Literature 2307 - Rewriting Conquest:Latin America and the Anglo-American Imagination

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Bard College

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LAIS Ever since its "discovery" in 1492, Latin Americahas been (re)produced for European audiences as literature, art, history, and science. The Spanish conquistadors created dazzling prospects of America that stoked the imagination and whetted colonialist ambitions.With the crumbling of the Iberian empires, the republics of Latin America were thrown open to British and North American entrepreneurs, scientists, and adventurers who struggled to define Anglo-imperialism as different from its Iberian antecedents. In the 20th and 21st centuries, Latin America has attracted such diverse chroniclers as Beat poets, ecotourists, radical Marxists, and multinational CEOs. In this course, students examine why Latin America has been and remains such a powerful object of artistic and political attention. Readings include selections from Columbus's Four Voyages, Díaz' s Conquest of New Spain, Robertson's History of America, Prescott' s Historyof the Conquest ofMexico, and Todorov's Conquest of America.

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4.00

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www.bard.edu

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(845) 758-6822

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Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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