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Old History in New Bottles - Coggle Diagram
Old History in New Bottles
Film based on a true story
"Based on" a True Story: 127 Hours, Schindler’s List
"Inspired by" a True Story: The Pursuit of Happyness
"Based on" True Events:Titanic
"Inspired by" True Events:: Top Guns
Finding the balance btw artistic interpretation and the obligation to historical accuracy
Pros
Educational Impact
Provoke audience experience: Titanic/ Schindler’s List
Cons
Distort history: The Woman King/ Brave heart/ 300/ Pocahontas
Cultural sensitivity: Makoto Shinkai’s 2022 film Suzume
Audience
Fact checking
Support responsible media
Critical engagement
should storytellers be permitted to draw inspiration—and generate revenue—from the pain of real people
Respect and Dignity: ensuring their stories are told accurately and sensitively, avoiding sensationalism or exploitation of their suffering.
Consent and Participation
Revenue Sharing
Historians aim to clarify and explain the past; writers of historical fiction aim to bring the past to life through the power of narrative; and writers of historical fantasy aim to enchant and captivate, offering a reimagined vision of history where the fantastic becomes possible.
"Brazilian Telephone" by Miriam Greenberg (2010)
This poem likely uses the metaphor of a telephone to connect different times or places in Brazil, potentially reimagining the connections between present and past or across cultures within Brazil.
"The Municipal Gallery Revisited" by W.B. Yeats (1937)
Yeats revisits his past and the history of Ireland through portraits in a gallery, invoking memories of friends and public figures intertwined with the nation's cultural and political history. This personalizes history, giving emotional depth to the national narrative.
"Buffalo Dusk" by Carl Sandburg (1920)
The poem reflects on the diminishing American buffalo, symbolizing the vanishing American wilderness and indigenous ways of life. Sandburg uses the buffalo as a potent symbol of what has been lost in America's push for progress.
"My Castle in Spain" by John Hay (1871)
This poem might explore fantasies or unattainable dreams through the metaphor of a castle in Spain, a common idiom for fanciful or unreachable goals, reimagining personal aspirations or historical longings.
"At the Tomb of Napoleon" by Robert G. Ingersoll (1882)
Ingersoll's speech reimagines Napoleon not just as a historical figure but as a symbol of human striving, ambition, and the complexity of legacy, provoking reflection on power and morality.
"Photograph From September 11" by Wislawa Szymborska (2005)
This poem likely addresses the haunting, static memory captured in photographs of the 9/11 attacks, using poetry to delve into the emotional and existential repercussions of the event, beyond what a simple image or narrative could convey.
"A Brief History of Toa Payoh" by Koh Buck Song (1992)
The poem captures the transformation of Toa Payoh, a significant public housing district in Singapore, reflecting on social and physical landscapes and the personal memories that define them.
"The Czar's Last Christmas Letter" by Norman Dubie (1977)
This poem might reimagine the thoughts or feelings of the Czar during a pivotal historical moment, blending historical fact with speculative emotion, providing a narrative that history books might omit.
"This is a Photograph of Me" by Margaret Atwood (1964)
Atwood's poem discusses a photograph that at first seems to be simple but is gradually revealed to be complex and possibly tragic, exploring themes of visibility, existence, and the interpretation of images.