History from Above: Historical Biopics
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History from Above : Historical Biopics. / Bondebjerg, Ib.
Palgrave European Film and Media Studies. Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2020. p. 109-136 (Palgrave European Film and Media Studies).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - History from Above
T2 - Historical Biopics
AU - Bondebjerg, Ib
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This chapter offers an analysis of the biopic, a type of historical drama where the perspective on history from above dominates—through a famous, iconic historical figure. The chapter is based on a comparative analysis of the British series The Crown (1‒3, 2011‒20) which deals with English history from 1947 onwards through a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and her family and including many other high-ranking politicians and royal characters; and the German series Die Manns. Ein Jahrhundertroman (2001) following the life of one of Germany’s and Europe’s most famous authors, Thomas Mann, and his family. The comparative analysis of the two series involves a discussion of other biopic docudrama formats and the way different narrative and generic formats involve different forms of perspective taking.
AB - This chapter offers an analysis of the biopic, a type of historical drama where the perspective on history from above dominates—through a famous, iconic historical figure. The chapter is based on a comparative analysis of the British series The Crown (1‒3, 2011‒20) which deals with English history from 1947 onwards through a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and her family and including many other high-ranking politicians and royal characters; and the German series Die Manns. Ein Jahrhundertroman (2001) following the life of one of Germany’s and Europe’s most famous authors, Thomas Mann, and his family. The comparative analysis of the two series involves a discussion of other biopic docudrama formats and the way different narrative and generic formats involve different forms of perspective taking.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-60496-7_5
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-60496-7_5
M3 - Book chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85101631179
SN - 978-3-030-60495-0
T3 - Palgrave European Film and Media Studies
SP - 109
EP - 136
BT - Palgrave European Film and Media Studies
PB - Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
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