This document defines and discusses narrative and historical fiction. It explains that a narrative is a story presented in a constructed format that describes a sequence of fictional or non-fictional events. Historical fiction tells stories set in the past, using real historical settings, time periods and people, but with fictional main characters. Examples are given of notable works of historical fiction literature such as "I, Claudius" by Robert Graves and films such as Cleopatra and Titanic that portray fictional stories set during historical events and time periods.

1. ENGLISH EXPOSITION
ADVANCED II
FERNANDO LÓPEZ PAREDES

2. “NARRATIVE & HISTORIAL FICTION”

3. NARRATIVE
A narrative is a
story that is
created in a
constructive format
(as a work of
speech, writing,
song, film,
television, video
games,
photography or
theatre) that
describes a
sequence of
fictional or non-
fictional events.

4.  The word "story" may be used as a synonym of
"narrative", but can also be used to refer to the
sequence of events described in a narrative. A
narrative can also be told by a character within a
larger narrative.

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

6. HISTORICAL FICTION
Historical fiction
tells a story that is
set in the past.
That setting is
usually real and
drawn from
history, and often
contains actual
historical persons,
but the principal
characters tend to
be fictional.

7.  Historical fiction presents readers with a
story that takes place during a notable
period in history, and usually during a
significant event in that period.

8. LITERATURE
 ‘I, Claudius’, by Robert
Graves
 ‘The Name of the Rose’ :
Umberto Eco
 ‘Aztec’: Gary Jennings
 ‘The Three Musketeers’:
Alexandre Dumas

9. FILM AND TELEVISION
 Cleopatra (1963)
 Hercules (1997)
 Titanic (1997)
 Gladiator (2000)