","doi":"10.1075/ni.20014.hyv","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\n Narrative studies have witnessed a growing interest towards positioning analyses and the analysis of master and\n counter-narratives. While the former tends to prefer a small story approach and to draw on Conversation Analysis and Discourse Analysis, the\n latter engages in a variety of methodological approaches and works with narratives of several sizes, often within institutional and\n political contexts. Counter-narrative is a positional category by name, and it has recently been brought together with positioning analysis\n in the study of oral narratives. However, the narrative nature of master narratives, as well as their conceptual distinction from dominant\n discourses, remains largely unaddressed. This article aims at placing master narratives within narrative theory. To that end, we consider\n the three analytical levels of narrative positioning in terms of master and counter-narratives. By analysing an interview with a 92-year-old\n Finnish woman, we argue for the empirical relevance of master and counter-narratives within positioning analysis.","PeriodicalId":46671,"journal":{"name":"Narrative Inquiry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9000,"publicationDate":"2021-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Narrative Inquiry","FirstCategoryId":"98","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1075/ni.20014.hyv","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"COMMUNICATION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Narrative studies have witnessed a growing interest towards positioning analyses and the analysis of master and
counter-narratives. While the former tends to prefer a small story approach and to draw on Conversation Analysis and Discourse Analysis, the
latter engages in a variety of methodological approaches and works with narratives of several sizes, often within institutional and
political contexts. Counter-narrative is a positional category by name, and it has recently been brought together with positioning analysis
in the study of oral narratives. However, the narrative nature of master narratives, as well as their conceptual distinction from dominant
discourses, remains largely unaddressed. This article aims at placing master narratives within narrative theory. To that end, we consider
the three analytical levels of narrative positioning in terms of master and counter-narratives. By analysing an interview with a 92-year-old
Finnish woman, we argue for the empirical relevance of master and counter-narratives within positioning analysis.
期刊介绍:
Narrative Inquiry is devoted to providing a forum for theoretical, empirical, and methodological work on narrative. Articles appearing in Narrative Inquiry draw upon a variety of approaches and methodologies in the study of narrative as a way to give contour to experience, tradition, and values to next generations. Particular emphasis is placed on theoretical approaches to narrative and the analysis of narratives in human interaction, including those practiced by researchers in psychology, linguistics and related disciplines.