Narrativ etik?

Abstract

Narrative Ethics?:

The present article first presents a brief review of major trends in the narratology of recent year’s. Next it focuses specifically on the ethical narratology associated with Wayne Booth, James Phelan and Dorothy Hale. By presenting Phelan’s ethical approach to a short story by Ambrose Bierce, the article introduces methodological tools it puts to the test by sketching out a reading of the question of right in Steen Steensen Blicher’s short story »Præsten i Vejlbye«. It is finally argued that Søren Kierkegaard and Steen Steensen Blicher were much closer to each other in their ethical thinking than has previously been acknowledged.