Avanesyan  A.A.

THE IMAGE OF THE MIDDLE AGES IN THE SERIES GAME OF THRONES: THE PROBLEM OF VERACITY

Authors

Avanesyan A.A.

Keywords:

Game of Thrones, fantasy, narrative, reality effect, microhistories, historical experience.

Abstract

The article is based on the comparison of the content of the popular television series «Game of Thrones» with its historical prototypes. The main thesis is that the seeming realism of the plot is achieved not by reference to the past event, not by reconstruction of some historically known social practices, but exclusively by artistic means. This conclusion allows us to compare the ways of representing the past that are characteristic of artis-tic creation and some areas of historical science. As a result the unique-ness of reflection on the past realized in the paradigm of historical experience is revealed.

THE IMAGE OF THE MIDDLE AGES IN THE SERIES GAME OF THRONES: THE PROBLEM OF VERACITY