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Identity as a narrative of autobiography
Identity as a narrative of autobiography

Author(s): Luba Jakubowska
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Fundacja Pro Scientia Publica
Keywords: narration; autobiography; identity; quality research; auto/biography-narrative research; hermeneutics; phenomenology

Summary/Abstract: This article is a proposal of identity research through its process and narrative character. As a starting point I present a definition of identity understood as the whole life process of finding identification. Next I present my own model of auto/biography-narrative research inspired by hermeneutic and phenomenological traditions of thinking about experiencing reality. I treat auto/biography-narrative research as a means of exploratory conduct, based on the narrator’s biography data, also considering the researcher’s autobiographical thought. In the final part of the article I focus on showing the narrative structure of identity and autobiography. I emphasise this relation in definitions qualifying autobiography as written life narration and identity as a narration of autobiography.

  • Issue Year: 1/2010
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 51-66
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English