Memory/Postmemory, Ethics and Ideology: Toward a Historiographic Narratology in Film
Keywords:
literature and history, historiographic narratology, film, historical memory, ethics, ideology, Nanking massacreAbstract
Against the general background of transmedia narrative studies, this article intends to move towards a historiographic narratology in film (HNF hereafter). Specifically, it pursues five major goals. First, it calls for a historiographic narratology beyond literary narratives, and explains why HNF is needed. Second, it deals with the specific issues of memory/postmemory in HNF, that is the history as memorized either by those who experienced it in person or by their descendants. Third, it explores ethics in HNF, particularly the ethics of the represented and the ethics of the representing. Fourth, it tries to pin down the ideology embedded in HNF. Fifth, it outlines a set of directions for the future studies of HNF.References
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