Exploring Fictionalization in Narrative Inquiry

• In Event: Exploring Methodological Issues in Narrative Research

Abstract

In this paper we inquire into the place of fictionalization in narrative inquiry. We explore ways fictionalization becomes part of the telling and retelling of experience and the possibilities this process holds for shaping meaning making. Drawing upon this previous narrative inquiry in which fictionalized interim research texts were co-created and responded to by participants, we explore ways in which fictionalization provides an opportunity to expand the inquiry process and understanding of experience.

Authors

• M. Shaun Murphy, University of Saskatchewan

• Vera F. Caine, University of Alberta

• Andrew Estefan, The University of Calgary

• D. Jean Clandinin, University of Alberta

• Janice Huber, University of Alberta

• Pamela A. Steeves, University of Alberta