The Value of Narrativity in the Representation of Reality.

White, H. (1980). The Value of Narrativity in the Representation of Reality. Critical Inquiry, 7(1), 5-27.

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Journal article

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Year

1980

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https://doi.org/10.1086/448086matched

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• Narrative Construction (in History)
  • The narrative apparatus (footnotes, alternative interpretations, caveats) exists partly to manage this tension, but the tension itself is constitutive of historical writing and cannot be fully resolved

    This sourceArgues that narrativity is not a neutral form but carries value commitments; well-formed stories may bear moral and aesthetic compulsion that exceeds evidentiary warrant.

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