CERVANTES

SPANISH 224

An introduction to reading and analyzing literary works, with special emphasis on development of oral and written skills for the discussion of literature. Concentration on methods of analyzing basic literary forms, conventions, genres, and representative short texts in Spanish.

SPANISH 852

Studies in the emergence of the modern novel with the invention of short and long novel forms as well as the development of intellectual and scientific works, including literature about other parts of the world, picaresque novels, courtly novels, pastoral novels, Moorish novels, autobiographies, travel narratives, mystic writings, humanistic dialogues, histories, geographies, and treatises on a wide array of topics.

SPANISH 322

Selected readings, discussions, and literary history of Spain and Spanish America through 1700.

SPANISH 324

Readings, discussions, literary history. Eighteenth century to present.

SPANISH 851

In-depth reading of Cervantes' masterpiece, including a thorough study of its historical context and its place in the history of fiction.