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Narrative configuration in qualitative analysis

Polkinghorne, Donald E.·1995·International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
DOI 10.1080/0951839950080103
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Narrative inquiry refers to a subset of qualitative research designs in which stories are used to describe human action. The term narrative has been employed by qualitative researchers with a variety of meanings. In the context of narrative inquiry, narrative refers to a discourse form in which events and happenings are configured into a temporal unity by means of a plot. Bruner (1985) designates two types of cognition: paradigmatic, which operates by recognizing elements as members of a category; and narrative, which operates by combining elements into an emplotted story. Narrative inquiries divide into two distinct groups based on Bruner's types of cognition. Paradigmatic‐type narrative inquiry gathers stories for its data and uses paradigmatic analytic procedures to produce taxonomies and categories out of the common elements across the database. Narrative‐type narrative inquiry gathers events and happenings as its data and uses narrative analytic procedures to produce explanatory stories.

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Authors
Polkinghorne, D. E.
Affiliations
University of Southern California (US)
Corresponding author
Polkinghorne, Donald E.
Venue
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
1995-01
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
5-23
ISSN
  • 0951-8398 (ISSN-L)
  • 1366-5898
DOI
10.1080/0951839950080103
OpenAlex
W2106478370
Cited by
3,958
References
78
Citations by year
2026: 159 · 2025: 181 · 2024: 235 · 2023: 219 · 2022: 226 · 2021: 264 · 2020: 245 · 2019: 235 · 2018: 198 · 2017: 201 · 2016: 193 · 2015: 196 · 2014: 198 · 2013: 190 · 2012: 144
FWCI
49.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative research in health
  • Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Narrative Theory and Analysis
Keywords
narrative inquiry, narrative configuration, narrative cognition, Bruner, qualitative analysis, narrative analysis, paradigmatic analysis

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