27826 - History and Historical Stories of Modern Age (1) (LM)

Course contents

To be a historian means to observe change and ask how historical language relates to historical reality. In order to achieve the goal of the course, the student must necessarily acquire awareness of interpretative models, fundamental concepts, narrative structures elaborated upon in references to the problem under examination; and must recognize the typologies of sources used by the historiographer in relation to the specific subject of the course.

Beginning of lessons: 24 November 2008 (1rst Semester, Period II)

Time and place of lessons: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 11:00-13:00. Aula Grande, Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2.

Subject of Course: Revolutions and “Revolution” from the second half of the seventeenth century to the French Revolution

Readings/Bibliography

For those students who attend lessons, the plan for the exam will be arranged with the students at the beginning of lessons and will depend upon their ability to read foreign languages.

For those students who do not attend lessons, the plan for the exam (which presumes the knowledge of general history from the second half of the XV century to the beginning of the XIX century) will consist of:

I.

M. Bloch, Apologia della storia o Mestiere di storico, Torino, Einaudi, 1998.

or

O. Marquard – A. Melloni, La storia che giudica, la storia che assolve, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2008.

or

M. Caffiero – M. Procaccia (edd), Vero e falso. L'uso politico della storia, Roma-Donzelli, 2008.

II.

- Y.M. Bercé, Il re nascosto. Miti politici popolari nell'Europa moderna, trad. it., Torino, Einaudi, 1996.

or

A. De Francesco, Mito e storiografia della "Grande Rivoluzione": la Rivoluzione francese nella cultura politica italiana del '900, Napoli, Guida, 2006.

or

- L. Guerci, Uno spettacolo mai più veduto nel mondo. La Rivoluzione francese come unicità e rovesciamento negli scrittori politici italiani (1798-1799), Torino, UTET Libreria, 2008.

or

- P. Hazard, La crisi della coscienza europea. Introduzione di G. Recuperati, Torino, UTET Libreria, 2008.

or

- Ch. Hill, Il mondo alla rovescia. Idee e movimenti rivoluzionari nell'Inghilterra del Seicento , trad. it., Torino, Einaudi, 1981.

III. (solo per 6 cfu)

- M. Barberis, Libertà , Bologna, il Mulino, 1999.

or

- E. Greblo, Democrazia , Bologna, il Mulino, 2000.

or

- M. Ricciardi, Rivoluzione , Bologna, il Mulino, 2001.

Teaching methods

The lessons will function as both lecture and seminar.

Assessment methods

For those students who attend lessons, the final exam will consist of either a written report or an oral exam according to the agreements made with the instructor by the end of the course.

For those students who do not attend lessons, the final exam will be an oral exam. The students must demonstrate to have undertaken a deep reading of all the books that constitute the exam program.

Signing up at exam periods: should be made available through the website http://www.dds.unibo.it (the notice regarding the particular opening and closing dates for signing up and the exam calendars will be released). 

Teaching tools

Overhead projector, video projector, audiovisuals, power point.

Office hours

See the website of Angela De Benedictis