The big story about small stories
Narratives of crime and terrorism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3638548 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Wilson (0000-0001-8488-3020), K Stapleton (0000-0002-0336-5385) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 287-312 |
| Publication date | 2010-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Sociolinguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-6441 • E-ISSN: 1467-9841 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2010.00446.x |
| OpenAlex | W1594833822 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 32 |
The 'big story/small story' distinction has emerged as a discrete approach to narrative analysis. Proponents of this approach are critical of the 'big stories' elicited by structural analysts, which they see as highly structured narratives of past experiences, typically elicited in an interview context. In contrast, they highlight the importance of studying the fragmented, contextualised 'small stories' that arise in everyday conversation/interaction. We question the basis of this distinction and we suggest that it unnecessarily proliferates analytic categories. Further, we suggest that the methodologies followed by 'small stories' analysts are often similar to those used to elicit 'big stories' and are hence open to similar criticisms; in particular, a failure to fully consider the issue of (contextual) naturalism. Drawing on interviews of crime/terrorism in Northern Ireland, we show how these data comprise both 'big stories' and 'small stories' within the same context and often within the same narrative
Art · Context (archaeology · Conversation · Epistemology · Literature · Narrative · Narrative inquiry · Naturalism · Political science · Sociology · Terrorism · Communication · Crime Patterns and Interventions · History · Law · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
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Material Discourses of Health and Illness
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Form and Functions of ‘Slut Bashing’ in Male Identity Constructions in15-Year-Olds
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Some Further Steps in Narrative Analysis
A Linguistic Approach to Narrative
Small stories, big issues
Telling Tales
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Language and Social Networks
On the Boundaries of Conversation
A Place for Stories
We Knew That’s It
Politeness
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Small stories as a new perspective in narrative and identity analysis
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Being Fred
Analysing narratives as practices
Chronic illness as biographical disruption
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2019 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |