내러티브의 부활은 최근 역사학계의 최대의 화두이다. 과학적 역사에 대한 신뢰의 상실과 함께 ‘이야기로서의 역사’가 복원되고 있다. 하지만 ‘새로운’ 내러티브는 단순히 선악의 이분구도에 따라 영웅들의 무용담을 묘사한 신화적 이야기가 아니다. 그것은 역사지식의 상대성, 담론으로서의 역사텍스트, 그리고 해체적 읽기와 쓰기라는 내러티브 이론에 토대하고 있다. 역사서술 양식으로서의 내러티브는 설명적 텍스트에 대한 하나의 서술 대안이다. 내러티브 양식의 역사텍스트는 개념, 일반화, 이론, 설명의 대상이 아닌 이해, 해석, 판단, 의미부여의 대상으로 변모한다. 이는 ‘구조’에서 ‘인간’으로의 역사학의 중심이동과 그 궤를 같이하는 것이다.

Developing History Writing with Narrative Mode Lee, Young Hyo Chonnam National University The revival of narrative is one of main trends in recent historiography. With a loss of faith in ‘scientific history’, ‘history as a narrative’ revived. But ‘new’ narratives are not simply mythic stories about heroes and their victories with good or evil plot line. They are founded on narrative theory which endorses relativism of knowledge, historical text as discourse, and deconstructive reading and writing. Narrative as a historical writing mode is an alternative to expository text. Historical text with narrative mode becomes rather an object of understanding, interpretation, judgment, and providing meanings, not an object of concepts, generalization, theory, and explanation. This coincides with a transfer of center in history discipline from ‘structure' to ‘human.'

Developing History Writing with Narrative Mode Lee, Young Hyo Chonnam National University The revival of narrative is one of main trends in recent historiography. With a loss of faith in ‘scientific history’, ‘history as a narrative’ revived. But ‘new’ narratives are not simply mythic stories about heroes and their victories with good or evil plot line. They are founded on narrative theory which endorses relativism of knowledge, historical text as discourse, and deconstructive reading and writing. Narrative as a historical writing mode is an alternative to expository text. Historical text with narrative mode becomes rather an object of understanding, interpretation, judgment, and providing meanings, not an object of concepts, generalization, theory, and explanation. This coincides with a transfer of center in history discipline from ‘structure' to ‘human.'

narrative, story, discourse, expository text, interpretation