Víctor Pérez Samaniego

A ANÁLISE NARRATIVA EM EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA E ESPORTE

This paper follows an earlier work published in this journal (v.17, n.1, 2011) which addressed the questions of what is and what can offer narrative research to the study of physical education and sport. This paper addresses the methodological aspect of narrative research, specifically narrative analysis. First, it explains what is meant by narrative analysis. Second, we distinguish between two main strategies used to analyze narratives: the emphasis on the story and the emphasis on the analysis. The typology is completed with a review of works in our field with different analytical focus on the Whats and/or the Hows of the accounts. We conclude with a number of considerations to encourage and, in turn, invite researchers to be cautious when analyzing narratives.