Approaches and Visions of History

Paper Code:

DHIS 801

Credits:

Contact Hours:

90.00

Max. Marks:

100.00

Objective:

Course Objectives:

This course will enable the students -

To understand the concept and traditions of Historiography – Ancient, Medieval and Modern along with the pioneers of each tradition.
To acquaint the students with the post- modernist approach to History.
To understand the diverse approaches to History with special reference to historical writings on India.

Course Outcomes (CO)

Course

Learning outcomes (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

DHIS 801

Approaches and Visions of History

The students will be able to-

CO58-Understand the concept and types of Historiography

CO59-Comprehend various tradition of Historiography of Medieval period especially Arabic and Persian

CO60-Analyse the tradition of Modern Historiography with a focus on Positivist – Ranke, Annales School (Marc Bloch, Lucien, Febvre, Fernand Braudel)

CO61- Develop a comprehensive understanding on the history of Post-Modernist Approach to History: Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida and its Impact on historiography

CO62- Assess the various approaches to History specially Nationalist, Marxist, Cambridge and Subaltern (with reference to historical writings on India).

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Power Point Presentation

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks.

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

18.00

Tradition of Historiography – Ancient : Greaco –Roman, Chinese and Indian

18.00

Tradition of Historiography – Medieval : Arabic and Persian.

18.00

Tradition of Historiography – Modern : Positivist – Ranke, Annales School (Marc Bloch, Lucien, Febvre, Fernand Braudel)

18.00

Post Modernist Approach to History: Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida; Impact on historiography

18.00

Approaches to History – Nationalist, Marxist, Cambridge and Subaltern (with reference to historical writings on India)

Essential Readings:

Essential Readings:

Recommended Reading

Delhi,2005Paul Hamilton: Historicism
William Dray :Perspectives on History
C. Behan McCullah: The truth of History
The logic of History(Putting Postmodernism in Perspective)
Satish K Bajaj : Recent Trends in Historiography, New Delhi,1998
Ranjeet Guha (ed.): Subaltern Studies,Vol.1,2,3&4,Oxford University Press,New Delhi,1982
V S Pathak: Ancient Historians of India, Gorakhpur,1984
U N Ghoshal : Studies in Indian History and Culture
V S Agrawala :Itihas Darshan (in Hindi), Varanasi
Buddha Prakash :Itihas Darshan (in Hindi), Lucknow, 1962
G C Pande (ed.):Itihas-Swaroop evam siddhanth (in Hindi), Jaipur
G A Cohen :Karl Marx’s Theory of history:Adefense (Oxford 1978)
M G Murphey : Our Knowledge of the Historical Past(Indianapolis 1973)
S Clark :”The Annales Historians” , in Q Skinner ed.The Return of Grand Theory In The Human Sciences (Cambridge 1985)
Traian Stoianovitch: French Historical Method: Thae Annales Paradigm (Ithaca, New York, 1976)
Maurice Aymard and harbans Mukhia, eds.,French Studies in History (New Delhi 1988)
Peter Burke ed.,A New Kind of History: From the Writings of Lucien Febvre(London 1983), Essays 1,2 and 3.
Mark Foster: Foucault, Marxism and History
Hayden White: “ Foucault Decoded: Notes from Underground”. History and Theory,12,1973.
Sharma. Tej Ram, Historiography, A History of Historical Writing, Concept publishing company, New Delhi, 2005
Claus. Peter & Marriott John, History An introduction to theory, Method and Practice, Second Edition, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London and New York, 2017
Hester Ryan, Historical Research, Theory and Method, ED-Tech Press, United Kingdom, 2018