Naslov
Discursive construction of identity in narratives of personal experience of migration

Autori
Podboj, Martina

Izvornik
ACCOMPLISSH Co-CreACTION Summit, University of Barcelona

Vrsta, podvrsta
Ostale vrste radova, ostalo

Godina
2018

Ključne riječi
narrative analysis, migration, language and identity

Sažetak
Recent sociolinguistic and discourse-oriented approaches to language and identity emphasise narratives of personal experiences as primal linguistic means for organising life experiences in a meaningful and coherent way. Consequently, narrative analysis has become a privileged methodological tool for investigating how identities are constructed and negotiated in an ongoing process of meaning making (Schiffrin, 1996 ; De Fina, 2003 ; Bamberg et al., 2007). By studying migration though the lens of narrative analysis, we gain meaningful insight into how it affects individuals and their identities, rather than only looking into statistics and quantitative data, which tends to depersonalise migration ; or into media discourse, which perpetuates negative stereotypes about it. The aim of this research is twofold. Firstly, it aims to describe the complexity of the genre of narrative of personal experience from a linguistic point of view. Secondly, it seeks to understand how various aspects of individuals’ identities are contested, constructed, and performed throughout the experience of migration.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija, Interdisciplinarne humanističke znanosti

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