- Narrative has been viewed neither as theory nor as a method, but rather as a form of discourse
- "historical" narrative differs from "fictional" narrative on the basis of its content not form
- The content in historical narratives are real events that are "found" but they can also be "constructed"-- verbal fictions
- Historical narrative follow empirically validated facts, but also need imaginative filling
- Narrative will be a result of the application of a proper historical method.
- Dissertative discourse -- interpretation / Narrative discourse -- representation
- Annales school members like Braudel criticized narrative history
- Follows postmodernist debate that there is no truth in history
- History is literary artifacts - distinguishes between history and story
- Historical narrative -- medium not the message
the question of narrative in contemporary historical theory/ Hayden White
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