Formal subtext analysis (FSA) in narrative interviewing

Yuriy Ignatyev (), Peter Klimczak (), Ralph Endres () and Martin Heinze ()
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Yuriy Ignatyev: Immanuel Klinik Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane
Peter Klimczak: Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus – Senftenberg
Ralph Endres: Immanuel Klinik Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane
Martin Heinze: Immanuel Klinik Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane

Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, 2024, vol. 58, issue 6, No 40, 5977-5996

Abstract: Abstract In the framework of the plot theory of the Russian-Estonian semiotician Juri Lotman, a text is only considered narrative and eventful if it contains “…a fact which takes place, though it need not have taken place”. In this respect, Lotman models the event on the basis of description and prescription. This approach can be seen as a functional method for reconstructing the subtext. In previous studies, Lotman's event was considered a contradiction using predicate logical statements that do not allow error-free formal conclusions. However, the correct conclusions could be deduced based on deontic remodeling and its extension to the modal model of the possible worlds. In this way, the subtext of narrative texts could be formally deductible and the interpretation calculable. The aim of our study was to demonstrate this reformulation of Lotman’s event model and to discuss its application as an extension of Qualitative Comparative Analysis of narrative texts from qualitative interviews, one of the basic methods of data collection employed in qualitative research. The proposed model, named formal subtext analysis is illustrated by analyzing a narrative interview with a doctor from a German mental health clinic.

Keywords: Modal logic; Set theory; Configurational comparative methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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