Qualitative Research: An Introduction to Methods and Designs
by STEPHEN D. LAPAN, MARYLYNN T. QUARTAROLI, FRANCES JULIA RIEMER
Narrative Inquiry: Genres
Many genres of narrative inquiry exist. Biography, autobiography, life story research, and oral history are currently relevant forms of narrative research. In a biography, the researcher writes and records experiences about another person's life. Autobiography presents a narrative research form that includes a person or people recording their own experiences and writing about these experiences and themselves. In a life story research study, the researcher describes an individual's entire life. For an oral history, the researcher gathers information from an individual or groups of people about an experience and the causes and effects on the individual or individuals, the community, and society at large. We will describe ...
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