Narrative Phenomenon Research Articles

The Narrative Construction of Peter in the Gospel of Mark in Light of the Reports of Displacement and Exile Due to the Armed Conflict in Colombia

A scenario of conflict, as in the Colombian case, may be related to the socio-political context in which the Gospel according to Mark may have been written, and therefore offers new insights for the understanding of the narrative phenomena presented. In effect, Mark could have been a response to the traumatic experiences of the followers of Jesus to whom the Gospel was addressed. Likewise, the experience of those displaced and exiled by the Colombian armed conflict has involved a series of traumatic events, but also bears witness to processes of resilient reparation. Against this background, it is proposed that in Mark, the figure of Peter, courageous and determined at the beginning but cowardly and flighty at the end, is analogous to that of many victims in the Colombian armed conflict who, faced with the imminent danger of losing their lives, were forced to abandon their deepest convictions and even their loved ones to end up fleeing into hiding and exile. Nevertheless, both Mark and the experience of those displaced and exiled because of the conflict in Colombia suggest the possibility of vindication of these victims and their respective narratives, helping them to recognize that their flight was not a betrayal and that, thanks to it, the memory of the events can be reconstructed to guarantee the truth and the non-repetition of the facts.

Industry sector’s influence on the narratives in environmental disclosures in the opinion of reports preparers. Evidence from Poland

The narrative phenomenon in accounting concerns, i.e., the disclosure of environmental information and the impression management of stakeholders. The study examines and assesses the dependence between the company’s industry of activity and the narration perception adopted by the preparers of environmental reports, in particular, the impression management techniques used. To achieve the purpose of the article, an in-depth survey was conducted covering a non-random sample of the employees of Polish enterprises involved in the preparation and reporting of environmental information. Contingency tables and association measures for categorical variables were used in the statistical analysis of the survey data. The analysis results of the collected empirical data confirmed that the company’s industry of activity impacts the way report preparers evaluate the scope and apply narrative strategies, especially impression management techniques. The research expands knowledge on the perception of the importance of environmental disclosures and the issue of environmental narrative practices from an enterprise perspective. The results of the analysis indicated a level of pro-environmental awareness and confirmed the knowledge of narrative strategies and techniques. This study contributes to the discussion on the effects of environmental narrative in accounting, offering yet another element of the current practice diagnosis in this area in Poland.

Exploring the Change of Literary Narrative and Reader Interaction Mode in the New Media Environment

Abstract Literature in the new media environment breaks the boundaries of the industry and reflects the Internet thinking of openness, sharing, and interaction. Starting from the study of interactive narrative phenomena in digital media art, this paper systematically explores the narrative style and characteristics of digital media art. X literary reading platform is selected as a representative, and through correlation analysis and regression analysis, the relationship between the reader interaction of the platform users, the readers’ perceived platform availability, and the readers’ perceived social interaction is explored. The study found that 0.2215 of the reader interactions in the reader interaction patterns of Platform X were social interactions, which are a type of social interaction mediated by the network, and that reader interaction had a significant positive effect on readers’ perceived platform availability and social interactions. The contribution of the study lies in the measurement of readers’ perceived social interaction through the definition of social interaction, while the mediating mechanism of platform availability reveals how readers perceive social interaction in their interactions with online literature. To enhance user services and narrative art changes in the online publishing of literary works, it is crucial to enhance the social interactions that readers of online literature perceive during the reading process.

Momenty (nie)ciągłości psychologii narracyjnej

The thematic diversity and the way narrative is understood demonstrate the vitality of the concept and the phenomenon of narrative in psychology. This article presents some questions and dilemmas that narrative psychology, which is still a young discipline in search of its scientific identity, pose to researchers. It is not our ambition to resolve these questions; instead, we perceive them as moments of (dis)continuity in the ongoing narrative story and as markers of the directions of research and theoretical considerations. We identify such themes as the distinction between utterance and narrative, the space between author and listener, the directions in which the notion of narrative identity is expanding, and the link between narrative structure and narrative process. The methodological diversity the narrative perspective introduces allows us to pose research questions in a qualitative and quantitative approach.

