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- Title
Rethinking Texts: Narrative and the Construction of Qualitative Research.
- Authors
Holley, Karri A.; Colyar, Julia
- Abstract
This article outlines how a theory of narrative can be used to deconstruct qualitative research texts. Although research texts are a distinct genre in comparison with works of fiction,the basic components of literary activity are similar. Researchers structure and emphasize data and participants in various ways to tell a logical story. Narrative analysis offers a specific framework and terminology that researchers can use to construct texts. Ultimately, such tools can prepare qualitative researchers to make intentional choices in regard to writing. The authors define the narratological concepts of character, plot, story, and focalization. They discuss how these concepts can be used to teach qualitative research methods.
- Subjects
NARRATIVES; QUALITATIVE research; NARRATIVE inquiry (Research method); RESEARCH methodology; NARRATIVE paradigm theory; PERSPECTIVE (Linguistics)
- Publication
Educational Researcher, 2009, Vol 38, Issue 9, p680
- ISSN
0013-189X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3102/0013189X09351979