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Introduction
The Genesis of a Country: How did Spain Become a Nation? |
Vilar, pp. 7-22. |
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"En Busca de una Realidad No Fabulosa"
Américo Castro y la idea de España |
“El Yihad” Article
Américo Castro: Chapter
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Response journal due |
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La cultura islámica en España |
Castro. "Lascruzadas vistas por los árabes." pp. 28-67. |
Response journal due |
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Tres Castas: Judaism in Spain Romances Sefarditas |
Vilar, pp. 23-47. |
Short essay due |
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Introduce El Cid |
El Cid, pp. 3-46. |
Response journal due |
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The Need for a National Hero: El Cid |
El Cid, pp. 49-65. |
Response journal due |
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The Need for a National Hero: El Cid (cont.) |
El Cid, pp. 90-end. |
Short essay due |
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The Need for a National Hero: El Cid (cont.) |
First part of Lazarillo de Torme |
See Juana la Loca |
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The Struggle Against Conformity and Homogeneity
Lazarillo de Tormes |
Finish Lazarillo de Torme |
Response journal due |
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Lazarillo de Tormes (cont.)
How Catholic were the Catholic Kings? |
Tirso: Don Juan |
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Discuss: Don Juan and the Idea of Honor |
Finish Tirso: Don Juan |
Response journal due |
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Don Juan in Music, Theatre, etc
Discuss: The Emergence of a National Theatre |
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See: El Perro del Hortelano |
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Lope: El Perro del Hortelano |
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Work on group projects |
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Presentation of Group Projects |
Bécquer
Poems distributed in class |
Response journal due |
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Romantics and Liberals: Early 19th century Spain. Bécquer |
Misericordia |
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| 16 |
Misericordia: The Meanings of Love and Honor |
Misericordia |
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Misericordia: The Meanings of Love and Honor (cont.) |
Finish Misericordia |
Response journal due |
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Misericordia: The Meanings of Love and Honor (cont.) |
The avant-garde: poetry visual arts |
Short essay due |
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Lorca, Picasso, Miró |
Read: Ibanez Martin |
Response journal due |
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Ibáñez Martín Bienvenido Mr. Marshall |
Requiem for a Spanish Peasant |
Response journal due |
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Finish Requiem: The Franco Years |
El Dueño del Secreto |
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El dueño |
Finish El Dueño del Secreto |
Response journal due |
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El dueño (cont.) |
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Wrap-up Discussion |
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Final essay due |