M.A. Part I Semester I Paper I Historiography

Semester I

Paper I                                              Historiography
Time Three Hours Full Marks : 80
Unit   1
a. Meaning of Historiography,Nature and Scope of History
b. Auxiliary Sciences of History
c. Primary and Secondary sources
Unit   2
        a. Collection and Selection of Data
   b. Internal and External criticism
c. Causation,Foot Notes, Bibliography
Unit   3
a. Greco-Roman History Writing
b. Arabian History Writing
c. Indian  History Writing –Sultanate, Mughal, Maratha
Unit   4
a. Positivism in History Writing - Ranke
b. Classical Marxism -  Karl Marx
c. Annales  -  Marc  Bloch, Fernand BraudelHistoriography
Books Recommended                        
English
1. What is History  :  E.H.Carr
2. A Study of History   :   Gardiner Patrick
3. Historiography  :   N. Subramaniah
4. History, its Theory and Method :  Sheikh Ali
5. Historiography in Modern India   :   R.C. Majumdar
6. A History of Historical Writing    :    H.E. Barnes
7. A Text Book of Historiography   :  Sreedharan
8. IGNOU Materials
9. Idea of History   :   R.G. Collingwood
10. Research Methodology   :   K.N. Chitnis
11. Research Methodology   :   Satish Bajaj
12. A Critical Method in Historical Research and Writing  :  H.C. Hocket
13. Historiography and Historians of Sultanate Period   :  Bharti S.
Kumar
Marathi , Hindi
1. Itihas Tantra Ani Tatvagyan   :   Shanta Kothekar
2. Itihasache Tatvagyan  :   Sadashiv Aathvale
3. Itihas Lekhan Shastra : Gaikwad,Sardesai,Hanmane
4. Sanshodhakacha Mitra : G.H.Khare
5. Itihas Lekh  :  Sreedharan
6. Itihas Lekhan,Avadharna,Vidhayen evam Sadhan   :  Brajesh Kumar
Shrivastava