Fictionalization
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| - | '''Fictionalization''' is to treat as or make into '''fiction'''. A clue for noticing a fictionalization is the phrase "'''based on a true story'''." | + | According to Wiktionary, "to '''fictionalize''' is to [[retell]] something [[real]] in a work of [[fiction]], especially by [[fabricate|fabricating]] [[falsehood]]s or to convert ([[adaptation]]) something into a [[novel]] or other dramatic work." |
| - | ==Verb== | + | |
| - | * To [[retell]] something [[real]] as if it were [[fiction]], especially by [[fabricate|fabricating]] [[falsehood]]s | + | |
| - | * To convert ([[adaptation]]) something into a [[novel]] or other dramatic work | + | |
| - | == In films and literature == | + | In the context of narratology, '''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]]'''." |
| - | In film and literature fictionalized usually means: based on a [[true story]]. Related terms are [[dramatization]]. | + | Fictionalization should not be confused with appeals to truth in fiction, see [[false document]]. |
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| - | Examples | + | |
| - | * ''[[Total Eclipse]]'' (1995), about Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud | + | |
| - | * ''[[Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'' (1974), supposedly about Ed Gein, see [[false document]]. | + | |
| - | * ''[[Heavenly Creatures]]'' (1994), based on a true story | + | |
| - | * ''[[Schindler's List]]'' (1993), events of the Holocaust | + | |
| - | * ''[[The Black Dahlia]]'' | + | |
| - | * ''[[The Honeymoon Killers]]'' | + | |
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| - | *[[story]] | + | *[[All persons fictitious disclaimer]] |
| - | *[[truth]] | + | *[[Docudrama]] |
| - | *[[true crime]] | + | *[[Docufiction]] |
| - | *[[reality]] | + | *[[Dramatic license]] |
| - | *[[fiction]] | + | *[[Dubious anecdotes: Suetonius, Brantome and Tallemant]] |
| - | *[[false document]] | + | *[[Fake memoir]] |
| + | *[[False document]] | ||
| + | *[[Fiction]] | ||
| + | *[[Historical fiction]] | ||
| + | *[[Histories (history of the novel)]] | ||
| + | *[[List of films based on actual events]] | ||
| + | *[[Nonfiction novel]], also called faction | ||
| + | *[[Reality]] | ||
| + | *[[Revisionism (fictional)]] | ||
| + | * [[Roman à clef]] | ||
| + | *[[Semidocumentary]] | ||
| + | *[[Stranger than fiction]] | ||
| + | *[[The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent.]], first used in ''[[Dragnet (series)|Dragnet]]''. | ||
| + | *[[Truth]] | ||
| + | *[[Truth is stranger than fiction]] | ||
| + | *[[True crime]] | ||
| + | *[[Unreliable narrator]] | ||
| + | *[[Verisimilitude]] | ||
| + | ==Citations== | ||
| + | *Poe said in 1840: "[[The mind of man can imagine nothing which has not really existed]]." | ||
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According to Wiktionary, "to fictionalize is to retell something real in a work of fiction, especially by fabricating falsehoods or to convert (adaptation) something into a novel or other dramatic work."
In the context of narratology, 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."
Fictionalization should not be confused with appeals to truth in fiction, see false document.
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See also
- All persons fictitious disclaimer
- Docudrama
- Docufiction
- Dramatic license
- Dubious anecdotes: Suetonius, Brantome and Tallemant
- Fake memoir
- False document
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Histories (history of the novel)
- List of films based on actual events
- Nonfiction novel, also called faction
- Reality
- Revisionism (fictional)
- Roman à clef
- Semidocumentary
- Stranger than fiction
- The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent., first used in Dragnet.
- Truth
- Truth is stranger than fiction
- True crime
- Unreliable narrator
- Verisimilitude
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Citations
- Poe said in 1840: "The mind of man can imagine nothing which has not really existed."
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