Narrative Psychology: The Storied Nature of Human Conduct

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Introduction and Overview......Page 10
Part I THE NARRATIVE IN SCIENTIFIC THEORIES......Page 20
1. The Narrative as a Root Metaphor for Psychology Theodore R. Sarbin......Page 22
2. Narrative Form and the Construction of Psychological Science Kenneth J. Gergen and Mary M. Gergen......Page 41
3. Trespassing in Scientific Narrative: Grafton Elliot Smith and the Temple of Doom Misia Landau......Page 64
Part II STUDIES OF NARRATORY COMPETENCE......Page 84
4. Children’s Fiction Making Brian Sutton-Smith......Page 86
5. The Acquisition and Use of Narrative Grammar Structure James C. Mancuso......Page 110
6. Narrative Thinking as a Heuristic Process John A. Robinson and Linda Hawpe......Page 130
Part III THE EMPLOTMENT OF SELF-NARRATIVES......Page 146
7. Self-Narratives and Adventure Karl E. Scheibe......Page 148
8. Storytime: Recollecting the Past and Projecting the Future Stephen Crites......Page 171
9. Paranoia and Cataclysmic Narratives Ernest Keen......Page 193
Part IV CONSTRUCTING AND DECONSTRUCTING SELF-NARRATIVES......Page 210
10. The Narrative in Psychoanalysis: Psychoanalytic Notes on Storytelling, Listening, and Interpreting Frederick Wyatt......Page 212
11. Narrative Smoothing and Clinical Wisdom Donald P. Spence......Page 230
12. The Analysis of Interview-Narratives Elliot G. Mishler......Page 252
13. Deconstructing Histories: Toward a Systematic Criticism of Psychological Narratives Robert S. Steele......Page 275
14. Literary Pathfinding: The Work of Popular Life Constructors Kevin Murray......Page 295
Author Index......Page 312
About the Editor and Contributors......Page 318