The Handbook of Narrative Analysis

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

Keywords: Sociolinguistics, linguistics, narratology, storytelling, identity, small stories, organizational studies, narrative psychology, discourse analysis, linguistic anthropology, pragmatics, conversation analysis, narrative studies, psychology, sociology, cultural studies, narrative research, language, discourse, social interaction, narrative analysis, sociolinguistics, narrative research, narrative psychology, biographical research, narrative, methodological dilemmas, narrative and identity, social media, small stories, researcher reflexivity, embodiment, story ownership, chronotopic configurations, Discourse & Conversation Analysis