We will be discussing Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora's Infortunios del Alonso Ramírez along with Kimberle S. López's "Identity and Alterity in the Emergence of a Creole Discourse" and Fabio López Lázaro's "La mentira histórica de un pirata caribeño". Copies of the readings are available from Tracy Horton's office (H3.43). For any further information please do contact me on f.a.eissa-barroso@warwick.ac.uk.