Значение слова "BACKSTORY" найдено в 4 источниках
найдено в "Dictionary of new words"
backstory: translation

(BAK.stoh.ree)
n.
An underlying narrative that provides the background or historical context for a novel, screenplay, or other story. Also: back-story, back story.
Example Citation:
Further blurring the distinction between reality and fiction, Mynick and Sanchez followed the movie's post-production by designing an elaborate Internet site that offers supplementary backstory information such as video clips of outtakes, a history of the Blair Witch and what purports to be visual evidence of the student film-makers' fate.
— Michael Dwyer, "Mock Horror," The Irish Times, August 14, 1999
Earliest Citation:
Christopher Reeve, who plays the miracle man from planet Krypton, portrays a homosexual in his new movie, ''Deathtrap.'' In one love scene he kisses Michael Caine smack on the mouth.Yech!
What kind of response will this wrest from millions of adoring fans of The Man of Steel? Will they continue to exclaim, ''It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!'' Or will they simply make sly remarks about Superman's flights.
Not the least worried about such speculation is actor Reeve who says the vault from Superman to homosexual is no quantum leap. It is, he avers, a mere hop, skip and a jump.
''You have to know the back story of my career before you can pass judgment on the roles I play,'' said the erudite New Yorker.
— Vernon Scot, "Scott's World: Superman Kisses A Guy!," United Press International, April 3, 1982
Related Words:
geomythology
hint fiction
mythic arc
narrative medicine
plothole
storylining
Categories:
Books and Magazines
Film
Culture (General)
Television
Writing


найдено в "Англо-русском словаре общей лексики"
сущ. предыстория (история или сюжет, становящиеся основой или историческим контекстом для повести, пьесы и т.д.) This extensive backstory crucially affects the events of the play itself, as Hamlet feels bound to revenge a murder that occurred before page one. — Эта длинная предыстория оказывает решающее воздействие на события, происходящие в самой пьесе, потому что Гамлет чувствует себя обязанным отомстить за убийство, которое произошло раньше событий, описанных на первой странице.
найдено в "Англо-русском дополнительном словаре"
предыстория (история или сюжет, становящиеся основой или историческим контекстом для повести и т.д.)
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