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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Um, I think you need to google fiction. As defined above, historical fiction tells a story set in a certain period using some historical figures and/or events and embellishes by making up dramatic storylines that aren't based on historical fact or evidence. That's Reign. And your examples underscore precisely why it's historical FICTION.[/quote]

My examples are quotes from the cast and reviewers saying it's [b]not[/b] [b]historical[/b] fiction.  I'm not quibbling whether or not it's fiction.  Of course it is, but it's not considered historical fiction, e.g.,:

"Historical" fiction should present believable and plausible representations of the past...Egregious anachronisms are unacceptable violations of genre expectations for Historical Fiction...Historical fiction should be good fiction and good history...
http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/eng339/seminar1.htm[/quote]

It is historical fiction.

The main characters are based on historical figures, and the show chronicles historical events. They've played around with some names, added characters, and tweaked facts for dramatic storytelling purposes...which is precisely what happens in all historical fiction.

The Tudors is historical fiction. Literally every period piece that uses a historical figure or time period is historical fiction...by definition. Google it.

The young (uneducated/didn't go to college/never took a 400 level lit class) actors from the show are merely acknowledging that the show employs dramatic license when it comes to storytelling...and that everything isn't based in fact...rather, it is historical fiction.

FYSA: an egregious anachronism would be if Mary became queen of England instead of being beheaded---because that flies in the face of actual historical fact. Changing the names of her ladies to more current names isn't an egregious anachronism. Adding characters to move sublplots along isn't egregious either: that's the purpose of historical fiction. [/quote]

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