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SPAN224
Medieval and Golden Age Spanish Literature
SPAN224 SP
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times | POI | Prereq |
|---|
| 1 | 20 | 1 | Times: M.W.F.. 10:00AM-10:50AM; | No | No |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the Blue Add phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Tue Aug 10 05:00:21 EDT 1999
)
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; the first
picaresque novel and the first modern novel. Since these
works are privileged mediators of the major political,
religious, artistic, and gender 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 non-literary arts (notably
architecture and music), as also to Castille's relations
with other Peninsular and European cultures and Christian
Spain's with its Muslim and Jewish counter-parts.
MAJOR READINGS
POEMA DE MIO CID (selections)
Don Juan Manuel, EL CONDE LUCANOR (selections)
Juan Ruiz, LIBRO DE BUEN AMOR (selections)
Fernando de Rojas, LA CELESTINA (selections)
Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque verse (Jorge Manrique,
Garcilaso de la Vega, Quevedo, Gongora)
LAZARILLO DE TORMES (selections)
Saint Theresa, VIDA (selections)
Miguel de Cervantes, DON QUIJOTE (selections)
Lope de Vega, CASTIGO SIN VENGANZA
Tirso de Molina, EL BURLADOR DE SEVILLA
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Four short papers, (2pp.) two
longer papers (5pp., 6-8 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.
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: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA RLIT
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Armstrong Roche, M
- Times: M.W.F.. 10:00AM-10:50AM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 2, Fr: 2
- Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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