This study aft empts to deal with the following issues: the nature of narrative inquiry, the controversial issues about narrative inquiry, and the ethics of narrative inquiry.

• 摘要本文首先探讨叙说研究的内涵，提出个人经验法、个人自传法、自我民族志及书写等方法，以期掌握叙说研究的精神与特点；