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Historiography I

Course Code	: ARKE541
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 3
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 3
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 5

Objectives of the Course

Studies on Historiography.

Course Content

The course’s aim is to analyse the books and their methods of the ancient historians as well as the modern scientific historiography.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Lec. Arzu ÖZVER

Learning Outcomes

1.	To learn Ancient Greek Historiography.
2.	Learning of Roman Historiography.
3.	Comparison of Ancient Greek and Roman Historiography.
4.	Examination of the historiography of commanders.
5.	Examining historians historiography technique.

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	Lionel Pearson, Early Ionian Historians, Greenwood Press 1975.
2.	Herodotos, Tarih, çev. Müntekim Ökmen, Türkiye İş Bankası 2006.
3.	Ksenophon, Anabasis, çev. Ari Çokona, Türkiye İş Bankası 2015.
4.	Ksenophon, Hellenika, çev. Prof. Dr. Suat Sinanoğlu, TTK 1999.
5.	Plutarkhos, İskender-Sezar, çev. İo Çokona, Türkiye İş Bankası 2014.
6.	G. Julius Caesar, Gallia Savaşı, çev. Hamit Dereli, Maarif Basımevi 1955.
7.	Plutarkhos, Marcus Antonius, çev. Dr. Mehmet Özaktürk, TTK 1992.
8.	Augustus, Ankara Anıtı, çev. Çiğdem Dürüşken, Kabalcı 2009.
9.	Eutropius, Roma Tarihinin Özeti, çev. Çiğdem Menzilcioğlu, Kabalcı 2007.
10.	Luke Pitcher, Writing Ancient History An Introduction to Classical Historiography, I.B. Tauris 2009.
11.	John Marincola, A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography, Blackwell 2007.
12.	Michael Bentley, Companion to Historiography, Routledge 1997.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Course description: Scope, importance, topics and resources.

Week 2 - Theoretical

Herodotus and Political Developments of the Period.

Week 3 - Theoretical

Herodotus and Political Developments of the Period.

Week 4 - Theoretical

Xenophon and Political Developments of the Period.

Week 5 - Theoretical

Xenophon and Political Developments of the Period.

Week 6 - Theoretical

Plutarch and Hellenistic Period. Introduction to Roman History.

Week 7 - Theoretical

Plutarch and Hellenistic Period. Introduction to Roman History.

Week 8 - Intermediate Exam

Midterm

Week 9 - Theoretical

Evaluation of Ancient Greek Historiography Methods.

Week 10 - Theoretical

Political Developments of the Period. History of Caesar.

Week 11 - Theoretical

Marcus Antonius and Augustus

Week 12 - Theoretical

Augustus' History Writing.

Week 13 - Theoretical

Eutropius and Period. Outlines of Roman History.

Week 14 - Theoretical

Eutropius and Period. Outlines of Roman History.

Week 15 - Theoretical

Roman History Writing Methods. Evaluation.

Week 16 - Final Exam

Final Exam

Week 17 - Final Exam

Final Exam

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	0	2	28
Assignment	8	0	6	48
Term Project	1	7	5	12
Reading	15	0	1	15
Individual Work	10	0	2	20
Midterm Examination	1	0	1	1
Final Examination	1	0	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7	PÇ-8	PÇ-9	PÇ-10
OÇ-1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
OÇ-2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
OÇ-3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
OÇ-4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
OÇ-5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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