THEORETICAL PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR THE STUDY OF NARRATIVE

Abstract

This article deals with some of conceptual and theoretical issues on the study of narrative. Narrative is a way of studying how humans experience the world. Post-classical narratology has seen the emergence of unnatural narratives as one of the latest trends. This strategy seems progressive and promising as it links in with several present day questions associated with theory, evaluation and the interpretation of fictional narratives. It is also discussed extensively within the narrative milieu. Far from being a unified approach, unnatural narratology includes specific trends, based on slightly different definitions of unnatural narratives, which on occasion result in advocating for very distinctive and even opposing methods to these narratives.