Narrative meaning: Dilemmas of Interpration

CHRZ, Vladimír and Ivo ČERMÁK. Narrative meaning: Dilemmas of Interpration. In S. Kreitler, T. Urbánek. Conceptions of meaning. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2014, p. 221–242. ISBN 978-1-63321-241-1.

Basic information

• Original name: Narrative meaning: Dilemmas of Interpration
• Authors: CHRZ, Vladimír and Ivo ČERMÁK.
• Edition: New York, Conceptions of meaning, p. 221–242, 2014.
• Publisher: Nova Science Publishers

Other information

• Type of outcome: Chapter(s) of a specialized book
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: printed version "print"
• ISBN: 978-1-63321-241-1
• Keywords in English: meaning; narrative; hermeneutics
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Interpretive human or social sciences are focused on meaning-making processes. Thus, interpretation can be understood as an explication of meaning-making. Following this assumption, six dilemmas concerning interpretation are identified. It is shown that narrative interpretation enables us to oscillate flexibly and effectively between 1) explicit data and exemplifying schemas, 2) the individual and culture, 3) the hermeneutics of suspicion and the hermeneutics of trust, 4) parts and the whole, 5) content and form, 6) structure (text) and function (context). Accordingly, interpretation can be understood as a solution of identified dilemmas. In this perspective, narrative research is defined as a reconstruction (explication) of narrative component meaning-making.

Links

• GAP407/12/2432, research and development project: Name: Komplexita jako výraz psychického života jedince