SPAN-319 Don Quijote in English

Faculty:

Mujica, Barbara

Overview
This course, designed for undergraduates, will guide students through the complete Spanish text of Don Quijote de la Mancha. We will analyze this early modern Spanish masterpiece from diverse perspectives—literary, cultural, historical, philosophical, and spiritual. We will examine the text not only with regard to content, but also in terms of style, purpose, audience, tone and voice.

This course counts toward the Spanish major and minor and meets the Humanities requirement.

Course objectives
1. Students will become thoroughly conversant with the main themes in Don Quijote and with Cervantes’ techniques.

2. Students will achieve an understanding of the social, political, religious, and philosophical currents at play in seventeenth-century Spain and with Spain’s role in early modern Europe.

3. Students will become familiar with current trends in Cervantes criticism.

4. Students will be able to draw parallels between Cervantes’s world and their own.

5. Students will improve their writing skills.

Assessment
Choosing themes suggested by the readings, students will write three short papers and one longer paper during the semester. They will receive grades for their written work and for class participation.

Required reading
Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quijote de la Mancha, Trans. Edith Grossman.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: None

SPAN-319-01 Don Quijote de la Mancha

Faculty:

Mujica, Barbara

This course, designed for undergraduates, will guide students through the complete Spanish text of Don Quijote de la Mancha. We will analyze this early modern Spanish masterpiece from diverse perspectives—literary, cultural, historical, philosophical, and spiritual. We will examine the text not only with regard to content, but also in terms of style, purpose, audience, tone and voice. Choosing themes suggested by the readings, students will write three compositions and give one oral report during the semester. Class participation is required. Required reading: Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quijote de la Mancha, Vols. I and II. Ed. John Jay Allen. Madrid: Cátedra, 2000.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: None

Other academic years
There is information about this course number in other academic years:

• 2005-2006 Fall and Spring
• 2009-2010 Fall and Spring
• 2010-2011 Fall and Spring
• 2011-2012 Fall and Spring
• 2012-2013 Fall and Spring

More information
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