The Content of the Form¶
White, H. (1987). The Content of the Form: Narrative Discourse and Historical Representation. Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Primes¶
- Narrative
- It separates two layers — the chronicle (the field of events as they occurred or might be recorded) and the story (those events selected and connected into a significant whole) — and names the interpretive work that converts the first into the second.
This sourceDistinguishes the chronicle (events as recorded) from the emplotted historical story, showing that historians' selection and causal linking are interpretive acts that allow the same record to support rival emplotments.
- It separates two layers — the chronicle (the field of events as they occurred or might be recorded) and the story (those events selected and connected into a significant whole) — and names the interpretive work that converts the first into the second.
Mechanisms¶
- Phase Timeline
- Its classic misuse is timeline substitution: a team draws the bands, admires the picture, and assumes the periodization work is finished — mistaking a laid-out chronicle for a justified frame
This sourceDistinguishes chronological sequence from a historical frame whose structure and order of meaning have been justified.
- Its classic misuse is timeline substitution: a team draws the bands, admires the picture, and assumes the periodization work is finished — mistaking a laid-out chronicle for a justified frame
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