Possibility Aplications of White’s Narrative Constructivism in Historiographical Analysis of Selected Works by Milan Stanislav Ďurica and František Vnuk Cover Image

Možné aplikácie naratívneho konštruktivismu Haydena Whita pri historiografickej analýze vybraných diel Milana Stanislava Ďuricu a Františka Vnuka
Possibility Aplications of White’s Narrative Constructivism in Historiographical Analysis of Selected Works by Milan Stanislav Ďurica and František Vnuk

Author(s): Martin Vašš
Subject(s): History
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: Hayden White; Milan Stanislav Ďurica; František Vnuk; historical narration; historical representation; ideology; explanatory structure; climax structure; metaphor; allegory; icon

Summary/Abstract: This study is focused on researching the potential application of the theoretical framework of Hayden White in analysing selected historical narrations by Milan Stanislav Ďurica and František Vnuk. These two historians were the main protagonists of the Slovak exile historiography. The article deals with the application of the following White’s concepts: the formation of historical narration, historical subjects, the meaning of the metaphor in historical narration and historical truth. In analysing of historians texts author concerned with the ideological position of a historian, the relationship between historical narration and ideology. The problem of myth and ideology is connected with a certain practice in representation, historical narration as a moral allegory, and the model of figure filling. The study also represents an attempt at a verification of the aforementioned theoretical concepts on the empirical basis of historical texts by M. S. Ďurica and F. Vnuk.

  • Issue Year: XXXVIII/2015
  • Issue No: 48
  • Page Range: 193-207
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Slovak