HYM5900 - History, biography and autobiography

Leader(s): Barbara Caine

Offered

Not offered in 2009

Synopsis

As for HYM4900

Objectives

Students completing this course will be expected to:

1. Have a detailed knowledge of the developments and changes in autobiography and biography from the late 18th century to the present.

2. Understand the connection between autobiography, biography and fiction across the period.

3. Understand the impact of Freud on the writing of biography.

4. Understand some of the different approaches that historians have taken to biography across this period.

5. Develop the critical skills required to analyse and assess different approaches to biography.

Assessment

Historiographical essay (3000 words): 35%
Essay (4000 words): 45%
Writing exercises (2000 words): 20%

Contact hours

2 hour seminar per week

Prohibitions

HSY4810, HYM4900