Survey of Spanish Literature

4 credits · Undergraduate

This course will cover literary works in Spanish/romance from 10th c. jarchas to 17th century plays. Medieval and Early Modern Iberia was a place of fervent literary experimentation which has produced texts of high cultural, linguistic and literary value. The general aim of this class is for the students to develop a better understanding of the richness of Medieval and Early Modern Spanish literature and how said literary works both shaped and reflected the heterogeneous cultures that co-existed in Iberia for centuries.