COLONIAL CHRONICLES 1A
- Course Code
- SP 3095
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Professor A Moreiras
Pre-requisites
Notes
This course will be available in 2008/09. This course may not be included as part of a graduating curriculum with SP 4095 (Colonial Chronicles IB).
Overview
This course studies some of the most important sixteenth chronicles concerning the New World. Primary texts - written by Cristobal Colon, Bartolome de las Casas, Gines de Sepulveda, Hernan Cortes, Fray Toribio de Benavente, Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Jose de Acosta, and Garcilaso de la Vega el Inca - will be complemented by critical and historiographical literature. The class will be conducted in Spanish.
Structure
1 two-hour seminar per week (Tues 12-2pm) for eleven weeks.
Assessment
1st Attempt: Essay (3,000 word essay) (100%).
Resit: Written examination (2 hours) (100%).