Between reality and fiction: the History of England in the 9th century from the perspective of the medieval and the contemporary
This paper intends to discuss the presence of History in the medieval documents The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and TheLife of King Alfred and in the contemporary literature by Bernard Cornwell, specifically in his historical novel The LastKingdom (2004). These texts deal with the history of England in th...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Letras Raras |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.revistas.editora.ufcg.edu.br:article/1182 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.editora.ufcg.edu.br/index.php/RLR/article/view/1182 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | História da Inglaterra Era viking; Medievo Contemporâneo Literatura Inglesa |
| Sumario: | This paper intends to discuss the presence of History in the medieval documents The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and TheLife of King Alfred and in the contemporary literature by Bernard Cornwell, specifically in his historical novel The LastKingdom (2004). These texts deal with the history of England in the 9th century from the period called the Viking Agefrom different perspectives. Fiction and history come together to represent significant moments of the period. The goalis to identify how these texts from different historical periods present the historical reality in order to understand thepower relations between Anglo-Saxons and Scandinavians through the views from the medieval and its reception bythe contemporary world. This paper discusses the production context of the texts and the historical contextualizationof the portrayed period, so that it promotes a brief reading on excerpts based on theorists who seek to conceptualizethe literary genre historical fiction |
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