ENGLISH EXPOSITIONENGLISH EXPOSITION

ADVANCED IIADVANCED II

FERNANDO LÓPEZ PAREDESFERNANDO LÓPEZ PAREDES

““NARRATIVE & HISTORIAL FICTION”NARRATIVE & HISTORIAL FICTION”

NARRATIVENARRATIVE A A narrativenarrative is a is a

story that is story that is created in a created in a constructive constructive

format (as a work format (as a work of speech, writing, of speech, writing,

song, film, song, film, television, video television, video

games, games, photography or photography or

theatre) that theatre) that describes a describes a

sequence of sequence of fictional or non-fictional or non-fictional events.fictional events.

The word "story" may be used as a synonym The word "story" may be used as a synonym of "narrative", but can also be used to refer to of "narrative", but can also be used to refer to

the sequence of events described in a the sequence of events described in a narrative. A narrative can also be told by a narrative. A narrative can also be told by a

character within a larger narrative.character within a larger narrative.

Stories are of Stories are of ancient ancient origin, origin, existing in existing in ancient ancient Egyptian, Egyptian, ancient ancient Greek, Greek, Chinese and Chinese and Indian Indian culture.culture.

HISTORICAL FICTIONHISTORICAL FICTION

Historical Historical fictionfiction tells a tells a

story that is set story that is set in the past. That in the past. That

setting is setting is usually real and usually real and

drawn from drawn from history, and history, and

often contains often contains actual historical actual historical persons, but the persons, but the

principal principal characters tend characters tend to be fictional. to be fictional.

Historical fiction presents readers with Historical fiction presents readers with a story that takes place during a a story that takes place during a

notable period in history, and usually notable period in history, and usually during a significant event in that during a significant event in that

period.period.

LITERATURELITERATURE ‘‘I, Claudius’, Claudius’, by , by

Robert GravesRobert Graves

‘‘The Name of the The Name of the Rose’Rose’ : : Umberto EcoUmberto Eco

‘‘Aztec’: Aztec’: Gary JenningsGary Jennings

‘‘The Three The Three Musketeers’: Musketeers’:

Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas

FILM AND TELEVISIONFILM AND TELEVISION

Cleopatra (1963)Cleopatra (1963)

Hercules (1997)Hercules (1997)

Titanic (1997)Titanic (1997)

Gladiator (2000)Gladiator (2000)