Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Prerequisite: HISP-S 324 or HISP-S 328 or Consent of Department.

This course studies representative Spanish texts from the Middle Ages to the Golden Age (XIII-XVII centuries). We will read and discuss early poetry, theater and prose, observing how classic characters, such as the knight, the go-between, and the rogue; and overarching themes like love and war, tolerance and intolerance, are developed and reinterpreted in changing cultural and historical contexts. This course focuses on iconic historical figures and/or literary characters who continue to resonate in the 20th- and 21st-century cultural imagination. Drawing upon primary texts from the Middle Ages through the Seventeenth Century, the course investigates these cultural icons and considers what they mean in modern times.  Regular class discussion and assignments will be in Spanish, with weekly short lectures.

HISP-S 407    #12218       3:55P-5:10P        TR     BH 133     Prof. Ryan Giles

Note: Above class meets with HISP-498 #12228

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