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CINEMA AS COUNTER-ARCHIVE IN RIDLEY SCOTT’S THE LAST DUEL: HISTORICAL SILENCE AND ETHICAL MEMORY

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CINEMA AS COUNTER-ARCHIVE IN RIDLEY SCOTT’S THE LAST DUEL: HISTORICAL SILENCE AND ETHICAL MEMORY

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This study discusses the formal and ethical dimensions of historical representation in cinema, the structural limits of gendered testimony, and the epistemological functions of visual narrative through Ridley Scott’s film The Last Duel (2021). The film, based on three different narrative perspectives, argues that historical truth is not fixed but a process constructed within power relations. The study approaches historiography, feminist epistemology, archival theory, and theories of testimony and trauma within an interdisciplinary theoretical framework. The positioning of Marguerite de Carrouges’ narrative at the end reveals the unstable and marginalized position of the female subject and highlights testimony as a performative act of risk. The film shifts the viewer from a passive position to a space of ethical responsibility; it interrogates the relationship between visual representation, testimony, memory, and justice. Cinema, in this sense, is addressed not merely as a medium of narration but as a transformative site of knowledge production. The study problematizes the historical film’s claim to truth and analyzes how such narratives may generate epistemic violence or ethical engagement. The Last Duel thus offers not only a depiction of the past but an ethical cinematic experience that engages with the limits of representation and the burden of witnessing.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Kültürel Teori

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

31 Aralık 2025

Gönderilme Tarihi

23 Temmuz 2025

Kabul Tarihi

3 Ekim 2025

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2025 Cilt: 13 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA
Sarıbaş, S. (2025). CINEMA AS COUNTER-ARCHIVE IN RIDLEY SCOTT’S THE LAST DUEL: HISTORICAL SILENCE AND ETHICAL MEMORY. Nişantaşı Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 13(2), 1116-1129. https://doi.org/10.52122/nisantasisbd.1748790
AMA
1.Sarıbaş S. CINEMA AS COUNTER-ARCHIVE IN RIDLEY SCOTT’S THE LAST DUEL: HISTORICAL SILENCE AND ETHICAL MEMORY. Nişantaşı Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2025;13(2):1116-1129. doi:10.52122/nisantasisbd.1748790
Chicago
Sarıbaş, Serap. 2025. “CINEMA AS COUNTER-ARCHIVE IN RIDLEY SCOTT’S THE LAST DUEL: HISTORICAL SILENCE AND ETHICAL MEMORY”. Nişantaşı Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 13 (2): 1116-29. https://doi.org/10.52122/nisantasisbd.1748790.
EndNote
Sarıbaş S (01 Aralık 2025) CINEMA AS COUNTER-ARCHIVE IN RIDLEY SCOTT’S THE LAST DUEL: HISTORICAL SILENCE AND ETHICAL MEMORY. Nişantaşı Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 13 2 1116–1129.
IEEE
[1]S. Sarıbaş, “CINEMA AS COUNTER-ARCHIVE IN RIDLEY SCOTT’S THE LAST DUEL: HISTORICAL SILENCE AND ETHICAL MEMORY”, Nişantaşı Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, c. 13, sy 2, ss. 1116–1129, Ara. 2025, doi: 10.52122/nisantasisbd.1748790.
ISNAD
Sarıbaş, Serap. “CINEMA AS COUNTER-ARCHIVE IN RIDLEY SCOTT’S THE LAST DUEL: HISTORICAL SILENCE AND ETHICAL MEMORY”. Nişantaşı Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 13/2 (01 Aralık 2025): 1116-1129. https://doi.org/10.52122/nisantasisbd.1748790.
JAMA
1.Sarıbaş S. CINEMA AS COUNTER-ARCHIVE IN RIDLEY SCOTT’S THE LAST DUEL: HISTORICAL SILENCE AND ETHICAL MEMORY. Nişantaşı Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2025;13:1116–1129.
MLA
Sarıbaş, Serap. “CINEMA AS COUNTER-ARCHIVE IN RIDLEY SCOTT’S THE LAST DUEL: HISTORICAL SILENCE AND ETHICAL MEMORY”. Nişantaşı Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, c. 13, sy 2, Aralık 2025, ss. 1116-29, doi:10.52122/nisantasisbd.1748790.
Vancouver
1.Serap Sarıbaş. CINEMA AS COUNTER-ARCHIVE IN RIDLEY SCOTT’S THE LAST DUEL: HISTORICAL SILENCE AND ETHICAL MEMORY. Nişantaşı Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 01 Aralık 2025;13(2):1116-29. doi:10.52122/nisantasisbd.1748790

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