Social history

the various changes in history that influenced the development of the footnote. Grafton chose this unique chronology in order to help him reveal to the reader “where, when, and why historians adopted [the footnote’s] distinctive form of narrative architecture.” In choosing a non-linear chronology, Grafton is not constrained by the need to show the evolution of the footnote from a single, “primitive” form to the modern form used today. Rather, he is able to show the history of the footnote as a…

Recently with all the news about confederate statues being taken down, a important question has been brought up: Is it morally right to take down a statute if it is a part of history? To answer this we first have to go through the two types of statues, memorials and monuments. Memorials are made in order to remember an event or person for the better or worse, while a monument is made in order to honor an event or person. However, they can sometimes be interchangeable terms due to the meaning of…

History is compilation of data and materials gathered throughout time and analyzed to form some consensus of what happened in the past. A common way people learn about history is through reading and memorizing textbooks and historical literature. This can be an effective way of understanding the past but it is important to not overlook other ways of understanding the past such as artwork. Although artwork may not always tell the person about specific knowledge, it may sometimes give more…

summary of “Historicism, History, and the Figurative Imagination” an essay by Hayden White in “Tropics of Discourse Essays in Cultural Criticism”. In this essay, White begins by addressing the difficulties historians may have in reporting history because of the inherent bias or lack of expertise the historian brings in a particular field of study in order to distinguish the significance of the events. A good historian, as stated by White, consistently reminds us that history is always an…

draws attention to its status as an artefact in order to pose questions about the relationship between fiction and reality” are both intensely self-reflexive and yet paradoxically also lay claim to historical events and personages”. In other words, history itself is highly textual and is always subject to critical interpretation. This essay will focus on historiographic metafiction in relation to ‘First lives club: Pretend Blood by Margaret Atwood and ‘The Birds’ by Daphne du Maurier and how…

n this part we are going to present the main theories that we are using in order to define our project’s topic. The first theory that we are going to use is about re-enactment, which is going to help us understand the idea of what it means to re-enact. Historical re-enactment is based on “bodily experience” meaning that the people who choose to re-enact a specific part of the past have to dress, act and live like it used to be in that specific period, however some of them might be a part of the…

Assembling of History Puzzles Through Memory Memoirs are magnificent pieces of history that allows us to step into a whole different part of history and enables us to relive history through the portrayal of one’s perspective. Although memoirs can leave an everlasting impression of past history, it can be faulty to use as a historical factual piece as memory can be faulty of past information. Memoirs play an important role just as much as interpreting the past using “historical scientific facts”…

of objectivity and its connection to history. In addition to this, it is essential to recognize the importance of how power can influence the way society views the past. With this recognition, the historian can make the connection of how power controls knowledge, which writes the history of society. This connection of power and history leads to the reason of why historians argue objectivity. With the knowledge of these issues and their connections to history, the historian will comprehend why…

“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots” (Garvey). If we truly grasp this quote from Marcus Garvey and portray it to class, we can understand just how important the course Western Civilization I really is. What I mean is that the pivotal points of history that is taught in Western Civilization I helps to guide the people of today to a brighter future. Using these key historical events that is gone over in the course, we can use this…

When History Is About Feelings In Frank Delaney’s Ireland, he takes the reader through the vivid tale of Irish history from a variety of perspectives. He applies emotion in his writing to criticize how history is taught today. Most scholars would agree with Ronan O’Mara’s professor, T. Barlett Ryle, when he argues, “History is not about feelings. History is about knowledge” (Delaney 342). However, it is taught from an objective point of view that causes it to be devalued, misunderstood, and…