Abstract
Employing Labov’s structural model of stories and Schönbach’s typology of accounts, we examine an interview with a murderer in Venezuela and compare two stories that were narrated within it: one about the murder and one about his family life. While most of the first story accounted for the murder by calling on values and norms that attach to the criminal subculture, it also evaluated the crime from the perspective of a conventional framework that recognized the importance of family. The second story was set within that same family framework, revealing a conflict between different normative demands made on the murderer. He resolved it by finally giving primacy to his subcultural values and identity.
Highlights
Employing Labov’s structural model of stories and Schönbach’s typology of accounts, we examine an interview with a murderer in Venezuela and compare two stories that were narrated within it: one about the murder and one about his family life
We provide an overview of the structural model of narrative and of the nature and typology of accounts
We focus on L’s stories about the murder and about his family life, because the latter provided a significant counterpoint to his main narrative and showed him juggling with different experiential domains and different types of accountability. As might be expected, we found the largest number of accounts in the evaluative portion of L’s story about the murder
Summary
Utilizando o modelo estrutural de histórias de Labov e a tipologia de relatos de Schönbach, em ‘Vocês com as suas leis e nós com as nossas’: Histórias de um assassino que atravessam domínios normativos conflitantes examinamos uma entrevista com um assassino na Venezuela e comparamos duas histórias ali narradas: uma sobre o assassinato e outra sobre a sua vida familiar. Embora a maior parte da primeira dissesse respeito ao homicídio, invocando valores e normas ligadas à subcultura criminosa, nela também se avaliou o crime a partir da perspectiva de um enquadramento convencional que reconhecia a importância da família. Palavras-chave: narrativa, histórias, justificações, subcultura, assassinato, Venezuela. While most of the first story accounted for the murder by calling on values and norms that attach to the criminal subculture, it evaluated the crime from the perspective of a conventional framework that recognized the importance of family. The second story was set within that same family framework, revealing a conflict between different normative demands made on the murderer. He resolved it by giving primacy to his subcultural values and identity
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