Thursday 17 March 2011

Time and Narrative - Paul Ricoeur

The world unfolded by every narrative work is always temporal. Time becomes human time to the extent that it is organized after the manner of a narrative; narrative, in turn, is meaningful to the extent that it portrays the features of temporal experience.

We measure time as it passes [praetereuntia - to mention without mentioning] As we see, it is the term passing away.

-where is it coming from?

-what is it passing through?

-where is it going?