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MRST 110 - Medieval and Renaissance Culture


FDR: Offered as 110A when HL; or as 110 when HU; depending on topic.
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter



An introduction to the interdisciplinary study of the Medieval and Renaissance periods through the study of a particular topic. Recent studies: The Crusades, Monasticism, Chivalry, Elizabethan England, the Birth of Italian Literature, Pilgrimage, and European Encounters with Islam.

Winter 2014 Topic:

MRST 110A: Dons & Dragons, and Disillusionment: Masterpieces of Early Modern Spanish Literature in Translation (3). Focus on the major literary figures and canonical works of 16th- and 17th-century Spain within the socio-literary context. Readings include the medieval romance (ballads); the picaresque novel, Don Quijote; selected short stories; and the Golden Age comedia (drama) by such authors as Cervantes, María de Zayas, Calderón and Tirso. Readings, analysis and discussion are augmented by lectures on relative Spanish and European social and artistic history including the three religions, the Church, the Inquisition, the Monarchy, the Code of Honour, and the heightening desengaño (disillusionment.) (HL) Campbell. Winter 2014





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