Studies Cervantes' minor works, The Exemplary Novels and Interludes. Deals with the Spanish Inquisition and censorship and themes such as madness, truth and lying, and appearance and reality. Conducted in English. The Vision of Women in 4 QH the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Examines the attainment of and the atonement for love and society's changing attitude toward women as reflected in the literature of the times. Covers selected fabliaux, short stories, poems, and plays from Boccaccio, Chaucer, Ruiz, Rojas, Machiavelli, Lope de Vega, Calderon, Quevedo, Racine, Middleton, as well as women writers.
Reference is made to historical and sociological materials.
Conducted in English. All required readings are in translation. The Don Juan Figure in Literature 4 QH Examines the emergence and development of the Don Juan figure in Western literature. Analyzes the character of Don Juan, beginning with his first appearance in the theater of seventeenth-century Spain, and following his development well into the twentieth century. Strives to develop an appreciation and understanding of the character of Don Juan through the centuries, and to analyze the similarities and the differences that may be seen in the character from one cultural milieu to another.