Past‚ present‚ future History and memory- which one to believe? The people who survived the Holocaust are slowly disappearing. The number of these survivors is decreasing drastically year by year. Does that mean the memory of these brave fighters leave this world with them? Yes? No? This is where the role of history enters the image. Recorded documents‚ facts‚ statistics‚ writings out of archives are all everlasting pieces of the past. These documents on their own fail to present the undented
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Practice Questions for History and Memory 2009 Analyze the ways history and memory generate compelling and unexpected insights Representing an ‘absolute truth’ is impossible. Inherent human bias affects both history and memory. We unintentionally falsify parts of the past in order to emphasise the nature of past events we find central to our individual beliefs. Therefore we are challenged with obvious limitations in representing the ‘truth’. The interplay of history and memory however‚ leads to a
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History‚ a struggle over the past in the present to shape the future‚ is an exploration of the causal relationships between individuals and events. History has always been contested terrain‚ due to the fact that history is established through individual and collective memories‚ which by nature are subjective and coloured by circumstance. In the post modern era‚ the conventional ways of thinking which dismiss memory due to its bias have been challenged‚ and the credibility of history has been diminished
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“Every man’s memory is his private literature.” As illustrated in this quote from Huxley‚ individual memory can narrate a story that differs from documented events; it is through a combination of the two that we uncover a more reliable account. Peter Carey’s prose novel True History of the Kelly Gang and Christopher Nolan’s 2000 movie Memento represent history and memory in unique and evocative means by exploring the interplay between one’s individual perspective and the established ‘truth’. In
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what extent has textual form shaped your understanding of history and memory? In your response‚ make detailed reference to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text. The textual form of the poetry of Denise Levertov and the recount Pure Torture by Tom Moe has shaped the reader’s understanding of history and memory to a great extent. While history is represented generally as objective‚ impersonal‚ factual and static‚ memory is represented as subjective‚ personal‚ fragmented and fluid
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English Speech Goodmorning. Today I will be talking to you about how history and memory are depicted in Peter Carey’s True History of the Kelly Gang‚ and James Cameron’s 1997 film Titanic. Both texts depend heavily on fictionalised historical figures to tell their stories through memory. And both leave us with suspicions about their historical accuracy. In this speech I will be exploring these two texts through five main points * The difference in believability between a novel and a film
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Memory and history share a unique dependent relationship with one another‚ and through the study of Mark Bakers’ The Fiftieth Gate along with Christopher Koch’s Highways to a War it becomes evident that the combination of history and memory brings meaning of past events to the present. French historian Pierre Nora once said that ’history is a representation of the past; memory is a perpetually actual phenomenon‚ a bond tying us to the eternal present’‚ therefore implying history is a record of
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Delhi and the site of the India Gate on Kingsway (now Rajpath). Eventually the line was shifted to run along the Yamuna river‚ and when that route opened in 1924‚ the construction of the memorial site could begin. The New Delhi Railway Station was opened in 1926‚ ahead of the inauguration of the city of the same name in 1931.[1][2] The 42-metre tall India Gate is situated in such a way that many important roads spread out from it. Traffic passing around India Gate used to be continuous until the
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It is the interplay of both history and memory‚ which allows us to gain empathetic understanding of Truth. History is factual‚ and traditionally objective‚ yet is subject to bias and control. It cannot reveal the reality of human experience‚ as it relies on facts‚ lists and statistics; the need for memory arises. Memory is a composition of personal perspectives which can be deemed subjective‚ yet challenges history’s authority and rationalism. Combined‚ history and memory generate a powerful tool when
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History and Memory are complex representations of the past influenced by different perspectives. History is based on documented facts‚ historical research and formalised written records of past events. Memory is based on personal recollection‚ it is subjective and experiential. When considered together‚ history and memory combine to give a more complete picture of the past than is possible when considering either one independently. History and memory are complementary. History validates memory‚ while
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