Posts tagged ‘Prefiguration’

1. Paul Ricoeur’s Mimetic Narrativity, in Summary

   November 2017 7 min read

   Pulling together the threads of Ricoeur’s theory of narrative: prefiguration, configuration, refiguration.

2. Prefiguration and Narrative Competence

   October 2017 13 min read

   Paul Ricoeur’s mimetic narratology sees three moments in narratives. Mimesis 1, prefiguration, is the first moment, all about our pre-existing experience and our expectations.