Fictionalization
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| 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 1840: "The mind of man can [[imagine]] nothing which has not really existed." | + | Poe said in 1840: "[[The mind of man can imagine nothing which has not really existed]]." |
| Fictionalization should not be confused with appeals to truth in fiction, see [[false document]]. An early example of this is ''[[True History]]'', a travel tale by [[Lucian of Samosata]], the earliest known fiction about [[travelling to the Moon]], written in the second century [[Common era|CE]]. | Fictionalization should not be confused with appeals to truth in fiction, see [[false document]]. An early example of this is ''[[True History]]'', a travel tale by [[Lucian of Samosata]], the earliest known fiction about [[travelling to the Moon]], written in the second century [[Common era|CE]]. | ||
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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 1840: "The mind of man can imagine nothing which has not really existed."
Fictionalization should not be confused with appeals to truth in fiction, see false document. An early example of this is True History, a travel tale by Lucian of Samosata, the earliest known fiction about travelling to the Moon, written in the second century CE.
In films and literature
See also
- Dramatic license
- The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent., first used in Dragnet.
- All persons fictitious disclaimer
- Story
- Truth
- True crime
- Reality
- Fiction
- False document
- Stranger than fiction
- Verisimilitude
- Faction
- Historical fiction
- Nonfiction novel
- True crime (genre)
- Histories (history of the novel)
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