Making Stories: Law, Literature, Life

by Jerome Bruner

Book Overview

Stories pervade our daily lives, from human interest news items, to a business strategy described to a colleague, to daydreams between chores. Stories are what we use to make sense of the world. But how does this work?

In Making Stories, the eminent psychologist Jerome Bruner examines this pervasive human habit and suggests new and deeper ways to think about how we use stories to make sense of lives and the great moral and psychological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067401099X
• ISBN13: 9780674010994
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

An Interesting Look at how Narratives affect our Lives

As a student interested in narratology, I found Jerome Bruner's book an excellent manual on how narratives effect our everyday lives. With the minimal a minimal amount of jargon, Bruner was able to convey what narrative was; how narrative is used; and how we interpret narrative in the stories we tell and the stories we read. This book is a must have for anyone interested in narratology or for any person seeking for a concise and clear understanding of how narratives work in our lives.