Topics in Early Modern Literatures and Cultures (410-0-1)

Topic

Poetry and Poetics in the New World

Instructors

Caroline Rose Egan

Meeting Info

Kresge 3535 Span & Port Sem Rm: Wed 2:00PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

Poetry and Poetics in the New World

This class examines the development of poetic cultures in early colonial Latin America. We will discuss the burgeoning of transatlantic Renaissance and Baroque lyric conventions, the interweaving of Indigenous and Iberian poetic codes in the process of New World evangelization, and the recasting of classical and medieval sources in the context of criollo societies. Required course readings will be in Spanish and English, with some optional readings in Portuguese. The class will be taught in English.

Class Materials (Required)

Balbuena, Bernardo de. Grandeza mexicana. Ed. Asima F.X. Saad Maura (Cátedra, 2011). ISBN-13: 978-8437628585

Ercilla, Alonso de. La Araucana. Ed. Isaías Lerner (Cátedra, 2011). ISBN-13: 978-8437611518

Class Materials (Suggested)

Adorno, Rolena, Colonial Latin American Literature: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2011). ISBN-13: 978-0199755028

Quilis, Antonio. Métrica española. Edición corregida y aumentada (Ariel, 1984). ISBN-13: 978-8434483088

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Please contact the department of Spanish & Portuguese to request a permission number, spanish-portuguese@northwestern.edu.