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

Learning outcomes

Making history is to observe the change and ask how it relates to language and reality are historical. To achieve the aim of the course is essential is that the student acquires the knowledge of which models of interpretation, such as basic concepts of narrative structures such as the historiography has developed in relation to the issue under consideration, whether they know the types of sources used historiography in relation to the specific topic of the course.

Course contents

Topic Course: War‘s Narratives and Tyrants' Images in the Early Modern  (15th to 18th century)

Readings/Bibliography

For students attending the examination program will be established with the students themselves, at the beginning of lessons, and also depend on their knowledge of at least passive (reading) foreign language.

Examination program for students who do not attend (published on 10.06.2014):

Students must show a thorough knowledge of the issues contained in the books listed in one of the books listed in point I., in one of the books listed in point II., in one of the books in section III.
Students must have already acquired the knowledge of the general history for the period between mid-fifteenth century and the early nineteenth century.

I.

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

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

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

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R. Chartier, Ascoltare il passato con gli occhi, trad. it., Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2009.

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J. Topolski, Narrare la storia. Nuovi principi di metodologia storica, trad. it., Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 1997.

 

II.

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

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Giovanni Ricci, Appello al turco. I confini infranti del Rinascimento, Roma, Viella, 2011.

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Angela De Benedictis, Tumulti. Moltitudini ribelli in età moderna, Bologna, il Mulino, 2013.

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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.

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

III.

L. Lanzillo, Tolleranza, Bologna, il Mulino, 2002.

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V.I. Comparato, Utopia, Bologna, il Mulino, 2006.

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

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R. Laudani, Disobbedienza, Bologna, il Mulino, 2011.

In mid-January 2015 new titles may be included in the bibliography.

Those students who have not attended class should meet with the teacher (during office hours) to discuss the exam so that each student can explicitly choose his or her exam program based on the curriculum followed during the previous three years of study of the 'laurea triennnale'.

 

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods

Oral examination.

Registration for exams: will be made exclusively through AlmaEsami (see the notice concerning the opening and closing dates for entries to the calls and the timing thereof, in http://www.unibo.it/docenti/angela . debenedictis).

Teaching tools

Projector, audio-visual, power-point.

Office hours

See the website of Angela De Benedictis