Why H. White, F. Ankersmith and P. Ricoeur did not create historiographic narratology? Cover Image

Kodėl H. White‘as, F. Ankersmitas ir P. Ricoeuras nesukūrė istoriografinės naratologijos?
Why H. White, F. Ankersmith and P. Ricoeur did not create historiographic narratology?

Author(s): Vytautas Žemgulis
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: historical narrative; fictional narrative; narratology; narratological analysis

Summary/Abstract: Such representatives of the radical wing of philosophy of narrative history as H. White, F. Ankersmit as well as philosopher P. Ricoeur state that historical narrative is related to fictional one. Each of them created a distinctive conception of literariness of historical narrative employing certain literary concepts and structures. In their turn, literature specialists, who got interested in structures of fictional narration, simultaneously created narratology, i.e., a science of narrative structures, whereof instrumentation may be employed for substantiation of the narrativity of historical narratives. This article aims to identify the literary means and extent of their application in conceptions of narrativity of historical texts by H. White, F. Ankersmit and P. Ricoeur. The author of the article analyses why application of the H. White’s model of historical narratives for research on specific historic texts is problematic. An attempt is also made to reveal reasons why none of the aforesaid representatives directly used the arsenal of structures of literary narratology for efficient substantiation of the narrativity of historical narratives.

  • Issue Year: 14/2012
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 4-15
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Lithuanian
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