Don Quixote I and II and the critical corpus. The Novelas Ejemplares, Entremeses and other works.

Selected poets and movements in Spanish America from the late nineteenth century to the present.

Study of particular aspects of colonial literary production: religious and secular historiography; humanist thought in the colonies, poetry, and society; literature and the Baroque city; political and scientific thought.

The Spanish-American essay as a literary genre and a vehicle of ideas. Reading in the works of the chief essayists of the Spanish-American nations.

The novel, the short story, and other prose genres in the early modern period.

May be repeated for up to nine credits with a change of topic.

Nineteenth century Spanish-American cultural production from Independence to the end of the nineteenth century. Emphasis on the interaction of literature and social thought, on the relations between literature and other forms of art, or on the role of artistic and intellectual practices in shaping the new nations.

Twentieth century Spanish-American cultural production. Emphasis on the interaction of artistic practices and social thought, or on the relations between literature, other forms of art, and social or political movements.

Spanish culture from the Enlightenment to the present. Emphasis on the interaction of art and social thought, on the relations between art and the media, or on the role of intellectual practices in shaping or challenging notions of gender, ethnic, and national identity.

Nineteenth century Spanish literature. Emphasis on the interaction of literature and social thought or the relations between literature and other forms of art.