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Approaches and Visions of History
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 :
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HIS 221 |
Approaches and Visions of History |
The students will be able - CO33-Students will understand the concept and types of Historiography – Ancient : Greeco –Roman, Chinese and Indian CO34-To recognize various tradition of Historiography of Medieval period specially Arabic and Persian CO35-Students will know about the tradition of Modern Historiography with a focus on Positivist – Ranke, Annales School (Marc Bloch, Lucien, Febvre, FernandBraudel) CO36-Students will comprehend the history of Post-Modernist Approach to History: Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida and its Impact on historiography CO37-Students will understand the various approaches to History specially Nationalist, Marxist, Cambridge and Subaltern (with reference to historical writings on India) |
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Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Class Assignment, Classroom Interaction, Power point presentation and There will be a mid-term examination (C.A Test) when two units of the course are completed, Semester End Examinations. |
Tradition of Historiography – Ancient : Greaco –Roman, Chinese and Indian
Tradition of Historiography – Medieval : Arabic and Persian.
Tradition of Historiography – Modern : Positivist – Ranke, Annales School (Marc Bloch, Lucien, Febvre, Fernand Braudel)
Post Modernist Approach to History: Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida; Impact on historiography
Approaches to History – Nationalist, Marxist, Cambridge and Subaltern, Gender (with reference to historical writings on India)
Recommended Reading
- Delhi,2005Paul Hamilton: Historicism,
- Shreedharan,E. A Textbook of Historiography 500 BC to AD 2000, Orient Blackswan.
- 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,a study in historical biographies, 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.
E-Resources
Tradition of Historiography – Ancient : Greaco –Roman, Chinese and Indian
Tradition of Historiography – Medieval : Arabic and Persian.
Annales School
Post Modernist Approach to History
Michel Foucault
Jacques Derrida
Approaches to History – Nationalist, Marxist, Cambridge and Subaltern, Gender (with reference to historical writings on India)