이야기판의 계승과 변주, 그리고 확장 : 유튜브의 이야기판을 중심으로

The emerging online narrative culture can be fully understood when it is examined with an awareness of the oral narrative traditions and storytelling cultures and norms that have existed in the real world. In this regard, this article aims to provide a deeper understanding of digital storytelling and narrative culture by focusing on how the experiences gained through traditional oral narrative storytelling and narrative culture are being inherited or transformed in online spaces.
 Focusing on the video platform “Youtube” in particular, we found that YouTube has technologically mediated the storytelling methods and principles found in face-to-face storytelling. However, the differences in the hyper-connected locality of the storytelling site and the multi-sensory format and enjoyment of the narrative text require different classification criteria from those used to identify the type and content of traditional storytelling.
 Therefore, we divided in YouTube's storytelling into three types according to the way stories are mainly composed: “telling,” “viewing,” and “Interacting.” These modes of online storytelling are common in that they dismantle many of the boundaries that have been established to describe traditional oral literature storytelling, such as the distinction between factuality and fiction, that between professional storytelling and amateur storytelling, the hierarchy of text/image/sound. It is necessary to examine these narrative phenomena in a more microcosmic way rather than simplifying them into a single concept or theme such as “digital storytelling.”

Aligning story and gameplay through narrative goals

There is consensus that the intersection of gameplay and story is complicated. Some scholars conclude that these elements are fundamentally at odds with one another in game and narrative design. In this paper, we discuss how their relationship is symbiotic—not antagonistic—by articulating a novel nexus between story and gameplay. We term this nexus a narrative goal, defined as a player interpretation of a ludological goal, which in turn is a condition a player is expected to meet to succeed at the game. We articulate this nexus as part of a novel framework centered on Goals, Feedback, and Interpretation (GFI), which is useful for characterizing uniquely narrative phenomena that arises as part of a designer’s effort to align story and gameplay. GFI complements the long-standing Mechanics, Dynamics, and Aesthetics (MDA) framework, and we evidence its utility by analyzing problems when trying to align story and gameplay, as well as offering perspectives on how to design them to achieve particular narrative effects. We believe that narrative goals and GFI have potential to clarify the narrative design process, and offer them as conceptual tools for researchers and practitioners to decompose, study, and design a broad class of games that are intended to elicit a sense of story.

Story Counts!

Brands have always sought to establish relationships with their audiences through marketing and communication: two disciplines that are defined as natural enablers of transformation processes owing to their important role in connecting businesses with the market and consumers. This paper discusses the importance of storytelling as a mythopoetic engine (now amplified by technological developments) that allows brands (profit and non-profit) to use the power of stories to promote social values and to activate processes of change. The first part of the paper presents a formal approach to discussing the narrative phenomenon, and the second part of the paper discusses the use of storytelling in brand communication. The focus is on brands that have introduced social issues into their communication campaigns to strengthen their connection with audiences through the promotion of social values and realities that use story-based strategies to activate sustainable social change.

Правдоподобие как аспект читательского восприятия текста

The article presents the results of theoretical exploration of verisimilitude as a phenomenon of (non)fictional narration. Structural and stylistic analysis of textual components in books by Diane Setterfield, Flann O’Brien, Elif Batuman shows the possibility of grading literary texts as more or less fictional. The theoretical background is based on G. Genette and Tz. Todorov’s ideas on reading modes. The theoretical results of research are presented in the form of a chart that can be further used for gradual scaling of texts as fiction or nonfiction. The authors of the analyzed texts use a variety of stylistic devices that create the effect of verisimilitude in pseudo-documentary fiction or nonfictional texts. The texts are examined by means of componential analysis from the point of view of their compositional structure, paratextual additions and plot lines. The research results indicate that verisimilitude in fiction depends on the reading mode: as informative and verifiable or as supposed speech acts working in the aesthetic function of the language.

