In this article, we discuss a dialogue between narrative theory, reading group practices, and analysis of reading group participants’ experiences. Hanna Meretoja’s theory of narrative agency has informed us in developing a new reading group model that aims to enhance the participants’ narrative agency, and, in turn, the analysis of the reading group experiences provides us with new knowledge on the reading group model, as well as on the theoretical approach. We explore narrative agency analysis as a tool to analyze interviews, and our analysis of three participants’ experiences illustrates how narrative agency can manifest itself in various forms. It also demonstrates that the enhanced ability to navigate narrative environments can be highly meaningful on a personal level. The article suggests that, despite its challenges, this kind of research approach, combining theory and practice, enriches and expands the possibilities of literary studies.

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应用叙事能动性的方法


在本文中，我们讨论了叙事理论、阅读小组实践和阅读小组参与者经验分析之间的对话。Hanna Meretoja 的叙事能动性理论为我们开发了一种新的阅读小组模型提供了信息，该模型旨在增强参与者的叙事能动性，反过来，对阅读小组经验的分析为我们提供了关于阅读小组模型和理论方法的新知识。我们探索了叙事能动性分析作为分析访谈的工具，我们对三名参与者经历的分析说明了叙事能动性如何以各种形式表现出来。它还表明，增强的驾驭叙事环境的能力在个人层面上可能非常有意义。文章指出，尽管存在挑战，但这种理论与实践相结合的研究方法丰富和扩大了文学研究的可能性。