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>>im a bit stuck with the dreaded pre released im >>finding it hard to catergorise the genre and critical >>/historic apprach that barnes is trying to aim for. >> what ive come up with so far is that barnres has >>genuine flaws with historical recordings its really >>just a hallucination, its what the people who survived >>said happened. as for the painting well that is just a >>personification of how ungenuine romantic art can be. >>His "catastrophe equals art" comment seems within >>valid reason to his cynical view of history, is just >>like today where tradgedy equals headlines???? >>anyone got any comments on this? im in desperate need >>for help!!! > >I think Barnes is saying that no historical account is >truly reliable because everyone has their own views >and interpretations - everyone sees things in a >different way and our interpretations are influenced >by other things such as religion, etc. In interpreting >historical fact, we create fiction, by adding our own >ideas. I also think perhaps Barnes is suggesting that >we find 'catastrophe' and tragedy hard to accept - we >fear it, so we try and present it in a more >satisfcatory way by making a story out of it. Like you >say, tragedy = headlines.

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