Critical Narrative Research in Education: Theoretical Premises and Examples of Inquiry

Abstract

The article is a presentation of the author’s approach in qualitative social research. Critical narrative research is characterized in the context of the linguistic turn. The author presents a model of critical narrative research, which includes the stages of critique, narrative, understanding and change, all described in detail. The article also discusses an example of critical, engaged narrative research on the struggle for recognition in narratives, based on the narrative and identity of the individual and the narrative and identity of the community as introduced by MacIntyre.

Keywords

• narrative turn
• critique
• understanding
• identity
• change
• struggle for recognition