Love and War in Medieval and Contemporary Spanish Fiction

Examines presentations of Medieval Iberian culture in literature and film. This subject interrogates the persistent popularity of medieval themes and stories in contemporary film and fiction. It will consider some medieval narratives, such as El Cid , medieval chronicles and ballads, and La Celestina , which inspire a tradition of revisionist re-writing, as well as modern "inventions" of the medieval in a range of cultural forms. Prerequisite: HISP 0600 or placement: SAT II scores of over 750, 5 in AP Literature or 551 and over in the Brown Placement Exam.