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Approaches and Visions of History [1]

Paper Code: 
HIS 221
Credits: 
5
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

This course will enable the students -

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

Course Outcomes :

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: 

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.

 

References: 

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)

Academic Year: 
2023-24 [6]

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