Syllabus

Course Code: HIS-E-28    Course Name: History of Historical Writing

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Historical Writing in Ancient Times: Introduction and the Beginning of the History of Historical Writing; Greco-Roman Historiography; Chinese Historiography; Ancient Indian Historiography
2 Historical Writing in the Medieval Times: Church History and Western Historiography upto Renaissance; Islamic Historiography – Arabic and Persian Traditions, Medieval Indian Historiography
3 Historical Writing in Modern Times: Historiography during Renaissance, Reformation and Age of Enlightenment; Romantic Historiography – Nationalist and Idealist Expressions; The Berlin Revolution: Niebuhr and Ranke; The Positivist and Materialist Assertions: Comte and Marx
4 New Trends of Historiography: Annals Tradition of Historiography; Post-Modern Historiography; Critical Theory and Historiography; Post-Colonial Historiography – Subaltern History
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