Abstract
Feminism and narratology have changed dramatically since "Toward a Feminist Nanatology" was published in 1986. Feminism has deconstructed essentialized notions of gender, while narratology has been complicated by considerations of cognition and context. Feminist narratology has responded productively to this "postclassical" environment that it has also helped to create. My essay proposes an ambitious collective agenda whereby "intersectional" feminism, can now map and be mapped by narrative patterns across time and space, accounting for vectors of difference to create a narratology that is deeply locational and therefore cross-cultural and historical. I will further argue that "intersectionality" is itself a narrative project and that feminism can therefore be read in narrative terms. I will work briefly with a concept I call "negative plotting" as one way to think about the implications of narrative for feminist studies and conclude by recognizing feminist narratology as a collaborative project requiring an international community working on multiple fronts.