Narrative is a pioneer concept in our trans-disciplinary age. For decades, it has been one of the most successful catchwords in literature, history, cultural studies, philosophy, and health studies. This book argues that narrative concepts are profoundly relevant in the understanding of life, experience, and literary texts.

1. Introduction, or another story of narrative (by Hatavara, Mari); 2. Exploring the narrative turns; 3. Travelling metaphors, transforming concepts (by Hyvarinen, Matti); 4. Why narrative is here to stay: A return to origins (by Freeman, Mark); 5. To the narrative turn and back: The political impact of storytelling in feminism (by Guaraldo, Olivia); 6. Travelling with narrative: From text to body (by Eakin, Paul John); 7. Philosophical underpinnings of the narrative turn in theory and fiction (by Meretoja, Hanna); 8. Travelling between fiction and non-fiction; 9. Fact and fiction: Exploring the narrative mind (by Brockmeier, Jens); 10. Broken or unnatural?: On the distinction of fiction in non-conventional first person narration (by Iversen, Stefan); 11. Making sense in autobiography (by Hatavara, Mari); 12. "Unnatural" narratives?: The case of second-person narration (by Mildorf, Jarmila); 13. Storytelling on the go: Breaking news as a travelling narrative genre (by Georgakopoulou, Alexandra); 14. Travelling from body to story; 15. Towards an embodied theory of narrative and storytelling (by Hyden, Lars-Christer); 16. Fractured narratives: Psychology's fragmented narrative psychology (by Schiff, Brian); 17. Broken stories: Narrative vs. narration in travelling theories of cultural trauma (by Korhonen, Kuisma); 18. Concluding reflections; 19. Twists and turns: The circulation of narrative concepts across disciplines and cultures (by Ritivoi, Andreea Deciu); 20. List of contributors; 21. Index