History Abbreviations

History is the social science that studies the past of humanity. On the other hand , the word is used to refer to the historical period that begins with the appearance of scripture and also to refer to the past itself.

The study of history involves three different concepts, but which tend to be confused with each other: historiography (the set of techniques and methods used to describe the historical facts that took place), historiology (the explanations, methods and theories about how , why and to what extent historical events take place) and history itself (that is, the events that actually happened). Simplifying this question, it can be said that history corresponds to the deeds of the past, historiography is the science of history and historiology its epistemology.

To confirm the veracity of a story, historians use various sources of information such as writings, recordings, interviews and archaeological finds.

History has several ways of presenting itself, ranging from simple recording to scientific analysis, namely:

– Scientific history: this type of history is more concerned with facts, truths, with method, critical analysis of causes and consequences, time and space;

– Narrative story: the type of story where the narrator just presents the events without concern for the veracity or outcome of the story, he only tells what he saw, heard or what he wants to convey;

– Pragmatic history: it is the way of expressing the events with a visible concern of didactics;

– Comic book: it is a way of narrating through images in sequence, with the speech texts of the characters through balloons, having the basic fundamentals of the narrative such as plot, characters, time, place and outcome.

In Brazil, some people also use the term “story” to define a popular narrative. This term was proposed by the member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, João Ribeiro in 1919 and was used in the field of folklore.

It should be noted that the Philosophy of History is a branch of philosophy that reflects on the meaning of human history. This course analyzes the possible existence of a design, a purpose or a finality in the historical process.

Two approaches can be mentioned in the area of ​​study of history: the classical one (which considers history to be the period that begins with the appearance of writing) and the multiculturalist one (which establishes that history is the period that can be reconstructed through a narrative reliable evidence of events that affect human society).

According to classical history, events that took place before the historical period belong to prehistory, while events situated in the transition period between prehistory and history belong to protohistory.

The term story can also be used in popular language to designate when a person is lying, for example: “We already knew that was not true, because everyone knows that Maria likes to tell stories”.

Finally, the term story is used in song lyrics to represent the coexistence between two people, for example: “The story between the two of us was very short”.

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