Classical and/or Postclassical Narratology

Less formalist than classical narratology, postclassical narratology brings together poetics and hermeneutics, studying narratives as contextually situated practices. Yet postclassical narratology does not represent a negation of its predecessor but its extension. Whether classical or postclassical, narratology maintains its commitment to elaborating the best model of narrative possible and, at least in this sense, it should continue to be formalist.