I'm interested in writing short stories of downtrodden and marginalized people of my nation in English Language. My selected research design will be narrative research design along-with life story interviews.
Can anyone guide me further.. I'm in search of my research topic for phd in the discipline of English literature.
It is indeed a great pursuit in the direction and seems novel idea in the paradigm. It can be seen in the context of Gardener's 'Sufi's World' where philosophy and history of philosophy is described in a narrative form. Help can be taken from there as a pattern. Whereas, narrative can be helpful and also an imaginative history in narrative form especially Tarar's novel 'Bahao' on Moen jo daro.....
Certainly research in narrative can help, inasmuch as it exposes the researcher to the ways and workings of narrative. But it rarely happens that mapping an incident or series of incidents on the uncovered framework produces satisfying results. I think that there is something more that is needed, a need that accounts for the assembling of the main incidents and how they link up into a chain, making up one self-contained act, an artwork. This is what ultimately gives meaning to the whole event. It helps, I think, to allow the mind to range freely over the bits and pieces that pop up in thinking of the story to be written, to ruminate and let it all come together.
It is indeed a good idea that you want to pursue narrative techniques and narratology. I suggest that you take any author of your choice and try to find out the narratology employed by the author. You can concentrate on Reach and extent and further on narrative voice. For this you can study Gerard Genette, Roland Barthes, Mieka Bal and others. This kind of research will help you in writing stories in a better way.
Thank you. Your comments are also helpful for my research. I really appreciate.
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