Why do authors choose specific examples and how do they support their arguments? How does a comparison of different historical narratives enrich your understanding of history?
Historical narratives are often themselves history. How and why does the same historical event, movement, process generate different and at times competing historical narratives? Use examples from the course materials, your textbook, and our lectures, discuss who is writing, from what position, and to what end, and consider how historical narratives are susceptible to these […]