Professor Stefania Sini Gave a Lecture ‘The Study of Narrative: Fundamental Principles’

On Thursday, Professor Stefania Sini from the Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy gave a lecture on the study of narrative.

In this lecture, Professor Sini presented an overview of the ‘classical’ study of narratives from the perspectives of structuralism and semiotics, and notes changing perspectives that followed the ‘post-classical’ study of narrative – the development of the cognitive approach.

Professor Sini talked about theoretical and methodological advantages of each approach, and their most characteristic features, their achievements and weaknesses.

She also talked about alternatives to these approaches that have developed recently, and which are particularly interesting from a hermaneutic and critical point of view.