Good afternoon ladies and gentleman. I’m happy that you could make it today. Let me introduce myself. I’m AMM from the department of history. Today, I’m going to tell you about “Historical fiction”. I’m going to develop three main points.
First, about the Historical fiction.
Second, about an essential element of historical fiction.
And Third, about the influence of the historical novel on society.
OK, let’s get start ! Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past. Historical fiction can be an ambiguous term: frequently it is used as a synonym for describing the historical novel; however, the term can be applied to works in other narrative formats, for example those in the performing and visual arts like theatre, opera, cinema, television, comics, and graphic novels.
Summary,
Now, next point. I’ll say about an essential element of historical fiction is a setting located in a temporal past. In this setting, historical fiction frequently portrays the manners and social conditions of the persons or times presented in the story and pays attention to other period details. Authors frequently choose to explore notable historical figures in these settings, allowing readers to better understand how these individuals would have responded to their environments. Some subgenres of historical fiction, such as alternate history or historical fantasy, deliberately insert speculative or ahistorical elements into the work;
Summary, other works of historical fiction will be criticized for this lack of "authenticity" because of readerly or generic expectations for accurate period details. This tension between historical authenticity, or historicity, and fiction frequently becomes a point of commentary for readers and popular critics, while scholarly criticism frequently goes beyond this commentary, investigating the genre for its other thematic and critical interests.
And finally, I should just like to say about the influence of the historical novel on society. Many early historical novels played an important role in the rise of European popular interest in the history of the middle Ages. For example Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame often receives credit for fueling the movement to preserve the Gothic architecture of France, leading to the establishment of the Monuments histories, the French governmental authority for historic preservation.
So, in final summary. Historical fiction
. . I hope it helped you to learn about the subject. Thanks for listening. I’ll take questions after …