History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET December 2022 History (Shift-II)
Who said, 'Film can open our minds to another, more vivid and human, less literary understanding of the past'?
ADaniel Leab
BMillicent Marcus
CJames Monaco
DPierre Sorlin ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Pierre Sorlin — It was Pierre Sorlin, so the answer is Pierre Sorlin.
Explanation
★It was Pierre Sorlin, so the answer is Pierre Sorlin.
★Pierre Sorlin said that film can open our minds to a more vivid and human understanding of the past.
★Pierre Sorlin was a French historian.
★He believed in a close relation between cinematic representation and historical narratives.
★He made major contributions on the representation of the Russian Revolution and on French popular cinema.
★He used cinema as an additional source in teaching history.
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