Docudrama

A docudrama is a dramatization of actual historical events. As a neologism, the term is often confused with docufiction. Docudramas tend to demonstrate some or most of the following characteristics: Docudramas, then, are distinct both from the main line of historical fiction, in which the historical setting is a mere backdrop for a plot that are be set in many periods, The impulse to incorporate historical material into literary texts has been an... more
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