تاریخ نگری و تاریخ نگاری (Nov 2009)

Biography Fundamentals: Methodological Considerations about Biographical Writing

  • Aalireza Molaiy Tavani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22051/hph.2014.823
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 3
pp. 141 – 165

Abstract

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Biography, as the processing of aspects of a character's life, is one of the most important and widely used areas of history today. Given the different styles and methods used to write biographies around the world, the question arises as to what rules and principles should be followed in historiography and what kind of epistemological requirements should be adhered to? While answering this question, this article tries to discuss the importance of biography by categorizing some types of biographies; Talk about the necessary knowledge for biography, biography resources, biography critique, research methods in biography, objectivity in biography and also some other epistemological aspects .

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