Most cited papers in Narrative Theory and Analysis

Narrative Theory and Analysis

What are the most cited papers in Narrative Theory and Analysis?

The most cited paper in Narrative Theory and Analysis is "Story and Discourse: Narrative Structure in Fiction and Film" (Timothy R. Austin, Seymour Chatman, 1979), with 2,670 citations. Next come "Narration as a human communication paradigm: The case of public moral argument" (1,794) and "Intermediality, Intertextuality, and Remediation: A Literary Perspective on Intermediality" (939).

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Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 130 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	Story and Discourse: Narrative Structure in Fiction and Film Timothy R. Austin, Seymour Chatman · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism	1979	2,670
2	Narration as a human communication paradigm: The case of public moral argument Walter R. Fisher · Communication Monographs	Mar 1984	1,794
3	Intermediality, Intertextuality, and Remediation: A Literary Perspective on Intermediality Irina O. Rajewsky · Intermédialités Histoire et théorie des arts des lettres et des techniques Open access	10 Aug 2011	939
4	The Self We Live by: Narrative Identity in a Postmodern World Amanda J. Coffey, James A. Holstein, Jaber F. Gubrium · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews	May 2002	849
5	Some Further Steps in Narrative Analysis William Labov · Journal of Narrative and Life History	1997	782
6	Fictionality and Perceived Realism in Experiencing Stories: A Model of Narrative Comprehension and Engagement Rick W. Busselle, Helena Bilandzić · Communication Theory	18 Apr 2008	748
7	Narrative Analysis: Oral Versions of Personal Experience1 William Labov, Joshua Waletzky · Journal of Narrative and Life History	1997	734
8	The work of the imagination Paul L. Harris	2000	687
9	Narrative and Self-Concept Donald E. Polkinghorne · Journal of Narrative and Life History	1991	636
10	Against Narrativity Galen Strawson · Ratio	17 Nov 2004	592
11	A system for image-text relations in new (and old) media Radan Martinec · Visual Communication	21 Sep 2005	573
12	Narrative Analysis—Or Why (and How) Sociologists Should Be Interested In Narrative Roberto P. Franzosi · Annual Review of Sociology Review	Aug 1998	559
13	Narrative Theory and the Cognitive Sciences David Herman · Narrative Inquiry	3 Dec 2001	552
14	The narrative paradigm: An elaboration Walter R. Fisher · Communication Monographs	Dec 1985	550
15	Making sense of sensemaking narratives Andrew D. Brown, P Stacey, Joe Nandhakumar · Human Relations Open access	Aug 2008	509
16	`K is Mentally Ill' the Anatomy of a Factual Account Dorothy E. Smith · Sociology	1978	505
17	Preliminary Communication Horst Bickel, JOHN W. GERRARD, EvelynM. Hickmans · The Lancet	Oct 1953	500
18	Narrative Practice and the Coherence of Personal Stories Jaber F. Gubrium, James A. Holstein · Sociological Quarterly	1998	481
19	Recombinant selves in mass mediated spacetime Asif Agha · Language & Communication	31 Mar 2007	446
20	Structure and Functions of Fantasy Ellen Dissanayake, Eric Klinger · Leonardo	1974	430
21	The Translator's Voice in Translated Narrative Théo Hermans · Target International Journal of Translation Studies	1996	423
22	Narrative Psychology, Trauma and the Study of Self/Identity Michele L. Crossley · Theory & Psychology	Aug 2000	410
23	Personal narratives: Perspectives on theory and research Kristin M. Langellier · Text and Performance Quarterly	Oct 1989	399
24	Click bait: Forward-reference as lure in online news headlines Jonas Nygaard Blom, Kenneth Reinecke Hansen · Journal of Pragmatics	30 Dec 2014	395
25	The Narrative Paradigm: In the Beginning Walter R. Fisher · Journal of Communication	Dec 1985	393
26	Plot Units and Narrative Summarization* Wendy G. Lehnert · Cognitive Science	Oct 1981	342
27	Theorizing Narrative Identity: Symbolic Interactionism and Hermeneutics Douglas Ezzy · Sociological Quarterly	Mar 1998	339
28	Birds of a Feather Flock Conjointly (?): Rhyme as Reason in Aphorisms Matthew S. McGlone, Jessica Tofighbakhsh · Psychological Science	Sep 2000	331
29	Meetings of minds: Dialogue, sympathy, and identification, in reading fiction Keith Oatley · Poetics	Aug 1999	331
30	Psychonarratology foundations for the empirical study of literary response Marisa Bortolussi, Peter A Dixon	2003	329
31	Interactive Narrative: An Intelligent Systems Approach Mark Riedl, Vadim Bulitko · AI Magazine	Mar 2013	301
32	Go Figure: A Path through Fictionalism Stephen Yablo · Midwest Studies in Philosophy	Aug 2001	297
33	Events, Instants and Temporal Reference Hans Kamp · Springer series in language and communication Book chapter	1979	293
34	Nostalgia: A Psychological Perspective Krystine Irene Batcho · Perceptual and Motor Skills	Feb 1995	290
35	Intersubjectivity and progressivity in person (and place) reference John C. Heritage · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter	26 Apr 2007	282
36	Captain America's Empire: Reflections on Identity, Popular Culture, and Post-9/11 Geopolitics Jason Dittmer · Annals of the Association of American Geographers	16 Aug 2005	267
37	True Photographs and False Memories D. Stephen Lindsay, Lisa Hagen, J. Don Read et al. · Psychological Science	17 Feb 2004	264
38	Story telling: is it really research? Tina Koch · Journal of Advanced Nursing	Dec 1998	255
39	Varieties of Narrative Analysis Lee Haring · Journal of Folklore Research Reviews	9 May 2012	251
40	A Review of Narrative Ethics Tony E. Adams · Qualitative Inquiry	11 Feb 2008	249
41	Becoming a Nazi: A model for narrative networks Peter Bearman, Katherine W. Stovel · Poetics Open access	Mar 2000	249
42	Point of View in Fiction: The Development of a Critical Concept Norman L. Friedman · PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America	Dec 1955	248
43	Preliminary Communication Colin T. Dollery, David Wilfred Hill, Colin Mailer et al. · The Lancet	Aug 1964	234
44	Narrative Study: Whose Story Is It, Anyway? Aneta Pavlenko · TESOL Quarterly	2002	233
45	Ten Theses about Fictionality Henrik Skov Nielsen, James Blackwell Phelan, Richard Walsh · Narrative	21 Dec 2014	232
46	Metamorphosis and Identity Donald D. Sullivan · History Reviews of New Books	2002	229
47	Autobiographical Time Jens Brockmeier · Narrative Inquiry	17 Oct 2000	217
48	Oncology and narrative time Mary‐Jo Del Vecchio Good, Tseunetsugu Munakata, Yasuki Kobayashi et al. · Social Science & Medicine	Mar 1994	209
49	On “Having Been There”: “Eyewitnessing” as a Journalistic Key Word Barbie Zelizer · Critical Studies in Media Communication	22 Nov 2007	203
50	Detective Stories At Dinnertime: Problem-Solving Through Co-Narration Elinor Ochs, Ruth C. Smith, Carolyn E. Taylor · Cultural Dynamics	Jun 1989	201

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