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The Framework of Reception: Public Responses to Historical Fiction Films
The Framework of Reception: Public Responses to Historical Fiction Films

Author(s): Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska
Subject(s): History
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: historical films; reception studies; discourse analysis

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the methodology of studying the reception of historical fiction films by means of press coverage. Although a common practice, it is usually taken for granted without additional methodological reflection. Using the example of three films and their reviews in the Polish press, the article highlights the need to specify the reception’s discursive frameworks on a case-by-case-basis. The political, geographic, or time-related contexts of the historical fiction films significantly modify their modes of interpretation.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 50
  • Page Range: 551-571
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: English