The Handbook of Narrative Analysis (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics)

The Handbook of Narrative Analysis (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics)

by Anna De Fina (Author), Alexandra Georgakopoulou (Author), Anna De Fina (Author), Alexandra Georgakopoulou (Author)

Synopsis

Featuring contributions from leading scholars in the field, The Handbook of Narrative Analysis is the first comprehensive collection of sociolinguistic scholarship on narrative analysis to be published.

  • Organized thematically to provide an accessible guide for how to engage with narrative without prescribing a rigid analytic framework
  • Represents established modes of narrative analysis juxtaposed with innovative new methods for conducting narrative research
  • Includes coverage of the latest advances in narrative analysis, from work on social media to small stories research
  • Introduces and exemplifies a practice-based approach to narrative analysis that separates narrative from text so as to broaden the field beyond the printed page

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 472
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 01 Feb 2019

ISBN 10: 1119052149
ISBN 13: 9781119052142

Author Bio
Anna De Fina is Professor of Italian Language and Linguistics at Georgetown University. She is the author of Identity in Narrative: A Study of Immigrant Discourse (2003), co-author, with Alexandra Georgakopoulou, of Analyzing Narrative: Discourse and Sociolinguistic Perspectives (2012), and co-editor of many volumes, among which Discourse and Identity (2006) with M. Bamberg and D. Schiffrin. She has published widely on topics related to migrant and transnational communities, identities, and narrative.

Alexandra Georgakopoulou is Professor of Discourse Analysis and Sociolinguistics at King's College, London. She has published 11 books including Small Stories, Interaction and Identities (2007) and Analyzing Narrative: Discourse and Sociolinguistic Perspectives (2011, with Anna De Fina) and is the author of over 70 peer-reviewed articles.