Proposing a fresh theoretical approach to the study of cinematic portrayals of the Middle Ages, this book uses both semiotics and historiography to demonstrate how contemporary filmmakers have attempted to recreate the past in a way that, while largely imagined, is also logical, meaningful, and as truthful as possible. Carrying out this critical approach, the author analyzes a wide range of films depicting the Middle Ages, arguing that most of these films either reflect the past through a series of visual signs (a concept he has called "iconic recreation") or by comparing the past to a modern equivalent (called "paradigmatic representation").…mehr
Proposing a fresh theoretical approach to the study of cinematic portrayals of the Middle Ages, this book uses both semiotics and historiography to demonstrate how contemporary filmmakers have attempted to recreate the past in a way that, while largely imagined, is also logical, meaningful, and as truthful as possible. Carrying out this critical approach, the author analyzes a wide range of films depicting the Middle Ages, arguing that most of these films either reflect the past through a series of visual signs (a concept he has called "iconic recreation") or by comparing the past to a modern equivalent (called "paradigmatic representation").
Andrew B.R. Elliott is a former senior lecturer in media and cultural studies at the University of Lincoln in the UK. He has published articles and essays on a wide range of topics and is a contributor to a television documentary on the "real" King Arthur.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface PART I : PROBLEMS 1. History, Historiography and Film 2. "One Big Medieval Mess": Accessing the Middle Ages PART II : PEOPLE 3. When Knights Were Bold: Those Who Fight 4. The Power and the Glory: Those Who Rule 5. Clergy and Saints: Those Who Pray 6. ...Everybody Not Sitting on a Cushion: Those Who Work PART III : WORLDS 7. Constructing Medieval Worlds: Conventions, Inventions and Images 8. Guides to the Medieval Worlds 9. Authenticity and Accuracy in Medieval Worlds Glossary Notes Bibliography Filmography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface PART I : PROBLEMS 1. History, Historiography and Film 2. "One Big Medieval Mess": Accessing the Middle Ages PART II : PEOPLE 3. When Knights Were Bold: Those Who Fight 4. The Power and the Glory: Those Who Rule 5. Clergy and Saints: Those Who Pray 6. ...Everybody Not Sitting on a Cushion: Those Who Work PART III : WORLDS 7. Constructing Medieval Worlds: Conventions, Inventions and Images 8. Guides to the Medieval Worlds 9. Authenticity and Accuracy in Medieval Worlds Glossary Notes Bibliography Filmography Index
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