HISP 440 - Music, Orality, and Literature in Hispanic Traditions

First Semester. The long-standing relationship between verbal art and music will be explored through examples taken from so-called high art, popular traditions, and folklore. Among the topics addressed are: how certain musical paradigms shaped literary aesthetics, the phenomenon of improvisation in music and verbal art, the conventions of Romanticism and the dissonance of Modernity in literature and music, the relationship between popular song and poetry, tradition and innovation in oraliture, practices of performance in literature and music. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Ms. Cara

Credits: 3