In this paper we examine reports of poetic confluence, in which one person’s utterances seems to connect with another’s unspoken or unarticulated thoughts. We argue that analysis of these narratives can be investigated as a window onto social reality, and as a site in which social realities are produced, especially with respect to identity work. We show how this approach complements and develops from the small story paradigm in narrative inquiry. In our discussion we try to identify common principles that may underpin work on both the content of poetic confluence narratives, and the work done in the features of those narratives.

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小故事有大意义

在本文中，我们研究了关于诗意融合的报道，其中一个人的话语似乎与另一个人的未说出口或未表达的想法相关联。我们认为，对这些叙述的分析可以作为通向社会现实的窗口进行调查，也可以作为产生社会现实的场所，特别是在身份工作方面。我们展示了这种方法如何补充和发展叙事探究中的小故事范式。在我们的讨论中，我们试图找出共同的原则，这些原则可以支撑诗歌融合叙事的内容，以及在这些叙事特征中所做的工作。