19th-Century Spanish Literature

3 units

This course will examine women's writings, from the late nineteenth century to the present, in the context of the rise of the feminist movement in Spain. Both fictional and non-fictional narratives will be considered. Authors to be studied include nineteenth-century proto-feminists such as Emilia Pardo Bazßn and Concepci=n Arenal, Margarita Nelken and other female activists of the Republican period, and, finally, feminist writers of the post-Franco era, such as Lidia Falc=n and Montserrat Roig. Special focus will be given to issues of agency and rhetorical positioning in these women's discourses as they relate to the concrete political context in which they are writing.