Ravel’s Programmatic Impulse by Peter Kaminsky

“…By this, I mean the potential difference in meaning or signification between, on the one hand, music’s representation of a narrative, text, title, idea, etc.; and, on the other hand, music’s ability to generate and connote its own meaning(s). …”
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Figures de l’aventurière dans The Eustace Diamonds, d’Anthony Trollope (1873) : le refoulement d’un retour by Jacqueline Fromonot

“…In Trollope, all kinds of narrative and stylistic strategies tend to deflate the adventuress and to stigmatize a conduct unambiguously presented as shameful. …”
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Dé-finir le langage dans The Names de Don DeLillo by Karim Daanoune

“…Yet, the novel offers as a counterpoint against the end and at the end the unexpected fiction of Tap, the son of James Axton, the narrator. Liberating by its inner vitality and originality, Tap’s literary work thwarts both terror and death. …”
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‘A wound that aches yet isn’t felt ... a pain that rages without hurting’: Getting to know the identity of outsourced housekeepers through the bond of memory and social class by Viviani Teodoro dos Santos, Marivânia Conceição de Araújo, Marcio Pascoal Cassandre

“…As methodological procedures, we used a semi-structured interview with the cleaning team supervisor, two focus groups, individual narrative interviews with the eight housekeepers and a brief period of participant observation. …”
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Indonesian and Egyptian EFL university students’ difficulties in reading comprehension by Intan Ummul Baiti, Eros Meilina Sofa

“…This study used a qualitative method with a narrative inquiry design. Semi-structured interview was implied to collect the data. …”
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The Experience of Emotional Distancing in the Management of Compulsive Hoarding: A Visual Methods Approach Using the “Hoard” Acronym Tool by Colin Jones, Satwant Singh

“…Three key themes emerged from the data: The evocative power of the image, Images as monitoring tools and verifying and validating the hoarding problem.This particular methodological approach is beneficial in generating valuable narrative for self-reflection.…”
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Fructose Metabolism and Relation to Atherosclerosis, Type 2 Diabetes, and Obesity by Astrid Kolderup, Birger Svihus

“…The fructose content in sugars consumed may also affect health, although the extent to which fructose has a particularly significant negative impact on health remains controversial. The aim of this narrative review is to describe the body’s fructose management and to discuss the role of fructose as a risk factor for atherosclerosis, type 2 diabetes, and obesity. …”
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Three Horizons for Future Geoscience by Iain Stewart, Maria Angela Capello, Hassina Mouri, Kombada Mhopjeni, Munira Raji

“…Using this conceptual framework, we consider three parallel pathways – “business as usual” (horizon 1), “entrepreneurial” (horizon 2) and “visionary” (horizon 3)—that offer alternative narrative trajectories for how geoscience and geoscientists might serve society’s grand challenges.…”
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Graphological Deviation: A Defamiliarizing Trope in Timothy Wangusa’s Poetry by Evaristo, Arineitwe

“…Some studies are on Wangusa’s novels and short stories, and as such, they focus on aspects like themes and narrative techniques but not graphological deviation. …”
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A Study of Social Class Conflict in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. by Atukunda, Atubangiire

“…This research employs Marxist literary criticism, feminist theory, and sociological theories of social stratification to analyze how Austen’s depiction of class influences characters' choices, marriage prospects, and social mobility. Austen’s narrative, centered around the Bennet family’s struggles with economic pressures and societal expectations, reveals the complexities of class dynamics and gender roles. …”
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The roles of a peer-led collaborative learning approach in Ethiopian secondary schools by Feyisa Mulisa, Simeret Kassahun Mekonnen

“…Data were collected using questionnaires and focus group discussions whereas analyses were made using descriptive statistical methods and narrative description of data. The findings show that hypothetically the roles of PLCL for secondary school students are considered to be academic, psychosocial and economic. …”
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Patients' attitudes toward artificial intelligence (AI) in cancer care: A scoping review protocol. by Daniel Hilbers, Navid Nekain, Alan T Bates, John-Jose Nunez

“…We will then compile the data from the included articles into a narrative summary and discuss the implications for clinical practice and future research.…”
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“Radical”: Marianne Moore and the Revision of Modernism by Aurore Clavier

“…From the editorial birth of Imagism to the preliminary pruning of The Waste Land, the dominant narratives of Modernism have often been built on foundational acts of crossing out, whether self-imposed, collective or allographic. …”
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W-SITTING IN CHILDHOOD: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW by David Gonçalves Nordon, Caroline de Gouveia Buff Passone, Clovis Artur Almeida da Silva, Patrícia Moreno Grangeiro

“…It included seven studies for analysis, one of which was a narrative review and two were methodologically inadequate cross-sectional to evaluate the causal effect in W-sitting. …”
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Lifestyle interventions delivered by eHealth in chronic kidney disease: A scoping review. by Ffion Curtis, James O Burton, Ayesha Butt, Harsimran K Dhaliwal, Matthew M P Graham-Brown, Courtney J Lightfoot, Rishika Rawat, Alice C Smith, Thomas J Wilkinson, Daniel S March

“…Studies were eligible if they reported a lifestyle intervention using eHealth technologies. A narrative synthesis of the findings from the included studies structured around the type of eHealth intervention was presented. …”
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Western Balkans in the Russian-Ukrainian war: The instrumentalization of the past through dominant political discourses in the media by Surlić Stefan, Milić Kristina

“…Due to the absence of confrontation with the past and unresolved status issues, the interpretations of the war in Ukraine received the expected self-projection.discourses, the narrative revival of old conflicts, and the strengthening of antagonisms on a national basis. …”
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« Histoires perturbées, passés retrouvés », une introduction by Sian Sullivan, Michèle Baussant, Lindsey Dodd, Olivette Otele, Irène Dos Santos

“…Our aim has been to interrogate relationships between oral histories and amateur histories with more formal written archives and historiography in a series of disrupted settings: evictions in colonial and apartheid west Namibia (SULLIVAN); memories and historical interpretations of the Egyptian Jewish diaspora (BAUSSANT); the evacuation of children in Second World War France (DODD); recent maritime exodus of migrants from Africa (OTELE); and rupture from a hegemonic imperial-nostalgic narrative in Portugal (DOS SANTOS). Our case research is complemented in the concluding paper of this Special Issue by systematic cross-case engagement, synthesis and theorisation of our case-study research.…”
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May Sinclair’s Romantic Corpus by Leslie de Bont

“…By contrast, her own narrative poem, The Dark Night (1924), articulates Eliotian references with Romantic themes (Dowson 2006). …”
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Missional insights on socio-political realities, religious vulnerability, and the choice of Barabbas by Ignatius W. Ferreira

“…This article presents a missional perspective on the complex interplay between socio-political realities, religious vulnerability and the formation of political ideologies among Western Christians, drawing insights from the biblical narrative of the choice of Barabbas at Jesus’s trial. …”
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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy versus Other PTSD Psychotherapies as Treatment for Women Victims of War-Related Violence: A Systematic Review by N. Inès Dossa, Marie Hatem

“…The subgroup analysis shows that cognitive processing therapy (CPT), culturally adapted CPT, and narrative exposure therapy (NET) contribute to the reduction of PTSD and depression severity in the population of interest. …”
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