BARBARIANS, AMAZONS AND CANNIBALS: A PARTIAL HISTORY OF 'EUROPEAN' REPRESENTATIONS 16.7 2nd and 3rd years Dr K Neumann. Normally, 25 points of first-year History. First semester One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour seminar. By the end of the subject, the student should: be able to identify crucial components of the genealogy of Western perceptions of non-Western others; be in a position to trace the emergence and transformations of selected stereotypical images; have gained competence in analysing key texts and images that epitomise and/or shaped Western notions of non-Western others. The subject explores how the West has defined itself in relation to an other. Students are asked to read and contextualise texts by, or attributed to, Herodotus, John Mandeville, Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, Montaigne, and others. Assessment is based on contributions to and preparation for the tutorials (10%), one 2,500 word essay (50%) and a journal (40%). Subject reader available from the History Department Moseley C W R D (ed. ) The Travels of Sir John Mandeville London 1983 Greenblatt S Marvelous Possessions Oxford 1991 Campbell M The Witness and the Other World Ithaca 1988 Hulme, P Colonial Encounters London 1986 Zamor, M Reading Columbus, Berkeley 1993 BARBARIANS, AMAZONS AND CANNIBALS: A PARTIAL HISTORY OF 'EUROPEAN' REPRESENTATIONS 16.7 2nd and 3rd year Dr K Neumann. Normally, 25 points of first-year History. First semester Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week. Students who complete this subject successfully will:
  • be able to identify crucial components of the genealogy of Western perceptions of non-Western others;
  • be in a position to trace the emergence and transformations of selected stereotypical images;
  • have gained competence in analysing key texts and images that epitomise and/or shaped Western notions of non-Western others.
The subject explores how the West has defined itself in relation to an other. Students are asked to read and contextualise texts by, or attributed to, Herodotus, Marco Polo, John Mandeville, Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, Jean de Lé ry, Montaigne, and others. Assessment is based on contributions to and preparation for the tutorials (15%), one 2,000 word reflective essay (35%) and one 3,000 word essay (50%). Moseley C W R D ed The Travels of Sir John Mandeville London BARBARIANS, AMAZONS AND CANNIBALS: A PARTIAL HISTORY OF 'EUROPEAN' REPRESENTATIONS 16.7 Dr K Neumann. First semester. One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour seminar each week. By the end of the subject, the student should: be able to identify crucial components of the genealogy of Western perceptions of non-Western others; be in a position to trace the emergence and transformations of selected stereotypical images; have gained competence in analysing key texts and images that epitomise and/or shaped Western notions of non-Western others. The subject explores how the West has defined itself in relation to an other. Students are asked to read and contextualise texts by, or attributed to, Herodotus, John Mandeville, Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, Montaigne, and others. Assessment is based on contributions to and preparation for the tutorials (10 per cent); one 2500 word essay (50 per cent); a journal (40 per cent). Subject reader available from the History Department Moseley C W R D (ed. ) The Travels of Sir John Mandeville London 1983.