This course explores how early modern Spanish and Portuguese literatures depict peoples and places perceived as foreign or other in relation to Spain and Portugal’s role as world powers in sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe. Places like Italy and England or social groups such as Spain's moriscos appear in Golden Age literature in complex, often surprising ways. We will analyze the historical and cultural processes that inform such representations and discuss how major works create meaning out of ethnic and cultural differences. Novels by Cervantes and María Zayas, plays by Calderón de la Barca, and poetry by Garcilaso and Camões will be discussed.

Units: 1

Max Enrollment: 10

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