Advancing Nursing Scholarship Through the Interpretation of Imaginative Literature: Ancestral Connectedness and the Survival of the Sufferer
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2001
Department
Nursing
Abstract
Imaginative literature has played an important role in nursing practice and education since the time of Florence Nightingale. Used primarily as an exemplar, however, its potential has not been realized fully by nurses. This article addresses the use of imaginative literature in scholarly inquiry, Often considered the aegis of literary critics and philosophers, the formal discipline of literary criticism enables the nurse to identify concepts and to generate theoretic explanations about human phenomena. The relationship between the ancestor and the survival of the sufferer is illustrated using Morrison's literary and cultural paradigm applied to selected novels, Implications for practice are identified.
Publication Title
Advances in Nursing Science
Volume
24
Issue
2
First Page
65
Last Page
80
Recommended Citation
Harrison, E.
(2001). Advancing Nursing Scholarship Through the Interpretation of Imaginative Literature: Ancestral Connectedness and the Survival of the Sufferer. Advances in Nursing Science, 24(2), 65-80.
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