THE STORY AND EVENT IN NARRATIVE RESEARCH: FROM SITUATION ANALYSIS TO CONTEXT ANALYSIS. IN COMMEMORATION OF AINO LAAGUS (1944-2004) (Lugu ja sundmus jutu-uurimises: situatsioonianaluusist kontekstianaluusini. Puhendatud Aino Laagusele (1944-2004)

The article discusses a development tendency in narrative research, focuses on the situation analysis worked out by Aino Laagus in the early 1970s, and introduces the boundaries of structuralism and constructivism in the study of true life stories during the past forty years. Leaving aside the distribution of themes and motifs and genre research methods, the article poses two main questions: (i) what is the situation analysis method and (ii) how can it be applied in contemporary context-centred narrative research. The article primarily demonstrates the relationships between situation analysis and the study of life history and (oral) narrative history.