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George Orwell's famous novel «1984,» is a masterful fictional account of a state which imposes cognitive dissonance on its citizens to control their... [Read More]

Thus does John Updike report on Wilmot's abrupt and irreversible deconversion experience at the outset of In the Beauty of the Lilies, a four - generation saga which is partly a fictional version of Updike's family history, partly an account of the decline of religious faith in America, and partly a reflection of Updike's own angry, personal struggle to find religious meaning.

With the enhancement of the dignity of the bishop and the extension of his judicial authority under the patronage of the Empire, the old cathedra upon which the ante-Nicene bishop had sat in his capacity as teacher, was gradually converted into a veritable throne, imitative of that of the emperor.25 It is quite possible that the courtly protocol and the sartorial details of the so - called Donation of Constantine are a reasonably accurate description of the dress, insignia, and prerogatives of the chief bishop of the West in the late imperial period, that even the account of the bestowal of these privileges primarily errs in fictionally ascribing to one emperor what was probably done by several in the course of the fourth and fifth centuries, and that once the fictional monopolization of these prerogatives by one bishop is removed, the Donation is recognized as supplying us with a picture of a late imperial prelate.26

In response to argument from the claimants» legal teams - that parliament never contemplated Ripa being used as a figleaf for undercover sex - Justice Tugendhat suggested that most MPs were aware of accounts, albeit fictional, in which James Bond does just that.

Of the politically and socially motivated standouts, The Social Network (d. David Fincher) and Black Venus (d. Abdellatif Kechiche) treated us to fictionalised accounts, vastly different in tone and aesthetic, of historical events (of which more below); while Post Mortem (d. Pablo Larrain) offered a fictional personal story set in the time of and impacted by the coup in Chile by Augusto Pinochet that overthrew Salvador Allende; and Inside Job (d. Charles Ferguson) blazed across the screen, a searing must - see documentary indictment of the men and institutions that caused the international financial crash of 2009 (again, more below).

A fictional account of the extraordinary story of two implacable enemies in Northern Ireland - firebrand Democratic Unionist Party leader Paisley (Timothy Spall) and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness (Colm Meaney)- who are forced to take a short journey together in which they will take the biggest leap of faith and change the course of history.

«Primary Colors» John Travolta leds the cast in this critically - acclaimed political comedy, which was a fictional account of Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign.

This richly and dramatically told fictional account of the Fisk University Jubilee Singers is based on the real - life Ella Sheppard, who was born into slavery and later joined the chorus, which went on the road to raise money to repair Fisk's dilapidated buildings.

Drawing upon his recent explorations in narrative structure which combine documentary footage, personal account and fictional story construction, Jugdeo will use the Artist Lab Residency as a starting point towards the development of a scripted web series, made in collaboration with local performers.

Suspending viewers between the gritty firsthand accounts of people who would typically remain nameless and faceless in the media, and an accessible drama featuring two actors who are the very embodiment of visibility, Love Story reflects on the callousness of a media - saturated culture in which identification with fictional characters and celebrity figures runs parallel to widespread indifference to the plight of those facing real world adversity.

The impetus for this film is Orson Welles» fictional account of an alien invasion in The War of the Worlds which was mistaken for a real news item.

The designers were inspired by the Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges» account of the fictional Library of Babel, a enormous universal library of hexagonal rooms, filled with books that are unintelligible but which contain the infinite permutations possible from a certain character set.

Though it is a fictional account, it provides an example of common difficulties experienced by children which can be observed using the BETLS Tool.