SPAN 207 Cultural Perspectives on Spanish Literature I

Prerequisite: SPAN 203 or satisfactory performance on placement examination or permission of the department chair. An introductory course that examines texts by major Spanish writers from the Middle Ages to the Siglo de Oro. Illustrated lectures, films and selected documents of and on the period will provide the cultural background required to understand the issues found in the texts and will connect them to social, philosophical and aesthetic movements.