SPAN120B CM - Survey of Spanish Peninsular Literature

This course introduces students to the literature, history, and visual culture of contemporary Spain from the 18^th to the 21^st centuries. All readings will be in Spanish, although we’ll look at texts originally written in Spanish, Catalan, Galician, and Basque. We will study representative novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, and films by Galdós, Campoamor, Bécquer, Unamuno, Lorca, Machado, Laforet, Matute, Cercas, Martín Gaite, and others. We will pay particular attention to the Spanish Civil War and its lasting effects on Spanish culture today.

Prerequisite: SPAN 101 CM or higher

Offered: Every third year

Credit: 1

Course Number: SPAN120B CM