ПРОБЛЕМА ПОВЕСТВОВАТЕЛЯ В НАРРАТИВЕ БЕЗУМИЯ И БЕЗУМНОМ НАРРАТИВЕ

The article studies the specifics of such narrative phenomena as the narrative of the abnormal state of consciousness and the abnormal narrative. On the basis of the analysis of the works by V.M. Garshin “The Red Flower”, A.P. Chekhov “Chamber № 6” and M.A. Bulgakov “The Red Crown” an attempt to identify the features of the functioning of the narrator in each text is made

Narrative Strategies of Modern Media Text

The aimof the study is to identify the main conceptual narrative concepts of media discourse and illustrate how narrative analysis reveals narrative strategies of media text, which in turn provides a basis for identifying hidden meanings, ideologies, myths, even in the structure of so-called non-narrative media -news journalism. Research methods and techniques. According to the theory of narrative, in our study we based the narrative analysis of the media on two leading approaches: 1) syntagmatic (based on the works of W. Propp (1928) –the sequence of narrative plot with emphasis on the chain of actions and events, themes in motives; 2)paradigmatic (ideas of K. Levi-Strauss (1963)–the choice of stylistic means that formalize the narrative and pragmatic features of the social and cultural context. Results and discussion. In the study, we consider the median narrative as a coherent narrative phenomenon associated with important influential ideas of the world. Allegations that the factsin the hard media are presented neutrally are refuted by narrative analysis and reconstruction of the media text. This approach to the media text actualizes the «hermeneutics of suspicion», which expresses distrust in the «reality» of the facts and in reality itself. We argue that the texts of mass communication and journalistic materials in particular are complex texts that seek not only to inform, teach and entertain, but also to change the perception of reality and identity in a particular cultural and historical discourse. Conclusions. The use of narrative analysis of media messages allows to reveal the narrative strategies of the proposed media texts in different media (news, TV series), and to explain how narrative levels of media represent different power discourses, how they represent the ideological plane and myths in modern sociocultural discourse. Key words: narrative, narrative strategies, focalization, media text, narrative turn, news genres, hermeneutics of suspicion.

The Phenomenon of Unreliable Narration in the British Intellectual Prose of the Second Half of the Twentieth Century (Golding, Murdoch)

The article is devoted to the consideration the problem of the phenomenon of an unreliable narration in the British intellectual prose of the second half of the twentieth century (Golding, Murdoch). The meaning of the words “narrator”, “unreliable narration” is investigated. The unreliable narration is reviewed based on the example of the novel “Rites of Passage” by Golding (1980). It is noted that the aforementioned work has a vibrant didactic component. It has been found that Golding uses a wide range of narrative techniques. The emphasis is made on the critical analysis by other literary scholars of the novel “Rites of Passage” by Golding. The use of narrative strategies in accordance with the scientific classification by Genette (1980) is investigated. The markers of unreliability of the narrators are emphasized. Attention is focused on the fact that a high degree of unreliability is based on the limited knowledge of the heroes, direct participation in the events, a problematic system of values. It is noted that the unreliability of narration in the novel “Rites of Passage” by Golding forces the reader to doubt not only the narrator but oneself. The use of the narrative method in the intellectual prose of the British writer Iris Murdoch is investi-gated. It has been found that the novel “The Black Prince” by Iris Murdock (2006) is one of the best examples of an unreliable narration. The genre specifics of the novel are emphasized, which combines the forms of the diary, of the memoir and of the confession. In addition, Murdoch creates a narrative strategy, which combines signs of various forms of “I am the narrator” within the framework of one narrative. In addition, “The Black Prince” is a unique model of modern artistic and philosophical metatext genre formation.

