How can we recreate a bygone era ? - VILLA-GILLET // AIR // LES ASSISES INTERNATIONALES DU ROMAN 2012

Diversity of voices, diversity of languages : one week of events and readings in Lyon and in the Rhône-Alpes region.



How can we recreate a bygone era ?

05/24/2014 >  14:00 - 15:30
Les Subsistances
8 bis quai Saint Vincent
Lyon 1er

Cinema has proved that it can resurrect whole periods of history, given inventiveness and a large investment in stage sets. But what is the specific approach of the writer? What amount of historical research is necessary and by what means can he, or she, give us the particular feel of a bygone era ? Should a writer stick to established facts, or include the plausible as well ? What is the place of attested knowledge, and what is the place of hypothesis and imagination ?

 

Hosted by Nicolas Weill.
With :

Chantal  Thomas
Charles  Lewinsky
Ali  Bader