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SPAN236
Cervantes
SPAN236 SP
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times | POI | Prereq |
|---|
| 1 | 20 | 9 | Times: .T.T... 10:00AM-11:20AM; | 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
)
Cervantes is known chiefly for DON QUIJOTE, often described
as the first modern novel and fountainhead of one of the
great myths. In fact, besides the chivalric novel he
reimagined virtually every fashionable genre of his time:
verse, theater, novella, the pastoral and the byzantine
novels. Cervantes's art remains fresh and unsettling,
distinguished as it is by its revaluation of humor,
invention, make-believe, and play; seriousness in his
textual world is not to be confused with solemnity, the
typical ploy of political, religious, and intellectual
orthodoxies then as now. Characteristic themes: social
"reality" as artifact or fiction, the counterintuitive or
paradoxical character of truths, the irreducible diversity
of taste and perception, the need for consent in politics
and love, identity (including gender) as heroic quest. We
will read, discuss, and write about the entire range of his
work, along with a sampling of narrative, critical, and
philosophical responses it has inspired.
MAJOR READINGS
Selected verse.
Plays: EL RETABLO DE LAS MARAVILLAS, EL JUEZ DE LOS
DIVORCIOS, LA NUMANCIA
Short fiction: NOVELA DEL CASAMIENTO ENGANOSO, COLOQUIO DE
LOS PERROS
Selections from the novels: LA GALATEA, DON QUIJOTE, and LOS
TRABAJOS DE PERSILES Y SIGISMUNDA
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Four short papers (2pp.), two
longer papers (5pp.,6-8pp.), one short oral presentation as
preparation for the final paper.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
SPAN236 is
intended for students who have completed SPAN224. Students
who have not done so should consult with the professor
before preregistering.
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: .T.T... 10:00AM-11:20AM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 2, Fr: 3
- Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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