SPAN 4310

Tales of Love and Violence

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2016-2017 Catalog.

The novella,a short fiction whose name alludes to both "novelty" and "news," attained such perfection in the hands of Cervantes that he was called by one of his contemporaries "the Spanish Boccaccio."  Despite the title of his collection, Novelas ejemplares, these narratives are not exemplary: their scenes of rape, seduction, adultery, and witchcraft not only challenged social structures and reigning ideologies, but also constituted daring literary experiments which question the status of fiction.  This course will trace the development of the novella in 16th- and 17th - century Spain, studying a range of short fictions by Miguel de Cervantes, María de Zayas, and other authors.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisites: SPAN 2095 and one (1) of the following courses: SPAN 2140, SPAN 2150, SPAN 2170 

Language Requirement Satisfies Option 1.

Distribution Category (HA-AS)

When Offered Fall.

Breadth Requirement (HB)

Comments This is the senior seminar for Spanish majors. Conducted in Spanish.

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