Relational Spaces In Narrative Storytelling

Narrative storytelling is considered as follows: it is a form of communication that is more than the production of discourse or talk; it is not consistent with order and sequence of experience, in addition to the involvement in, associate and evaluation of this experience to others (Labove, 1972). Narrative stories are not neutral mediums discourse, nor are they simply stories; rather narrative serves as a transmitter of beliefs and shared values (Vitanova 2010, p. 30) reflecting the moral and social order of a society (Labove,2013). These forms give voice to the experiences of an individual or groups of individuals. Though narrative stories were often about characters and the revealing of characterological figures (where even “I” could serve as a main character), these protagonists prepared discursive spaces for the enactment of identities and the exploration of ideologies, social practices, and styles of talk.
Thus, an episode of narrative storytelling can be a purposeful example of talk (Mishler 1999, p. 18) through which individuals talk about their thoughts, feelings and respond to and communicate ideologies and discourses (Wortham& Rhodes 2013).Narrative storytelling, however is centered upon a most reportable event, the one that is also believable, has some emotional resonance for the audience, and addresses the question “so what?” (Labov, 2008,pp. 7-8). This “so what” is typically expressed in the form of an evaluation prepared in the tale that associates the tellers’ perspective of the importance – to the speaker and the audience of recounting the story at this