SPAN224 - Medieval and Golden Age Spanish Literature and Civilization

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Academic Year 2002/2003

Medieval and Golden Age Spanish Literature and Civilization
SPAN 224 SP

Crosslistings:
COL 312

Close study of great literary texts up to 1700, including epic, parodic, and lyric verse; plays (among them the source of the Don Juan myth); autobiography; and the first picaresque novel. Since these works are privileged mediators of the major political, religious, gender, and artistic discourses of their respective moments, we will take into account features that mark the consolidation of Western Europe as we know it: the official use of the vernaculars, expanded codifications of law, the founding of universities, the printing press, the rise first of a feudal aristocracy and then of cities and nation-states, and the launching of a new global order through conquest and colonization. Attention will be paid to oral traditions and to the nonliterary arts, as also to Castille's relations with other Peninsular and European cultures and Christian Spain's with its Muslim and Jewish counterparts.

MAJOR READINGS

EL CID (selections)
Juan Ruiz, LIBRO DE BUEN AMOR (selections)
Fernando de Rojas, LA CELESTINA (selections)
Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque verse (Ballads, Jorge Manrique, Garcilaso de la Vega, Fray Luis, San Juan de la Cruz, Santa Teresa, Quevedo, and Gongora)
LAZARILLO DE TORMES
Miquel de Cervantes, EL LICENCIADO VIDRIERA
Calderon de la Barca, LA VIDA ES SUENO
Tirso de Molina, EL BURLADOR DE SEVILLA

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Four short papers (2-3 pp.), one longer final paper (5-7 pp.), one short oral presentation as preparation for the final paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Required of majors, but non majors welcome. SPAN224 is intended for students who have completed SPAN221 with the grade of B or better. Students who have not done so should consult with the professor before preregistrating. Readings, class discussion, and written work in Spanish only.

Only COL students may take this course CR/U.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA RLAN Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Armstrong Roche,Michael

Times: .M.W.F. 11:00AM-11:50AM; Location: RLAN106

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 20)

SR. major: 10 Jr. major: 2

SR. non-major: 4 Jr. non-major: 1 SO: 2 FR: 1

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing

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Last Updated on MAR-18-2003