Fall 2017  |  SPAN 5170 Section 001: The Literature of the Spanish Empire and Its Decline (34856)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Thu 02:30PM - 05:30PM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 317
Course Catalog Description:
Major Renaissance/Baroque works of Spanish Golden Age (16th-17th-century poetry, nonfiction prose, novel, drama) examined against historical background of internal economic decline, national crisis, ideological apparatus developed by modern state. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
Class Description:
This course is conducted in Spanish and is directed to graduate students and exceptional undergraduates who may register with permission of the instructor. The focus is on the literature and culture of the Spanish 16th and 17th centuries, of the Renaissance and Baroque periods respectively. Texts chosen for analysis include romances of chivalry, pastoral romances, chronicles of conquest, picaresque narratives, Cervantes' _Exemplary Novelles_, a variety of poems illustrative of several poetic movements, plays composed under the aegis of the so-called arte nuevo, sacramental plays, dreams, emblems and aphorisms. General topics of discussion include: "Novel and Experience--The Knight Errant, The Shepherd, and The Picaro"; "Renaissance Humanism and Poverty"; "Letters and Empire"; "The Culture of Crisis of Baroque Spain"; and "Baroque Subjectivity".
Grading:
50% Final Exam
25% In-class Presentations
25% Class Participation
Exam Format:
Essay
Class Format:
50% Lecture
50% Discussion
Workload:
200 Pages Reading Per Week
30-40 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
Other Workload: Extensive take-home exam
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34856/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
19 December 2013

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