Narrative and History

Narrative and History
Title Narrative and History PDF eBook
Author Alun Munslow
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages 210
Release 2018-09-19
Genre History
ISBN 1350307483

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Based on the assumption that reality, reference and representation work together, this introductory textbook explains and illustrates the various ways in which historians write the past as history. For the first time, the full range of leading narrative theorists such as Paul Ricoeur, Hayden White, Frank Ankersmit, Seymour Chatman and Gérard Genette have been brought together to explain the narrative-making choices all author-historians make when creating historical explanations. Combining theory with practice, Alun Munslow expands the boundaries of the discipline and charts a new role for unconventional historical forms and modes of expression. Clear but comprehensive, this is an ideal resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students taking courses on history and theory, history and method, and historiography.

The History and Narrative Reader

The History and Narrative Reader
Title The History and Narrative Reader PDF eBook
Author Geoffrey Roberts
Publisher Psychology Press
Pages 470
Release 2001
Genre History
ISBN 9780415232494

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Are historians story-tellers? Is it possible to tell true stories about the past? These are just two of the questions raised in this comprehensive collection of texts about philosophy, theory and methodology of writing history.

Time, Narrative, and History

Time, Narrative, and History
Title Time, Narrative, and History PDF eBook
Author David Carr
Publisher Indiana University Press
Pages 204
Release 1991-02-22
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 9780253113900

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"For description and defense of the narrative configurations of everyday life, and of the practical and social character of those narratives, there is no better treatment than Time, Narrative, and History.... a clear, judicious, and truthful account, provocative from beginning to end." -- Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology "... a superior work of philosophy that tells a unique and insightful story about narrative." -- Quarterly Journal of Speech

How History Gets Things Wrong

How History Gets Things Wrong
Title How History Gets Things Wrong PDF eBook
Author Alex Rosenberg
Publisher MIT Press
Pages 305
Release 2018-10-09
Genre Psychology
ISBN 026234842X

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Why we learn the wrong things from narrative history, and how our love for stories is hard-wired. To understand something, you need to know its history. Right? Wrong, says Alex Rosenberg in How History Gets Things Wrong. Feeling especially well-informed after reading a book of popular history on the best-seller list? Don't. Narrative history is always, always wrong. It's not just incomplete or inaccurate but deeply wrong, as wrong as Ptolemaic astronomy. We no longer believe that the earth is the center of the universe. Why do we still believe in historical narrative? Our attachment to history as a vehicle for understanding has a long Darwinian pedigree and a genetic basis. Our love of stories is hard-wired. Neuroscience reveals that human evolution shaped a tool useful for survival into a defective theory of human nature. Stories historians tell, Rosenberg continues, are not only wrong but harmful. Israel and Palestine, for example, have dueling narratives of dispossession that prevent one side from compromising with the other. Henry Kissinger applied lessons drawn from the Congress of Vienna to American foreign policy with disastrous results. Human evolution improved primate mind reading—the ability to anticipate the behavior of others, whether predators, prey, or cooperators—to get us to the top of the African food chain. Now, however, this hard-wired capacity makes us think we can understand history—what the Kaiser was thinking in 1914, why Hitler declared war on the United States—by uncovering the narratives of what happened and why. In fact, Rosenberg argues, we will only understand history if we don't make it into a story.

America: A Narrative History

America: A Narrative History
Title America: A Narrative History PDF eBook
Author Shi, David E.
Publisher W.W. Norton & Company
Pages 12
Release 2019-07-01
Genre History
ISBN 0393668959

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America is the leading narrative history because students love to read it. Additional coverage of immigration enhances the timeliness of the narrative. New Chapter Opener videos, History Skills Tutorials, and NortonÕs adaptive learning tool, InQuizitive, help students develop history skills, engage with the reading, and come to class prepared. What hasnÕt changed? Our unmatched affordability. Choose from Full, Brief (15% shorter), or The Essential Learning Edition--featuring fewer chapters and additional pedagogy.

The Houses of History

The Houses of History
Title The Houses of History PDF eBook
Author Anna Green
Publisher Manchester University Press
Pages 354
Release 1999
Genre History
ISBN 9780719052552

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The only history and theory textbook to include accessible extracts from a wide range of historical writing. Provides a comprehensive introduction to the theorists who have most inflenced twentieth-century historians. Chapters follow a consistent structure, putting difficult ideas into an accessible context. This is the only critical reader aimed at the undergraduate market.

Narrative Matters

Narrative Matters
Title Narrative Matters PDF eBook
Author Dr Grant Bage
Publisher Routledge
Pages 189
Release 2012-10-02
Genre Education
ISBN 1135699739

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In recent years there has been a massive revival of interest internationally in what story can offer to education. This book covers a range of issues at the heart of teaching history, such as the use of talk, the pitfalls of narrative as a pedagogical tool, translating curriculum content into lessons, story telling and story making. It also questions what it means to teach, the difficulties for teachers of remaining constructively critical of policy, and their own practice, during periods of national legislation and change.