{"product_id":"narrative-development-six-approaches-9780805820584","title":"Narrative Development: Six Approaches","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrowing out of an International Society of the Study of Behavioral Development-sponsored symposium, this book discusses the basic assumptions that led the contributors to conduct research in the field of narrative development. This collection gathers their research reflections and varying approaches to narrative and its development. It illustrates each type of approach and highlights their respective motives. The book presents some of the basic motivating assumptions of each approach and provides insight into what holds each set of assumptions together, potentially transforming them into actions. This book will serve as an excellent text for courses emphasizing multiple approaches to the study of narrative. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The editor has organized this volume in accordance with the six main points of the symposium: \u003cbr\u003e * \u003ci\u003eSpecification of the Domain\u003c\/i\u003e--how narratives are defined in terms of textual structures, knowledge thereof, interactive moves, sociocultural conventions, and the like.\u003cbr\u003e * \u003ci\u003eThe Individual's Involvement in the Developmental Process\u003c\/i\u003e--the relationship between some internal or external forces and the organism's own active participation in the developmental process. \u003cbr\u003e * \u003ci\u003eThe Course of Development\u003c\/i\u003e--if it is continuous or discontinuous; whether it proceeds in an additive fashion or whether regressive phases occur; and what changes at different points in the developmental process signify.\u003cbr\u003e * \u003ci\u003eThe Goal of Development\u003c\/i\u003e--the implicit notion of a \u003ci\u003etelos\u003c\/i\u003e, a target or end-point that needs to occur in the developmental process.\u003cbr\u003e * \u003ci\u003eMechanisms of Development\u003c\/i\u003e--the forces and\/or conditions that both instigate the developmental process and keep it moving toward its \u003ci\u003etelos\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e * \u003ci\u003eMethodology\u003c\/i\u003e--where and how to look in the establishment of a developmental framework. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book is an indispensable text in the fields of narrative and\/or discourse, linguistics, language studies, psychology, and education in general.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Bamberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805820584","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44284020916339,"sku":"9.78081E+12","price":98.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_dcdeb855-9af6-4ae2-b6ad-ca523bd0c1e0.jpg?v=1770555970","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/narrative-development-six-approaches-9780805820584","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}