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Abstract
History provides an infinite supply of dramatic events, stories, characters and conflicts. The article provides a brief overview of prevalent conceptions and ideas of history that can be applied to the wide-spread historical fictions of the bestseller and blockbuster culture. On the background of the current alliance between history and media, I propose a methodological distinction between three levels: 1) a historiographical level, concerned with overall considerations and reflections, 2) a user-orientated level focussing on the uses and functions of history, and 3) a genre-orientated level considering historical films and TV drama productions within a frame of genre traditions, including hybrids. The insights are applied analytically using the case of the Danish bestseller biography and blockbuster film Marie Krøyer.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Akademisk kvarter / Academic Quarter |
| Volume | 7 |
| Pages (from-to) | 297-314 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| ISSN | 1904-0008 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
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The Role of History in Bestseller and Blockbuster Culture
Gunhild Agger (Lecturer)
21 Mar 2013Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies