Professor Catherine Larson
email: larson@indiana.edu

S535	Spanish Baroque Literature

MW 9:30am – 10:45am/section #4558/3 cr./Sycamore Hall 212

Texts:

Drama: Cervantes, "El retablo de las maravillas"
	Lope de Vega, Fuenteovejuna, La dama boba
	Ruiz de Alarcón, La verdad sospechosa
	Tirso de Molina, El burlador de Sevilla
	Calderón de la Barca, La vida es sueño, El médico de su
honra, El gran teatro del mundo
	María de Zayas, La traición en la amistad
Poetry: Lope, Góngora (including the Polifemo), Quevedo
Prose: Quevedo, La vida del Buscón
	Cervantes, Rinconete y Cortadillo, La fuerza de la sangre
	Zayas, La inocencia castigada
Plus: Critical material photocopied and/or on reserve

Objectives: This course is designed to explore the major texts of
seventeenth-century Spanish literature (with, of course, the notable
exception of Don Quixote). We will begin with an introduction to the
Baroque era and to the standard bibliography needed by any student
of the Golden Age. We will focus on historical and contemporary
attempts to define the Baroque, forging in the process our own
working definition of the era while reading both canonical and non-
canonical texts.

Requirements: There will be one exam and two relatively short papers
(the first, 5-8 pages; the second, 8-12 pages). Students will be
asked to give short presentations on key critical articles or
concepts. Finally, active class participation and preparation are
important components of the course.

Note: If you have not yet read the Quijote, it would be a good idea
to do so before the semester begins, because it is so necessary to
our understanding of the Spanish Baroque.

Grading Criteria and Evaluation:

Exam                        20%
Papers (15%, 25%)           40%
Class participation         20%
Oral Presentation(s)        20%