Life Storying in Oral History: Fictional Contamination and Literary Complexity

Author(s): Jarmila Mildorf

Series: Narratologia; 85

Publisher: De Gruyter

Year: 2023

Deion:

This book proposes the concept of "fictional contamination" to capture the fact that fictionalization and literary complexity can be found across different kinds of narrative. Exploring conversational storytelling in oral history and other interviews from socionarratological perspectives, the book systematically discusses key narrative features such as story templates, dialogue, double deixis, focalization or perspective-taking and mind representation as well as special narrative forms including second-person narration and narratives of vicarious experience. These features and forms attest to storytellers’ linguistic creativity and serve the function of involving listeners by making stories more interesting. Shared by fictional and conversational narratives at a basic level, they can bring conversational stories closer to fiction and potentially compromise their credibility if used extensively. Detailed analyses of broad-ranging examples are undertaken against a rich narrative-theoretical background drawn from the fields of narratology, linguistics, oral history, life storytelling, psychology and philosophy. The book is of interest to scholars and students working in these fields and anyone fascinated by the richness of conversational storytelling.

《口述史中的生命故事叙述：虚构渗透与文学复杂性》

作者：雅米拉·米尔多夫

丛书：叙事学研究；第85卷

出版社：德古意特出版社

出版年份：2023

本书提出了"虚构渗透"这一概念，用以揭示虚构化和文学复杂性可以存在于不同类型的叙事中的现象。本书从社会叙事学的视角探讨口述史和其他访谈中的对话式讲述，系统地探讨了关键的叙事特征，如故事模板、对话、双重指示、聚焦或视角采择、心理表征，以及特殊的叙事形式，包括第二人称叙述和替代性经历叙述。这些特征和形式证明了讲述者的语言创造力，同时通过使故事更具吸引力来实现听众的参与。

这些特征在基本层面上为虚构和对话式叙事所共有，它们能使对话式故事更接近虚构，如果使用过度，可能会损害故事的可信度。本书基于叙事学、语言学、口述史、生命故事叙述、心理学和哲学等领域丰富的叙事理论背景，对广泛的案例进行了详细分析。本书面向这些领域的学者和学生，以及所有对对话式讲述丰富性着迷的读者。