关于“后经典叙事学”(postclassical narratology)这一类型(若不是“标签”的话)以及经典与后经典之分的首次讨论出现在戴维·赫尔曼于1997年发表的文章《认知草案、序列与故事:后经典叙事学的要素》中。两年后,在《作为复数的后经典叙事学:叙事分析新视野》的“导言”中,赫尔曼强调了他的这一区分以及他编辑的文章的后经典本质。2005年,莫妮卡·弗鲁 The first discussion of the “postclassical narratology” (if not the “label”) and of the classic and postclassics appeared in David Herman’s 1997 article “Cognitive Draft, Sequence and Story: Elements of Post-Classical Narratology.” Two years later, in his introduction to Pluralistic Postmodern Narratology: A New Perspective in Narrative Analysis, Herrman emphasized his distinction and the post-classical nature of his editorials. In 2005, Monica Frew