Narration, Fiction, and the History of Sources
New Paths for Historical Theory
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https://doi.org/10.15848/hh.v19.2369Keywords:
historical sources, historical fact, narrativeAbstract
This article challenges the analytical distinction between archival research and historical narrative, showing how this separation has shaped historical theory and its dialogue with literary theory—particularly by limiting it to comparisons between historiographical and literary texts. To explore this, the article critically examines the positions of Aviezer Tucker, Jörn Rüsen and Alun Munslow, and considers possible contributions from post-classical narratology. Furthermore, based on a case study, it is proposed that the relationship between fact and fiction be analyzed not only in historiographical writing, but also in the very process of the sources’ production—that is, in the history of the sources themselves. This perspective opens new avenues for dialogue between historical and literary theory, allowing for an approach in which archival research is not reduced to a mere foundation for narrative construction.
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