This panel will examine non-primary-source representations of real historical events. How do such accounts of actual events interact with the notion of “truth,” and how to do they construct and/or challenge dominant narratives about the past? How do these secondary plots invoke the notion of the “original” event that they describe? How do point of view, audience, narrativity, genre, and other formal elements characterize the text as “historical”? What are ...
Event Location:
Boston, MA
Event type:
Event
Categories:
American [1]
British [3]
Popular Culture [4]
African-American [5]
Colonial [6]
1865-1914 [9]
20th & 21st Century [10]
Sponsoring Organization(s) :
NeMLA
Event date:
Thursday, March 21, 2013 to Sunday, March 24, 2013
Abstract due date:
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Event Name:
NEMLA 2013
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