The Depiction of White Savior Narrative in John Ferrely’s Green Book (2018) Movie

In the other manifestations, racism may refer to a very implicit condition and it called as a white savior narrative by an expert. In Green Book movie directed by Peter Farrelly’s depicts this phenomenon. The writer try tries to examine white savior phenomenon depicted inside the movie where there is the dominance of Tony lip as a white people who becomes a savior for black people, Don Shirley. Library research method is used as the research method of this study; meanwhile exponential approach is applied to focus its discussion by examining several of the intrinsic elements namely setting, character, and conflict. Meanwhile extrinsic approach, especially sociological approach, which discusses the white savior phenomenon inside the movie, is used in this study. The result of this discussion shows that there exist some white savior narrative phenomena reflected by Tony Lip, one of the main characters inside the movie. Keywords: white savior; racial discrimination; racism In the other manifestations, racism may refer to a very implicit condition and it called as a white savior narrative by an expert. In Green Book movie directed by Peter Farrelly’s depicts this phenomenon. The writer try tries to examine white savior phenomenon depicted inside the movie where there is the dominance of Tony lip as a white people who becomes a savior for black people, Don Shirley. Library research method is used as the research method of this study; meanwhile exponential approach is applied to focus its discussion by examining several of the intrinsic elements namely setting, character, and conflict. Meanwhile extrinsic approach, especially sociological approach, which discusses the white savior phenomenon inside the movie, is used in this study. The result of this discussion shows that there exist some white savior narrative phenomena reflected by Tony Lip, one of the main characters inside the movie

Visual appeal as an attribute of simulation trends in modern culture

It is demonstrated that in modern society, as in the society of the postmodern era, simulation does not lose its relevance and is increasingly penetrating into real life. It becomes more and more difficult to distinguish between a simulacrum and true information. Unfortunately, the modern consumer is less and less interested in the truthfulness of information. On the contrary, a simulation interpretation of an event, person, or any phenomenon is more interesting and more welcome. "Alice" and the world that Lewis Carroll describes, this "consciousness inside out" is becoming more and more relevant. Semiotics and, in particular, symbolism have become a narrative phenomenon. The author shows that today the desire to know the true reality, not distorted by simulation, is becoming a necessary practice, and understanding the meaning of what is happening is a condition for connection with genuine reality.

Visual Representation Analysis of Meaning in BJB Bank and HSBC Bank Advertisements

This study aims to examine the difference of meaning in visual analysis in BJB Bank and HSBC Bank advertisements. The purpose of this research is to find the difference in meaning in the visual analysis of Kress and Leeuwen metafunction, namely representational, interactional, and compositional. The data were analyzed using the theory of grammar of visual design Kress and Leeuwen (1996). The data is the visual contained in the BJB bank and the HSBC bank advertisement videos. The method of this research uses descriptive qualitative research. The results showed some differences in BJB bank and HSBC bank advertisements in visuals which are a narrative reactional phenomenon and conceptual, symbolic attribute in representational, equality in interactional, and foregrounding and backgrounding in compositional.

НАРАТИВНІ СТРАТЕГІЇ В РОМАНІ ІЛЛАРІОНА ПАВЛЮКА БІЛИЙ ПОПІЛ

The article is devoted to the analysis of narrative strategies in the debut novel of Illarion Pavliuk White Ashes. Taking into consideration the author’s intention and tracking the influence of the textual indicia on the recipient, the article aims to find out how the narration is organized and what artistic effects the author was trying to achieve. The features of retrodetective and noir as “adrenaline” genres present in the novel are analyzed. The cinematic qualities of the work as a result of the author’s intention is marked. The leading narrative strategy used in the novel, the intertextuality, is highlighted, in particular, the intertextual interaction with the story of M. Hohol Vii, and the influence of intertextems on the reader’s interpretation of the text. The phenomenon of unreliable narration is considered on the basis of the selected material and it is proved that the homodiegetic narrator, private detective Taras Bilyi, is unreliable. The strategy of using prolepsis and provoking the reader’s hesitation which is realized through the formation of doubts about the nature of the artistic convention of the events described, is also examined.

Merits of Hierarchical Story and Discourse Planning with Merged Languages

A hierarchical, bipartite model can characterize many complex narrative phenomena associated with coordinating plot and communication in storytelling (e.g., cinematography), but the predominant pipeline-based strategy for generating narratives has inadvertently limited the expressiveness of storytelling systems. We introduce computational steps for merging story and discourse languages in plan-based storytelling systems with hierarchical knowledge which avoids this problem and motivates more expressive narrative discourse reasoning.

