Text and history are inseparably interwoven. Their interconnectedness has to be considered multidimensionally: Neither do texts narrate the history as a mere factual report, nor does history leave source texts which enable an objective historical reconstruction. The only seemingly clear separation between historiography and fiction, introduced by Aristotle, must fail when confronted with the grey of the narratives of reality. Instead, text and history, fictionality and factuality, but also language and reality, form rather ...
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Text and history are inseparably interwoven. Their interconnectedness has to be considered multidimensionally: Neither do texts narrate the history as a mere factual report, nor does history leave source texts which enable an objective historical reconstruction. The only seemingly clear separation between historiography and fiction, introduced by Aristotle, must fail when confronted with the grey of the narratives of reality. Instead, text and history, fictionality and factuality, but also language and reality, form rather complex interrelationships. Important in this context are the content-related structuring of a text, its perspectivity and referentiality as well as the interpretive work of author and recipient. The contributions from the fields of historical sciences and literary studies by authors from different disciplines take into account this multidimensionality of the topic.
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