Narrative Identity Lee Newitt Buckinghamshire New University Dante
Narrative Identity Lee Newitt Buckinghamshire New University
Dante Alighieri ‘Love Poet, Soldier, Politician’ (Baxter, 2018 )
Castles Cathedrals (Luke, 1989)
Pilgrimage ‘Mindful & attentive journey’ ‘A physical journey to bring about an inner journey’ (Jones, 2011)
Eyes & Smile Lost in the dark woods The way is blocked Light Descent Ascent The Test Paradiso The Angels Inferno The White Rose Descent The Well Purgatory (Luke, 1989) Gate of Dis The Mountain island Passage of fire Climbing & Waiting Return to Eden St Peter’s Gate Passage of water
Landscape Outer Journey Paradiso Inferno Purgatory Pilgrim Inner Journey
Self. Potentiality Self. Transcendence Paradiso Inferno Purgatory Self. Realisation Self. Actualisation
Life=Story=Self (Autobiography) (Mc. Adams, 1988)
Mc. Adams ‘Life Story’ “People make sense of their lives by creating life stories” (Bauer, Mc. Adams & Pals, 2008, p. 84) “internalised and evolving story of the reconstructed past and imagined future” (Mc. Adams, 2012, p. 119)
Hermans ‘Dialogical Self’ “The story a person tells about his or her life is viewed as a polyphonic novel. ” (Hermans, Rijks & Kempen, 1993, p. 207) “Plurality of consciousness” (Hermans, 1996, p. 5) “Self as culture-inclusive” & “Culture as self-inclusive” (Hermans, 2001, p. 243)
White & Epston ‘Narrative Therapy’ “The evolution of lives is akin to the process of re-authoring, the process of persons entering into stories, taking them over and making them their own” (White & Epston, 1990, p. 13)
MODES OF MEANING EMBEDDED Meaning EXPRESSED Meaning Identity EMBODIED Meaning EXPERIENCED Meaning
EMBEDDED Change Identity Agency Communion EXPRESSED Change EXPERIENCED Change EMBODIED
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