Hey all, hope you're doing well.
In the first year of uni and have been given work to write a historiography essay on any event or subject of interest. My first thought was the Vietnam war, pretty easy one there; but also I've been reading The Art of War by Sun Tzu, would it be possible to write a high(ish) quality essay on historiography surrounding the book? is there even historiography to be found?
I'm not looking for anyone to write an essay for me, or even help me find sources, I'm just asking if historiography can be written about for any object, event or writing, not just major events in history
Thanks to anyone who replies :)
Yes, you can absolute write about the historiography on a book, person, idea, cultural trend--pretty much anything someone has studied about the past! Writing about the historiography on a book is a great choice. Waaaay easier than taking on the entire Vietnam War!
At its most basic, "the historiography of PQR" is a study of what previous scholars have said about PQR. I guarantee you that scholars have talked about Art of War before. ;)
If you'd feel more comfortable with a couple of examples of literature historiographies, PM me!