Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.22210/suvlin.2020.090.04

Narrative analysis as a method of research into discursive construction of identity

Martina Podboj orcid.org/0000-0001-8326-8165 ; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci

Abstract

This paper presents narrative analysis as a qualitative research method focused on language at the
suprasentential level and on the structure and social function of narrative as a specific discursive genre, which
is a rather under–researched area in Croatian linguistics. The first part of the paper presents a short historical
overview of the development and current trends of narrative analysis in linguistics, sociolinguistics, and
various discourse analyses, with a special emphasis on the inquiry into identity construction in narrative
discourse. The second part introduces a possible model of narrative analysis, based on findings from a larger
empirical research on identity construction in personal narratives of migration.

Keywords

qualitative methods of discourse analysis; spoken discourse; narratives; positioning identity; migrant women

Hrčak ID:

249281

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/249281

Publication date:

31.12.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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