FPF:UHVDU002 General history of Historiogra - Course Information

UHVDU002 General history of Historiography

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Jirásek, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Jirásek, CSc.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Secondary School Teacher Training in History (programme FPF, N7504 UcSS)

Course objectives

This lecture course gives an account of the geerakl history of historiography from the antiquity till today. It follows the main trends, movements and schools in the history of historiography, most significant representatives and their seminal works.

Syllabus

• 1. Ancient Greek and Roman historiography
  2. Medieval annalists and chroniclers
  3. Humanist and Renaissance Historiography
  4. The era of rationalism and enlightenment
  5. The birth of modern historiography in late 18th and early 19th century Germany
  6. The principles of historism
  7. German, French and English historography in the era of historicism
  8. National paradigm in historiography
  9. The Crisis of historism: materialist, marxist, positivist challenge
  10. The Annales School
  11. New approaches in historiography after the 2nd World War
  12. Postmodern historiography

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

* Passing an exam
* reading G. G. Iggers? Historiography in the 20th century, Peter Burke?s French revolutin in historiography and three mongraphs of the historians discussed in this course.

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