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HISP 309 - Survey of Spanish Literature I: Humor and Horror


Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 3 Hours
Attribute: 3 HU, CD

This course is a survey of some of the most representative works that have shaped the canon of Early Modern Literature in Spanish. Special attention will be paid to Humor and Horror as two topics that are part of Hispanic literature from its origins. Drama plays, novels and short stories to be read include Lazarillo de Tormes, La Celestina, Cervantes and Zayas´ Exemplary Novels, and Noches Lúgubres. The frame of the course will be established through different theoretical approaches to humor and laughter, and a study in-depth study of horror - a generic term that will include fantasy, witchcraft, necrophilia, etc. Offered every year. Enrollment Limit: 20.
Instructor: V. Perez de Leon


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