Romancing the Past: History, Love, and Genre in Vincent Ward’s River Queen
Theorists tend to conceive the role of narrative in historiography as emplotment (Hayden White), giving “direction” to readers’ thoughts by its generic choices. This paper argues that in such contexts genre is often hybrid, coupled with other genres or even divided internally. A case in point is the...
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| description | Theorists tend to conceive the role of narrative in historiography as emplotment (Hayden White), giving “direction” to readers’ thoughts by its generic choices. This paper argues that in such contexts genre is often hybrid, coupled with other genres or even divided internally. A case in point is the New Zealand film River Queen (Vincent Ward, 2005), where romance complicates and extends an historical narrative of violent, colonial hostilities. Romance glamorizes history; it is also a complex form in itself: love romance, quest, captivity narrative. History becomes affective and intimate. At some level, here, love offers history the fantasy of a “new community” (Regis); or, perhaps just a measure of “restitution” (Sebald). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dfbf1e98be3e4d24acc2b3704e542a212024-02-12T19:28:30ZengInternational Association for the Study of Popular Romance (IASPR)Journal of Popular Romance Studies2159-44732011-12-0121119Romancing the Past: History, Love, and Genre in Vincent Ward’s River QueenRoger Nicholson Theorists tend to conceive the role of narrative in historiography as emplotment (Hayden White), giving “direction” to readers’ thoughts by its generic choices. This paper argues that in such contexts genre is often hybrid, coupled with other genres or even divided internally. A case in point is the New Zealand film River Queen (Vincent Ward, 2005), where romance complicates and extends an historical narrative of violent, colonial hostilities. Romance glamorizes history; it is also a complex form in itself: love romance, quest, captivity narrative. History becomes affective and intimate. At some level, here, love offers history the fantasy of a “new community” (Regis); or, perhaps just a measure of “restitution” (Sebald).https://www.jprstudies.org/2011/12/romancing-the-past-history-love-and-genre-in-vincent-ward%e2%80%99s-river-queen-by-roger-nicholson/captivity narrativecaroline perrettcolonialismhistoriographylovemaoririver queenroger nicholsonromancetitokowaruvincent ward |
| spellingShingle | Roger Nicholson Romancing the Past: History, Love, and Genre in Vincent Ward’s River Queen Journal of Popular Romance Studies captivity narrative caroline perrett colonialism historiography love maori river queen roger nicholson romance titokowaru vincent ward |
| title | Romancing the Past: History, Love, and Genre in Vincent Ward’s River Queen |
| title_full | Romancing the Past: History, Love, and Genre in Vincent Ward’s River Queen |
| title_fullStr | Romancing the Past: History, Love, and Genre in Vincent Ward’s River Queen |
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| title_short | Romancing the Past: History, Love, and Genre in Vincent Ward’s River Queen |
| title_sort | romancing the past history love and genre in vincent ward s river queen |
| topic | captivity narrative caroline perrett colonialism historiography love maori river queen roger nicholson romance titokowaru vincent ward |
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