Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Nastaran Shahbazi
• Hossein Bayat

Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Collective narrative has recently been recognized as a growing genre. in recent years, the typology of collective narratives has been subject to varying theoretical approaches. Narrative scholars have categorized collective narratives based on the use of “we” in discourse, their distinction from realist narratives, the relationship between the elements of “I,” “we,” and “others,” the contrast between the exclusive and inclusive forms of “we” in narration, and the divergence between story and discourse levels. To date, no single criterion proposed in the limited studies of this field has gained unanimous acceptance. However, a deeper analysis of foundational research reveals that, over time, literary narratology has achieved more defined frameworks for collective narrative models. In this context, the present study examines the progression of research, identifies the interconnections among these theories, and proposes the narrative element as a metric for classifying types of collective narratives. The findings suggest three primary categories: I + Others, Group + Members, and Collective Character.

Keywords

• Collective Narrative
• We-Narration
• Typology
• Narratology
• Theoretical Approaches