Open AccessIcelandic chapter in the Polish book: a narrative perspective on Polish migration to Iceland
Author(s) -
Helga Ólafs,
Anna Wojtyńska
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
wrocłwski rocznik historii mówionej/wrocławski rocznik historii mówionej
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2719-7522
pISSN - 2084-0578
DOI - 10.26774/wrhm.151
Subject(s) - narrative , icelandic , biography , perspective (graphical) , history , journalism , literature , sociology , media studies , art , art history , philosophy , visual arts , linguistics
The paper presents a narrative perspective on Polish migration to Iceland based on one example of a woman, called Irena. Her biography served for an anthropological analysis used in biographical approach in social sciences with the assumption that the story of one life of a particular person can give some general knowledge – in this case about migration patterns and experiences. The story of Irena presented in this article is also an interesting example of the narrative journalism, since the biography is presented like a non-fiction essay, written by a journalist who accompanied Irena for several months during her stay in Iceland and was actually a part of her migration experience.