Approaches and Visions of History

Paper Code:

HIS 221

Credits:

Contact Hours:

60.00

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

Outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

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)

Tutorials
Reading Assignments, Asking Effective questions
Documentary Screening
Power Point Presentation
Interactive Lectures
Discussions

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.

12.00

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

12.00

Tradition of Historiography – Medieval : Arabic and Persian.

12.00

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

12.00

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

12.00

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

Essential Readings:

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.