Hayden White, History Writing Theory And Literary Concepts,

Hayden White, an eminent contemporary thinker in the sphere of historiography, philosophy of history and literary theory, has dominated the linguistic turn in the field of philosophy of history since the 1970s and has introduced the history of consciousness and historical techniques into the sphere of literary theory, and is a model of cross-disciplinary study.Hayden White is internationally celebrated as a major theorist who cannot be neglected by anyone studying the literary critique of Neo-historicism. He is endowed the title 'theorist' because he is the only one to have systematically and completely expatiated the 'history' among the 'numerous and ponderous' researchers studying Neo-historicism, while the others (such as Stephen Greenblatt, etc.) are good at critical practice more than the demonstration of system of theories. Hayden White's theory of Historical Writing has prompted a great disturbance in the sphere of history, and attracted wildly different evaluations. However, 'What is lost in hake shall have been got in herring.' His theory is therefore one of the classical and necessary reading materials in the field of cultural critique.Broadly quoted as his theories are, it is rare to find a comprehensive and systematic study on his academic theories. What we can refer to is just a simple introduction within a section among the macro study of Neo-historicism, let alone a further research carefully and thoroughly on his personal achievements. Considering the present condition, it cannot be deviated to be a scientific attitude to return to the discussion of his theories by themselves and judge again his success and failure on the basis of fully analysis and identification of his theories no matter arguing pro and con.It is not easy to take Hayden White's theory of Historical Writing as the researching subject because Hayden White is erudite and has a profound academic foundation, especially, his study extends multiple-disciplinary fields and tackles a large number of views of point come from the authorities and masters in academia, such as Martin Heidegger. Hans-Georg George Gadamer, Fredric Jameson, Michel Foucault,and Paul...