Description and Objectives

This course will expose the students to the great, mostly first-hand accounts of conquests in world literature.  Some of the sources will be in the form of  prose memoirs. One epic poem from the 16th century will be included. By the time the course has reached its end, the student will have a very good understanding of conquest and the consequences that follow.

Textbooks

The Persian Expedition   Xenophon

The Lusiads        Luiz Vaz de Camoes

The Conquest of New Spain    Bernal Diaz

A combination of accounts of Colonel Benjamin Grierson’s cavalry raid of 1863,

Course Requirements

Class discussion

Weekly reading quizzes.

A test at the completion of each book.

Frequent in-class writing evaluations.

Take-home 5-page essay.

 

 

 

 

Successful Students

Read all the assigned material.

Participate in classroom discussions.

Correctly respond to answers put forward in quizzes and tests.

Submit well-written in-class and out-of-class essays.