Hell on Earth: World War II Narratives
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Hell on Earth : World War II Narratives. / Bondebjerg, Ib.
Palgrave European Film and Media Studies. Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2020. p. 203-231 (Palgrave European Film and Media Studies).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Hell on Earth
T2 - World War II Narratives
AU - Bondebjerg, Ib
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This chapter deals with the historical realities behind one of the worst and most covered wars in the twentieth century. The chapter looks at some of the most important German and English documentary formats, including docudrama series and period war dramas in the two countries. The main comparative analysis is of the British docudrama series Dunkirk (2004), where fictional sequences are mixed with documentary dimensions and sequences, and the international German success Unsere Mütter – Unsere Väter (Generation War) (2013). Dunkirk represents a new kind of war narrative, taking a radical soldier’s viewpoint, whereas Generation War introduces a new German generation’s more direct and realistic look at World War II. The chapter also discusses the European reception of World War II dramas.
AB - This chapter deals with the historical realities behind one of the worst and most covered wars in the twentieth century. The chapter looks at some of the most important German and English documentary formats, including docudrama series and period war dramas in the two countries. The main comparative analysis is of the British docudrama series Dunkirk (2004), where fictional sequences are mixed with documentary dimensions and sequences, and the international German success Unsere Mütter – Unsere Väter (Generation War) (2013). Dunkirk represents a new kind of war narrative, taking a radical soldier’s viewpoint, whereas Generation War introduces a new German generation’s more direct and realistic look at World War II. The chapter also discusses the European reception of World War II dramas.
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DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-60496-7_8
M3 - Book chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85101654110
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T3 - Palgrave European Film and Media Studies
SP - 203
EP - 231
BT - Palgrave European Film and Media Studies
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