Abstract
Reports of sick people and family members who say that they have found relief for their sorrow and pain in the practice of narrating their own stories have been quite frequent. Equally frequent have been the cases in which, after a traumatic event, the narrative emerges as a more accessible, soothing means of comfort. In such cases, the narrative seems to be much more than a structural possibility of language. It seems to be a rather structuring phenomenon that guarantees a consistent, meaningful expression. Our supposition is that sickness within the narration process can no longer be the reference that can be noticed in the texts–the “he” to which “I” and “you” point to–and becomes a constitutive element of the subject who enunciates, a point of reference that is experienced in the body in a strange symbiosis that might lead to the construction of a positive sense for the painful experience. This research is mainly focused on enquiring into the movement of language within this type of narrative, understanding its consequence for the diseased individual and family members, and the impact of such narratives on the construction of medical knowledge in the context of children and adolescents under cancer treatment.
Presenters
Tatiana PiccardiTeacher and researcher, Humanities Department, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência, e Tecnologia de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
KEYWORDS
Discourse, Language, Literature, Medicine, Narrative, Oncopediatrics
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