Mimetic Defiguration: The Retelling of Narratives in a Changing World

dc.contributor.advisor	Wils , Jean-Pierre
dc.contributor.author	Theunissen, Pieter
dc.date.issued	2023-02-21
dc.description.abstract	Narratives are frameworks that allow us to make sense of human experience in a way that is rooted in temporality. Following Paul Ricoeur, narratives are constructed in a threefold process of mimesis: the prefiguration, configuration and refiguration of action. The scale of narratives ranges from small stories to grand cultural histories. In the latter case, the inevitable changing of the world renders the semantic, cultural paradigm on which a people’s narrative is built vulnerable to becoming meaningless, bringing about a defiguration of the narrative. However, the semantics of the old narrative can be transformed to construct a new one. In this article, we will investigate this phenomenon of defiguration and integrate it into Ricoeur’s theory of mimesis.
dc.identifier.uri	https://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/14392
dc.language.iso	en
dc.thesis.faculty	Faculteit der Filosofie, Theologie en Religiewetenschappen
dc.thesis.specialisation	specialisations::Faculteit der Filosofie, Theologie en Religiewetenschappen::Philosophy: Research Master::Philosophical Ethics
dc.thesis.studyprogramme	studyprogrammes::Faculteit der Filosofie, Theologie en Religiewetenschappen::Philosophy: Research Master
dc.thesis.type	Master
dc.title	Mimetic Defiguration: The Retelling of Narratives in a Changing World

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