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Introduction to Medieval and Golden Age Spanish Literature
SPAN224 SP
Crosslistings: COL312
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 SEVILL
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.
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:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Armstrong Roche,Michael
- Times: .M.W.F. 11:00AM-11:50AM; Location: FISK413
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 20)
- SR. major: Jr. major:
- SR. non-major: 20 Jr. non-major: SO: FR:
Special Attributes:
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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