Character Focused Narrative Models for Computational Storytelling

My thesis aims at conceptualizing and implementing a computational model of narrative generation that is informed by narratological theory as well as cognitive multi-agent simulation models. It approaches this problem by taking a mimetic stance towards fictional characters and investigates how narrative phenomena related to characters can be computationally recreated from a deep character model grounded in multi agent systems. Based on such a conceptualization of narrative it explores how the generation of plot can be controlled, and how the quality of the resulting plot can be evaluated, in dependence of fictional characters. By that it contributes to research on computational creativity by implementing an evaluative storytelling system, and to narratology by proposing a generative narrative theory based on several post-structuralist descriptive theories.

ФЕНОМЕН НАРАТИВУ ВІД ОБМЕЖЕНОЇ ТРЕТЬОЇ ОСОБИ В ХУДОЖНІЙ ЛІТЕРАТУРІ

During the last centuries, modern English literature’s methodology developed many techniques. Due to the work of numerous translators, we can evaluate the effectiveness of this toolkit. However, despite the prevalence and availability of research materials, some aspects remain unexplored. There is a completely underestimated branch, which is narratology. Despite several similar features, studies prove that narrators can be different. The main characteristic to distinguish them is the point of view. It is worth noting that every narrative contains a combination of three points of view: narrator’s, character’s, and author’s. Considering the role of the parameter in fiction, it possible to compare it with the conductor because it determines the rules according to which the work will be organized. The purpose of the proposed research is to consider the phenomenon of narrative from a limited third person in English literature, in particular, to analyze the sources of its origin, a description of its characteristics, delineation of conceptual boundaries, and the analysis of its application. A narrative from a third person is recognizable in the text. Its distinctive feature is represented with third-person pronouns. An advantage of this point of view is the ability to give more information to the reader about the outer world. It lies far beyond the perspective of the first person. In the twentieth century, the narrative from a limited third person gained popularity. Its application implies that the narrator tells the story from the perspective of one character, unlike a narrative from an omniscient third person. This approach causes the effect of closeness, while not limited to the inner experiences

The Experience of Employing the Slave Narrative Genre in Describing the History of the Caucasus

The genre of the slave narrative is unique, and is essential to African-American culture. Yet, up to now, personally written stories describing the journey to freedom traveled by “heroic slaves”, writings that could well qualify as nonfiction, have received little attention outside of the US and UK. This makes all the more interesting the attempt by prominent Russian historian A. A. Cherkasov to employ the slave narrative genre in describing the history of the Caucasus, undertaken in his collection of documents “Circassian Slave Narratives”. This review of the collection attempts to analyze the phenomenon of the slave narrative and determine the degree to which it could be transposed to Russia. It is shown that while a portion of the documents published by A. A. Cherkasov, specifically interviews with slaves who escaped from Russia to Circassia, do seem to fit in with the slave narrative genre in theme, most of the Russian-Circassian slave narratives are completely different from classic slave narratives in content and style. These are not publicistic memoirs written for abolitionist purposes but documentation maintained to keep records of fugitives. In the end, the author of the article draws the conclusion that it is impossible to have an exact analogue of the slave narrative for Russian history as the figure of the heroic slave is not something that is typical for Russian history. Accordingly, despite the fact that fugitive slaves’ testimonies were widely written down at the time, as was the case in Circassia, the outcome was a completely different type of writing typologically. However, if the slave narrative is viewed in a broad sense, as an aggregate of first-hand slave accounts that can help provide the reader with a comprehensive documentary picture of the life of actual slaves, “Circassian Slave Narratives” may well be considered a worthy representative of the genre. A. A. Cherkasov provides 180 interviews with slaves and over 1,000 thematically contiguous record-keeping documents, which offer a unique insight into Circassian slavery specifically. Consequently, while it is hardly possible to use the classic slave narrative in describing Russian history, there may be considerable potential in its creative reconceptualization, as has been well substantiated by A. A. Cherkasov.

Happenings and Story: A Response to Dan Shen's “Covert Progression”

Happenings and Story: A Response to Dan Shen's “Covert Progression”