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Le film pour penser l’histoire

Didactica Historica

How can we use documentary films in teaching history ? This article proposes to think the film medium with Peirce's pragmatics opens on the plurality of the interpretants, depending on the specific situation of communication. The distinction between iconic and index signs helps to analyse different types of images : historical sources, reconstructions, and even purely fictional representations. The relation of fiction to history will also be questioned : can also a fiction film be useful in teaching history ?