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Narrative Schemas

Narrative Schemas is a cognitive framework that organizes recurring story structures and thematic patterns in literary and cultural narratives, enabling the interpretation and prediction of plot developments through culturally shared narrative expectations.

159

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14.1K

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277

Authors

132

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2017–2026

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Variants

Story Schemas

Parents

Publications

159

<b>The pear stories</b> : Cognitive, cultural, and linguistic aspects of narrative production. Edited by Wallace L. Chafe. (Advances in discourse processes, 3.) Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1980. Pp. xix, 327. $27.50.

Deborah Schiffrin · Language · 1981 · 947 citations

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Taking different perspectives on a story.

James W. Pichert, Richard C. Anderson · Journal of Educational Psychology · 1977 · 573 citations · Full text

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Narrative Theory and the Cognitive Sciences

David Herman · Narrative Inquiry · 2001 · 551 citations

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Culture tales: A narrative approach to thinking, cross-cultural psychology, and psychotherapy.

George S. Howard · American Psychologist · 1991 · 475 citations

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A code in the node: The use of a story schema in retrieval∗

Jean M. Mandler · Discourse Processes · 1978 · 458 citations

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Authors

277

  1. RA
    Ruth A. Berman

    Tel Aviv University, Israel

    4 publications · 422 citations

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  2. JM
    Jean M. Mandler

    University of California San Diego, United States

    4 publications · 727 citations

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  3. FS
    Farzad Sharifian

    Monash University, Australia

    3 publications · 296 citations

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  4. WM
    Wallace Martin

    University of Toledo, United States

    3 publications · 707 citations

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  5. PW
    Perry W. Thorndyke

    RAND Corporation, United States

    3 publications · 330 citations

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Institutions

132

  1. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    2.6K citations

  2. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    763 citations

  3. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    127 citations

  4. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    130 citations

  5. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    552 citations

  6. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. University of Calgary

    Calgary, Canada

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    109 citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    513 citations

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Venues

  1. Discourse Processes

    DP · 9 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. Journal of Narrative and Life History

    7 publications · 188 citations

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 6 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. Cognitive Science

    5 publications · 813 citations

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  5. The Modern Language Review

    5 publications · 368 citations

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