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131-208/308 Barbarians, Amazons and Cannibals: A Partial History of 'European' Representations

Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years

Coordinator: Dr K Neumann.

Prerequisite: Normally, 25 points of first-year History.

Contact: One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour seminar.

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

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.

Content:

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:

Assessment is based on contributions to and preparation for the tutorials (10%), one 2,500 word essay (50%) and a journal (40%).

Prescribed texts:

• Subject reader available from the History Department
• Moseley C W R D (ed. ) The Travels of Sir John Mandeville London 1983

Recommended texts:

• 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

1. History, Faculty of Arts (v3, p99) : Next:131-209 | Prev:131-207

2. Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p47) : Next:106-268 | Prev:106-297

131-208/308 Barbarians, Amazons and Cannibals: A Partial History of 'European' Representations

Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator: Dr K Neumann.

Prerequisite: Normally, 25 points of first-year History.

Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week.

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

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.

Content:

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:

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%).

Prescribed texts:

• Moseley C W R D ed The Travels of Sir John Mandeville London

* Note that ASSESSMENT, CONTACT, CONTENT, OBJECTIVES, POINTS, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.

2. Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p47) : Next:106-268 | Prev:106-297

3. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p125) : Next:131-209 | Prev:131-207

131-208/308 Barbarians, Amazons and Cannibals: A Partial History of 'European' Representations

Credit points: 16.7

Coordinator: Dr K Neumann.

Contact: One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour seminar each week.

Timetable: First semester.

Objectives:

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.

Content:

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:

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).

Prescribed texts:

• Subject reader available from the History Department
• Moseley C W R D (ed. ) The Travels of Sir John Mandeville London 1983.

* Note that ASSESSMENT, CONTACT, POINTS, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.

3. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p125) : Next:131-209 | Prev:131-207

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