Many Colors of History

Ricœur’s Third Time as a Key to the Hermeneutics of Historical Time

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https://doi.org/10.5195/errs.2023.524

Palabras clave:

Time, Historical Time, longue durée, Initiative, Historiography

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In his Time and Narrative, Ricœur introduces the term of “third time” to designate the middle ground between human and natural time. This time is synonymous with historical time, which is the main source of historical discourse. The third time consists of inscribing human time onto the time of nature. While historiography must strictly follow this structure, works of fiction have the freedom to explore and even create imaginative variations of time. Despite the constraints this seems to impose on historical writing, this article shows that even within the tight structure of historical time, a palette of various colors and shades, akin to imaginative variations, can be observed. Historical time possesses depth and speed; it can contract and relax, motivate or prevent action, or gain various dynamics in relation to the ending it offers.

Biografía del autor/a

Josef Řídký, Fulbright-Masaryk Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History, Brown University

Ph.D. student in comparative literautre with interest in the relation of history, literature, and time

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2023-12-20

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