COURSE SYLLABUS: Spanish Literature: from Renaissance to the Golden Age of Cervantes

Location: Granada, Spain

Partner Institution: University of Granada

Course Title (English): Spanish Literature: from Renaissance to the Golden Age of Cervantes

Course Title (Spanish): Literatura española del renacimiento al Siglo de Oro de Cervantes

Sessions Offered: Fall Semester, Spring Semester

Instructional in: Spanish

Classroom Contact Hours: 45 contact hours

College Credit (Semester Credit Hours): 3 credit hours

College Credit (Quarter Units): 4 quarter units

Pre-requisites: Advanced Spanish Level

Local Department: Hispanic Studies (CEH)

Course Code: CEH 371

Course Description

The period that this subject covers is one of the fundamental, not only to understand Spanish literature, but also the culture and history of Spain. Therefore the objectives of this subject are, above all, to introduce students to a text that is not generally known and, in turn, provide the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of the language, to put the student in touch with the great masters of Spanish literature.

Program Schedule

• The so-called "Spanish Golden Age"
• Introduction to the Renaissance
• Renaissance poetry in Spain. Garcilaso de la Vega
• Renaissance prose. the novels
• Lazarillo de Tormes
• Asceticism and Mysticism
• Introduction to the Baroque
• Cervantes. Life and work. El Quijote
• The baroque theatre
• Lope de Vega and Calderon de la Barca
• Baroque poetry: culture and conceps
• The baroque prose: Quevedo

Course Evaluation

The final mark will be based on the sum of the following:

1. Brief summary of each of the subjects in the programme with a reading of the corresponding texts 55%
2. Project on a book on the syllabus 15%
3. Two exams 30%

Bibliography (Text and Materials)

Reference texts:

• Alborg, J.L., Historia de la literatura española. Madrid. Gredos. 1970.
• Rico, F., Historia y crítica de la literatura española. Barcelona. Crítica. 1980.
• Gay, J., Introducción a la historia de España. Granada. 1986.

Literary texts:

• Se señalarán al inicio de cada periodo.

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