Literature in Spain since 1700 (251-0-3)

Instructors

Jeffrey Kwesi Coleman

Meeting Info

Kresge Centennial Hall 2-435: Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:20PM

Overview of class

This survey course will offer a panorama of Spanish Literature of the 18th — 21st Centuries through prose, theatre and poetry to show the evolution of Spain and its drastic changes in political, social and cultural terms, identifying key literary movements (neoclassicism, Romanticism, realism, modernism, and others), and exploring key literary genres and authors. The course will explore these changes through the works of authors like José Zorrilla, Mariano José Larra, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Emilia Pardo Bazan, Carolina Coronado, Santiago Rusiñol, Carme Riera, Najat El Hachmi, among others. Prerequisite (may be taken concurrently): SPANISH 204-0.

Registration Requirements

Prerequisite (may be taken concurrently): SPANISH 204-0.

Learning Objectives

This course is in the Foundational Discipline-Literature and Arts category. As such, throughout this course, students will:
1. Learn theliterary genresand styles in Spain from the 18thcentury tothe present through the study of literary theory and close reading practices.
2. Gain awareness of the social, political, and culturalfactors influencing, and being influenced by, literaryexpression, the relations between the writer, the state,and the public, and the potentialsof literatureto challenge or affirm social and cultural norms.
3. Explore how literature revealscultural differences and continuities, serving as both an instrument of power and an instrument of emancipation.
4. Learn how to question traditional taxonomies and the construction of literary canons and counter-canons.
5. Produce persuasive interpretations of literary texts throughclass participation and writing assignments.
6. Improve their writing skills.
7. Improve their spoken Spanish

Class Materials (Required)

All required materials will be available on Canvas.

Class Attributes

Literature & Fine Arts Distro Area