The paper first reviews the paradoxical situation of the crisis in narratology, highlighting the fragility of an expansionism undermined by empiricism, due to the thinly stretched links between current research and the theoretical frameworks of narratology, which have been reduced to a succinct box of tools, disconnected from any interpretive issues. More than just a facile critique of formalism, the paper questions the relevance of theoretical modelizations given a wider cultural and political crisis. Secondly, it responds to Raphael Baroni’s questioning of the reluctance of certain researchers to consider themselves to be narratologists, despite the fact that their work has shed new light on narrative analysis; referring to his own work, the writer covers some of his disagreements with the narrative theories of the 70’s. Thirdly, he tries to define the pragma-enunciative, rhetorical-textual concepts that characterize his approach and that transcend the category of narrative. Fourthly, the paper discusses some institutional or academic propositions about the place of narratology or that of other theoretical frameworks contributing to the analysis of narratives. It describes, in particular, the conditions which could facilitate interdisciplinary exchanges and improve the training offered to students, especially future language and literature teachers.