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The Role of Unexpected Events in Stories

J. Bruner’s and C. Feldman’s Florentine Seminar

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Authors:
  1. Andrea Smorti

    1. Department of Education, Languages, Intercultures, Literatures and Psychology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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  • Never before published work represents oral discourse produced during a living discussion with other scientists
  • This book shows how concepts derived from the world of art can become very useful tools in the scientific field
  • Easy to understand, great for students in undergraduate studies

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Psychology (BRIEFSPSYCHOL)

Part of the book sub series: SpringerBriefs in Psychology and Cultural Developmental Science (BRIEFSPCDS)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  3. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. Peripeteia and Canonicity

      • Andrea Smorti
      Pages 71-84

    3. Peripeteia and Types of Stories

      • Andrea Smorti
      Pages 85-100

    4. Text and Interpretation

      • Andrea Smorti
      Pages 101-109

    5. From Interpretive Cooperation to Interpretive Community

      • Andrea Smorti
      Pages 111-123

    6. Conclusions

      • Andrea Smorti
      Pages 125-131

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 133-135
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About this book

This book stems primarily from the intention to make public the seminar entitled "Narratives and Cultural Psychology" held by J. Bruner and C. Feldman in May 2000 in Florence. This seminar represents the point of view of these two authors, at an important moment in their scientific and human careers, on two themes: narratives and interpretative communities.

The central concept on which this book works is the Aristotelian concept of peripeteia which, born in the world of art, is developed by Bruner in the field of cognitive and cultural psychology and by Feldman in the concept of interpretative community.

Thus the first purpose of this book is to analyze the role and usefulness of this concept in the study of the world of stories and culture

The second aim of this book is to explain, clarify and comment on the concept, the theoretical assumptions and the key words used by the two authors, while also exploring the issues addressed. In this way, the author wantedto reflect on what contribution this seminar offers today to the theme of narratives and cultural psychology and what the future prospects might be.

This book is aimed at students and scholars interested in exploring the role that stories play in human culture.



Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Education, Languages, Intercultures, Literatures and Psychology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    Andrea Smorti

About the author

Andrea Smorti has a master degree in Philosophy (University of Florence), a specialization in School Psychology (University of Siena) and in Sport Psychology (University of Rome). He was Dean of the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Florence and he is currently full Honorary  Professor in the School of Psychology - University of Florence. Using a Cultural Psychology stance in the last three decades he has been studying the problem of autobiographical narrative in different personal and social contexts, with particular regard to painful and illness experiences.

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