‘Making narrative portraits: a methodological approach to analysing qualitative data’

ABSTRACT

This paper proposes the method of ‘narrative portraiture’, which, located within the wider field of narrative studies, offers an analytical tool to narrative data. Two research projects, one on disability and one on identity, are used to illustrate how the method can be applied. While the paper will focus on the methodological benefits and limitations of the approach, throughout the article we also highlight the ethical concern of representation. We suggest that through ‘narrative portraiture’ research findings can be contextualised in broader social narratives without losing sight of the unique personal qualities of the research encounter. Thus, we argue for the importance of bringing the participant and their everyday life experience into focus, highlighting that a portrayal of a sole story can be, not only a medium to understand a research phenomenon, but also a valuable research output in itself.     

先秦道家的宇宙观

道家宇宙观的发展,包括宇宙构成物质和生成图式两个主题。就宇宙构成物质来说,先秦时存在“尚气”和“尚水”两种理解,道家认为宇宙构成物质乃是气,并在道气关系的讨论中,主张“道是气”。就宇宙生成图式来说,先秦存在“对象性”和“系统性”两种理解,道家对于相关讨论从“对象性宇宙生成论”逐渐走向“系统性宇宙生成论”,发展出渐趋复杂的生成图式。宇宙生成论发展至此,已经完整而细腻,而后中国思想史上的宇宙生成论大都难以超越此一基本脉络。     

聊斋公案小说的进步倾向和艺术特色

《聊斋志异》是清初文学巨匠蒲松龄倾毕生心血写成的 “孤愤之书”, 其中颇有几篇以案例为题材主体的公案小说佳作, 如脍炙人口的 《胭脂》、《冤狱》、《诗谳》等。评析这些作品思想上的进步倾向和艺术上的独特成就, 对于领略古代执法者 “仁爱为本”、“实心为政”的治狱思想, 汲取他们在具体办案中的经验教训, 促进法制文学的昌盛繁茂, 探讨法律文化与社会政治之间的相互影响, 或许都是有所裨益的     

浸乎世风 染乎世情——全真教与元杂剧关系谈

本文从道家思想与全真教的关系切入,对元杂剧中关涉全真教的剧目进行了剖析,并据以历史事实指出： 元杂剧中的氤氲道气是全真教对元代社会巨大影响这一世风世情浸染的结果。尤其值得注意的是元杂剧中存在着终极意义层面上的审美超越倾向     

The big story about small stories: Narratives of crime and terrorism

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.     

志怪小说概念的发生

志怪与小说两词在《庄子》中各处不同语境,含义及用意皆有差异:志怪处于论证语境,用为论据;小说处于比较语境,成为贬义。它们在汉代之后先后变成目录学领域的类别概念,小说属子部,志怪先附史部后又退至子部。由于两类作品都存在虚构性,后代史家据此便将它们归为一类,从而生成新的类别概念:志怪小说。     

两汉文献中的经籍传注——《两汉全书》编纂杂识之一

在全部两汉文献中，为前代或当世古籍所作的各种“传”、“注”、“解”、“说” 、“笺”、“诂训”、“章句”等，占有很大的比重。这些经籍传注是基于对一定专书整体考察而作出的系统注解，与此前散见的训诂资料有所不同，已具有一定的学术个性，是一批具有相对独立意义的学术著作。它们的应时产生，是经学繁盛的直接结果，也反映了经学发展对一般古籍研究的影响，以及经学占主导地位的情况下汉代社会之多元文化的发展。《孟子章句》与《楚辞章句》是一直为后世所重的两种章句体传注，前者推崇孟子、后者赞颂屈原，曾在中国思想史、学术史上产生过深远的影响。     

Perspectives on being a father from men involved with child welfare services

Fathers can make positive contributions to their children's well‐being. However, involving the literature and this research indicate that fathers are much less likely to be engaged with child welfare services than mothers. This paper reports the findings of life story research with 18 fathers involved with child welfare. It focuses on these men's perspectives of fatherhood and their relationships with their children. Also, reactions to these fatherhood stories from father and service provider focus groups are examined. The findings challenge common perceptions of these fathers and highlight similarities and differences in perspectives between fathers and service providers. Implications for engaging fathers in child welfare practice are discussed.     

论传统伦理在鲁迅小说叙事中的境遇

在理性伦理层面,鲁迅执著地批判和反抗传统伦理,但在小说叙事伦理中却对传统伦理的诸多方面有所担待,并且充满着不可排遣的紧张冲突,这既是思想、文化转型时代普遍人心秩序的反映,更是鲁迅个体伦理困惑的体现.     

论明末拟话本小说家的地域意识

明末拟话本小说家的地域意识呈分流态势,对前代话本小说家的地域意识,有发展,有革新,也有削减.这是由其不同的创作目的与创作方法决定的.