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Showing 1 to 20 of 100 for “"Historical fiction"”.
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Social Memory and Nineteenth-Century British Historical Fiction
… the representation of social memory in British historical fiction from 1810 to 1880. I argue that social memory is crucial to the analysis of historical fiction during this period because it affords us an opportunity to see how authors in the nineteenth century viewed the social dimensions of …
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Alternative realities: Counterfactual historical fiction and possible worlds theory
… methodology with which to analyse counterfactual historical fiction. Counterfactual historical fiction is a genre that creates fictional worlds whose histories run contrary to the history of the actual world. I argue that Possible Worlds Theory is a suitable methodology with which to analyse this …
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Weird History: Genre Mixing in Contemporary American Historical Fiction
… are made “weird” in contemporary American historical fiction by mixing it with the tropes of popular non-realist genre fiction. This project looks to the economic, political, and cultural contexts of American historical fiction written after 1989 to argue that Weird History is a new genre …
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History, revolution and the British popular novel: historical fiction in the romantic age
… takes as its focus the significant role which historical fiction played within the French Revolution debate and its aftermath. Examining the complex intersection of the genre with the political and historical dialogue generated by the French Revolution crisis, the thesis contends that …
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An annotated bibliography of recent historical fiction for use in American history classes.
Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University
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Female slave portrayals in child and young adult historical fiction by African American authors
This study explored several works of historical fiction focused on slavery in the United States written by African-Americans for middle-level children. This exploration juxtaposed portrayals of female slaves developed by African-American female authors with portrayals created by African-American …
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The story that cannot be told: nine chapters of historical fiction with a craft essay
Alternating between folktales, family lore, and historical fiction, The Story That Cannot Be Told is based on the final few months of Nicolae Ceauşescu's reign in Communist Romania. Ten-year-old Ileane's uncle has been captured by the Securitate after publishing anti-communist poetry. When her …
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'As a Lover' & 'Exploring the Wreck': (Re)creating the lesbian past through historical fiction
… invented character, and Radclyffe Hall, a real historical figure. Maggie is a young firefighter, originally from Belfast, whose life is influenced by The Well, and Radclyffe Hall is The Well’s author. Through these different perspectives I explore the connection between historical fiction and …
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Between history and fiction : the author’s responsibility to historical fiction, and, The rainbow man : a novel
This thesis contains a work of historical fiction followed by a critical essay exploring the aspect of responsibility in historical fiction through the lenses of familial storytelling, memory, trauma memory, and collective memory. The historical novel produced is a variant of historiographic …
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"We Are Not What You Think": Cultural Memory, Group Identity and Resistance in Contemporary Ethnic Historical Fiction
… analyzes how contemporary works of US ethnic historical fiction employ culturalmemory as counter-myth to challenge exclusionary discourse about US history. In thischallenge lies the potential for social justice by centering the experience of marginalized groupsin memory discourse to revise or …
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The narrative structures of Robert Graves' historical fiction: a progression toward a conception of the hero in history
… the same approach toward an understanding of his fiction. This thesis undertakes to fill that gap by investigating Robert Graves’ historical fiction in order to test whether his theories on mythology and poetry can also be found to play a part in his conception of history and historical legends. …
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Teaching the Voices of History Through Primary Sources and Historical Fiction: A Case Study of Teacher and Librarian Roles
… century. Empathy for the human participants of historical times has been deemed by a number of educators as important for the development of historical understanding. The classroom teacher and the school librarian both have a prominent stake in creating educational experiences that foster the …
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The Work and the Glory: Historical Fiction and Cultural Narrative in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
… to this case study, this thesis brings Lund’s historical fiction into a larger academic conversation about how authors use historical fiction to represent mass atrocities. This project shows that, although historical fiction is a palatable way to present uncomfortable topics to broader …
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The history writer’s tale : historical fiction and the depiction of identity in Michiel Heyns’s ‘the typewriter’s tale’ and ‘bodies politic’
This study investigates the relationship between historical fiction, history, and the portrayal of the identity of historical figures with specific reference to two novels by Michiel Heyns, namely: The Typewriter’s Tale (2005) and Bodies Politic (2008). Throughout the study the relationship between …
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The Oracle’s Dream
The Oracle's Dream is a work of historical fiction set in 5th century BCE Greece, exploring the intersection of myth, history, and the feminine psyche through a feminist-Jungian and historical fiction lens. In this creative writing thesis, I will develop the first 81 pages of my novel. I apply …
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