Fictionalization
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
(Difference between revisions)
| Revision as of 09:23, 23 August 2007 WikiSysop (Talk | contribs) ← Previous diff |
Revision as of 09:24, 23 August 2007 WikiSysop (Talk | contribs) Next diff → |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| {{template}} | {{template}} | ||
| - | '''Fictionalization''' is to treat as or make into '''fiction'''. A clue for noticing a fictionalization is the phrase "'''based on a true story'''." | + | '''Fictionalization''' or [[dramatization]] is to treat as or make into '''fiction'''. A clue for noticing a fictionalization is the phrase "'''based on a true story'''." |
| To '''fictionalize''' is to [[retell]] something [[real]] as if it were [[fiction]], especially by [[fabricate|fabricating]] [[falsehood]]s or to convert ([[adaptation]]) something into a [[novel]] or other dramatic work. | To '''fictionalize''' is to [[retell]] something [[real]] as if it were [[fiction]], especially by [[fabricate|fabricating]] [[falsehood]]s or to convert ([[adaptation]]) something into a [[novel]] or other dramatic work. | ||
| Poe said in 1850: "The mind of man can [[imagine]] nothing which has not really existed." | Poe said in 1850: "The mind of man can [[imagine]] nothing which has not really existed." | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| == In films and literature == | == In films and literature == | ||
| - | |||
| - | In film and literature fictionalized usually means: based on a [[true story]]. Related terms are [[dramatization]]. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Examples | ||
| * ''[[Total Eclipse]]'' (1995), about Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud | * ''[[Total Eclipse]]'' (1995), about Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud | ||
| * ''[[Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'' (1974), supposedly about Ed Gein, see [[false document]]. | * ''[[Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'' (1974), supposedly about Ed Gein, see [[false document]]. | ||
Revision as of 09:24, 23 August 2007
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
Fictionalization or dramatization is to treat as or make into fiction. A clue for noticing a fictionalization is the phrase "based on a true story."
To fictionalize is to retell something real as if it were fiction, especially by fabricating falsehoods or to convert (adaptation) something into a novel or other dramatic work.
Poe said in 1850: "The mind of man can imagine nothing which has not really existed."
In films and literature
- Total Eclipse (1995), about Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), supposedly about Ed Gein, see false document.
- Heavenly Creatures (1994), based on a true story
- Schindler's List (1993), events of the Holocaust
- The Black Dahlia
- The Honeymoon Killers
