Exploring Narrative Identity Through Various Perspectives
This collection delves into the concept of narrative identity from multiple viewpoints, encompassing discussions on individuals like Lee Newitt, Dante Alighieri, and insights on pilgrimage, landscapes, self-potentiality, life stories, and narrative therapy by theorists such as McAdams, Hermans, and White & Epston. The content evokes the complexity of personal storytelling and its role in shaping our understanding of self and life experiences.
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Narrative Identity Lee Newitt Buckinghamshire New University
Dante Alighieri Love Poet, Soldier, Politician (Baxter, 2018 )
Castles Cathedrals (Luke, 1989)
Pilgrimage Mindful & attentive journey A physical journey to bring about an inner journey (Jones, 2011)
Eyes & Smile Lost in the dark woods The way is blocked Light Ascent Descent The Test Gate of Dis Descent Paradiso Inferno The Angels The White Rose The Well Purgatory The Mountain island Climbing & Waiting Passage of fire Return to Eden Passage of water St Peter s Gate (Luke, 1989)
Landscape Paradiso Inferno Outer Journey Inner Journey Purgatory Pilgrim
Self- Potentiality Paradiso Inferno Self- Self- Transcendence Actualisation Purgatory Self- Realisation
Life=Story=Self (Autobiography) (McAdams, 1988)
McAdams Life Story People make sense of their lives by creating life stories (Bauer, McAdams & Pals, 2008, p.84) internalised and evolving story of the reconstructed past and imagined future (McAdams, 2012, p. 119)
Hermans Dialogical Self The story a person tells about his or her life is viewed as a polyphonic novel. (Hermans, Rijks & Kempen, 1993, p.207) Plurality of consciousness (Hermans, 1996, p.5) Self as culture-inclusive & Culture as self-inclusive (Hermans, 2001, p.243)
White & Epston Narrative Therapy The evolution of lives is akin to the process of re-authoring, the process of persons entering into stories, taking them over and making them their own (White & Epston, 1990, p.13)
MODES OF MEANING EMBEDDED Meaning Identity EXPRESSED Meaning EXPERIENCED Meaning EMBODIED Meaning
EMBEDDED Change Change Identity Agency Communion EXPRESSED EXPERIENCED Change Change EMBODIED
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