IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 136: Historiography and Narratology
Monday 7 July 2014, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz |
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| Organiser: | Ludger Körntgen, Historisches Seminar, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz |
| Moderator/Chair: | Jochen Schenk, School of Humanities (History), University of Glasgow |
| Paper 136-a | Narrative and Dynastic Strategies in Anglo-Norman Historical Writing (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 136-b | Perfidiam detestante: Tendencies and Motives from 12th- and Early 13th-Century Historiographers in Chronicles and Annals (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Mentalities, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 136-c | A New Approach to Old Texts: A Narratological Analysis of Walter Bower's Scotichronicon (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | It is only through narratives that the past turns into history, i.e. a meaningful story with actors, episodes, and causal relations between events. Narrations attribute meaning; they simplify the bulk and complexity of information by ordering it according to specific sequences implying causes and explanations from the point of view of the narrator. The multiple functions of narratives have recently been discussed in both cognitive and cultural narratology, and they are especially important for the interpretation of historical texts. The section will promote these insight applying narratological methods to historiographical narratives of High and Late Medieval England, Scotland, and Germany. |