COLONIAL CHRONICLES IB

Course Code

SP 4095

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Professor A Moreiras

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 4 or above.

Notes

This course will not be available in 2009/10. This course may not be included as part of a graduating curriculum with SP 3095 (Colonial Chronicles IA).

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.

Assessment

1st Attempt: Essay (4,000 words) (100%).

Resit: Written examination (3 hour) (100%).