A Synthesis Of The Dimensions Of Historical And Literary Narrative

Hayden White is a famous contemporary American intellectual historian,historical philosopher and literary critic.In historical writing,he creatively absorbed the research results of literature,linguistics and other disciplines,expanded the dimension of narrative theory,analyzed and constructed it from the discourse level,revealing how the intervention of the writer’s consciousness affects the thinking of historical compilation and historical research.White’s discourse analysis of historical texts provides a new cognitive standpoint for the issues of historical reality and representation.With the help of literary and linguistic theory,White’s historical narrative structure provides reasonable evidence for the existence of metaphor,imagination,and fiction.This proof,ultimately leads a poetic understanding of historical narrative and an in-depth analysis of the fusion of poetry and history.The first chapter sorts out the historical narrative characteristics of Hayden White.Firstly,historical narratives are experiential.Different ways of experiencing or telling stories make life present different experience effects,while rhetorical discourse in narrative texts is the premise for the harmonious coexistence of reality and imagination.Secondly,historical narratives are ethical.Narratives cannot ignore the sense of morality.As a way for the subject to establish itself,ethical is the construction condition for the interaction between truth and fiction in historical narratives.Both truth and fiction must be considered at the ethical level.Thirdly,historical narratives have human nature.All narrative strategies used in the philosophy of history must return to "human beings".Based on his emphasis on human nature,White connects historical narrative and storytelling.The second chapter discusses the connection between Hayden White’s narrative discourse dimension and literary discourse as well as its influence on literature-related fields,it explores the text landscape and meaning generation under the perspective of interdisciplinary dialogue.The different choices of discourse practice show the historical writing of literature with the difference between big history and small history.Especially in the post-modern context,the "ambiguity" of historical materials and individual historical writing have triggered a new understanding and rethinking of storytelling methods.Based on this,historical considerations are also added to critical standards and critical methods.The construction of critical discourse in the multiple contexts of history and text has both historical awareness and aesthetic orientation,and is typically practiced in the new historicist critical thought.In terms of the construction of literary history,White proposed the category of "spiritual history",emphasizing the writer’s spiritual power.The third chapter reflects on White’s internal structure and discourse construction in narrative theory.White’s poetic understanding of history brings narrative to the field of cultural poetics,and the artistic expression of historical works allows poetry and history to develop in a communicative way.The original rational standpoint of historical research has more practical significance with the help of humanistic spirit.This transcendent,academic,and ideal discipline construction process actually reflects the positive value orientation and academic persistence of humanities intellectuals.It is true that the voices of traditional disciplinary boundaries always exist,and so does the differences between reality and fiction,which is also the dilemma that mankind has faced throughout the ages.Will the new dimension of Hayden White’s focused historical narrative give rise to new questions? How can the paradoxes of the unspoken deep historical context and disciplinary logic hidden behind the narrative structure really transcend? Theoretical research including narrative theory will never ends.