<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The submitted study describes the documentary film as a historical narrative that carries within it problems documented by historians such as Paul Veyne and Hayden White. It argues on behalf of the thesis that a documentary film in itself does not classify historical clues according to historical truth but according to a selected purpose (e.g. despite aesthetic conventions or in the case of a narrative film - according to the story). The study refutes the argument of Noël Carroll, who deals with the popularizing documentary film - specifically, connecting scientific “truth” with the tropological character of a documentary film narrative can create at best an approximate picture of a historical event.</p></abstract>

The submitted study describes the documentary film as a historical narrative that carries within it problems documented by historians such as Paul Veyne and Hayden White. It argues on behalf of the thesis that a documentary film in itself does not classify historical clues according to historical truth but according to a selected purpose (e.g. despite aesthetic conventions or in the case of a narrative film - according to the story). The study refutes the argument of Noël Carroll, who deals with the popularizing documentary film - specifically, connecting scientific “truth” with the tropological character of a documentary film narrative can create at best an approximate picture of a historical event.

Documentary film as historical narrative

Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Theatre and Film Research

Ars Aeterna

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The submitted study describes the documentary film as a historical narrative that carries within it problems documented by historians such as Paul Veyne and...

Documentary film as historical narrative

Published Online: Dec 11, 2015

Page range: 31 - 43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aa-2015-0009

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