Historiography of Narrative Theories in the Twentieth Century

Tra Bi Goh Théodore

Numéro 14 – RILE-2 de 2019 (Deuxième numéro 2019) (2019) Page(s) 1 - 18 ISSN 2076-6130

When one is asked about that which is a non negotiable matter in the study of Literature, the answer comes without circumlocution: ‘Theories’. In fact, a theory, to be established conjectural methods used as principles of explanation for a class of phenomena, is the basis of argument by which some truth may be reached. And if there may be no other truth than the theoretical truth, a theory as it applies to various disciplines offers itself as the (most accurate) means of understanding human experience. The premises of theories thus become permeable boundaries to rhetoric, ideological and aesthetic interpretations; which brings the theoretical claims to truth to find better origins in its own social historical development. The theoretical borders are as extensible as the ongoing debate about this significance. So extensible can be t 2 valuable new ways that can influence how they react to their environment with their own motives, fears, and desires. Secondly, theories are developed in university curricula as lenses through which responsible learners can strengthen their ability to think logically, creatively, and with a good deal of insight. It is important for learners to know the rapport between and the influence of theories the ones upon the others; for example, how New Criticism was a reaction against New Historical and cultural criticism, or how deconstruction stretches language dynamics far beyond structuralist premises. Thirdly, theories can overlap a good deal with one

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Tra Bi Goh Théodore. « Historiography of Narrative Theories in the Twentieth Century ». Revue Ivoirienne de Langues Étrangères, Numéro 14, 2019, p. 1. ISSN 2076-6130.