CAL-cultural narratology

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1、AnsgarNfinningJustus-Liebig-University,GiessenWhereHistoriographicMetafictionandNarratologyMeet:TowardsanAppliedCulturalNarratology1.WhitherNarratology?ThehistoriesandrespectiveachievementsofstructuralistnarratologyandGermancontributionstonarrativetheory(Erzdhltheorie)haverecentlybecomethesubje

2、ctofacontroversy.WhileDavidDarby'sarticle"FormandContent:AnEssayintheHistoryofNarratology"pitsclassicalnarratologyagainstthehistoryofGermannarrativetheory,arguingthatnarratologyshouldberemodeledintoacontextualisttheoryofinterpretation,othernarratologistshavecriticizedbothhispresentationofGerman

3、narrativetheoryandhissuggestionthatsucha"contextualistnarratology"necessarilyrequirestheill-definedconceptoftheimpliedauthor.MonikaFludernikhaspointedoutthatGermancontributionstonarrativestudiesaremuchbroaderandmorevariedthanDarby'sessaysuggests("History").TomKindtandHans-HaraldMUllerhavetakenD

4、arbytotaskforfailingtoprovideconvincingreasonsforhisclaimsregardingthepurportedneedforachangeinnarratology'saimsandforwideningitsresearchdomain("Narratology").Thiscontroversyandthedifferentaccountstheparticipantshaveofferedofthehistoryofnarrativetheoryareinterestingnotonlyfromthepointofviewofth

5、elighttheyshedonthecomplexdevelopmentsandinternationalramificationsofnarratology.Theyalsometonymicallyillustratewhatisatstakeinthecurrentdebatesaboutthedirectionsintowhichnarratologyismoving.Hardcorestructuralistnarratologistsareveryscepticalaboutseveraloftheso-called"newnarratologies"collected

6、inDavidHerman'srecentvolumeNarratologies,suspectingthattheywillinevitablyleadtoacontaminationthatinfects"pure"and"neutral"descriptionwiththetaintofideologyandrelativism.Incontrasttothepuristswhowanttomake"theworldsafefornarratology,"asJohnBenderaptlyputit("Making"),practitionersofthevariouspost

7、classicalnarratologiesintrepidlyrushinwherestructuralistsfeartotread.Whetherornottheyarefoolsinsodoingmaybeanopenquestion,buttheirworkhasarguablyopenedupproductivelinesofresearch.Nonetheless,onecannotfailtonoticethatthequestionask