Course Description:
\nThis course is designed introduce students to the vast field of popular history writing that is being produced on the history of the island, not necessarily by qualified experts in the field, but mostly by non-specialized writers who target the mass readership. This course will help students to engage in practical history, i.e., popular conceptions of history that are dominant within the broader public. The course expects to conduct a series of guest lectures with persons who produce these popular histories as well as those who critically engage with them with the purpose of giving students an interactive experience of learning.<\/p>\n
Learning Objectives:
\nObjectives of this course are to familiarize students with the vast field of popular history of Sri Lanka; to enable them to read these popular history texts analytically and critically; to provide an opportunity for students to engage in discussion with writers and critics of the field of popular history. <\/p>\n
Learning Outcomes:
\nAt the end of this course, students should be able to
\n\u2022\tIdentify the main discourses that shape the historiography of Sri Lanka
\n\u2022\tAnalyse how articulations of history affect the political, social and economic structures of Sri Lanka
\n\u2022\tGrasp the ideological bases of the discourses and place them in empirical situations<\/p>\n
Course Content:
\n1.\tPopular articulations of History : An introduction
\n2.\tThe Colonial gaze
\n3.\tThe Dharmapala tradition
\n4.\tThe Hela Havula tradition
\n5.\tNon Buddhist versions
\n6.\tPopular aspects in mainstreaming History
\n7.\tThe history of militant ethno-nationalism
\n8.\tPeripheral histories<\/p>\n
Assessment:
\nAttendance \t\t\t \t 10%
\nMidterm Test or Assignment \t\t 30%
\nFinal Exam \t\t\t \t 60%<\/p>\n
Recommended Readings: Course Description: This course is designed introduce students to the vast field of popular history writing that is being produced on the history of the island, not necessarily by qualified experts in the field, but mostly by non-specialized writers who target the mass readership. This course will help students to engage in practical history, i.e., […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234\/revisions\/235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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