IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF DON QUIJOTE

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1 Syllabus IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF DON QUIJOTE Last update HU Credits: 4 Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor) Responsible Department: Romance and Latin American Studies Department Academic year: 3 Semester: Yearly Teaching Languages: Spanish Campus: Mt. Scopus Course/Module Coordinator: Prof. Ruth Fine Coordinator ruth.fine@mail.huji.ac.il Coordinator Office Hours: Wednesday Teaching Staff: Prof Ruth Fine page 1 / 5

2 Course/Module description: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes impassioned readers from the moment of publication of its first part on We will discuss the main characteristics of Spanish Golden Age Literature (16th-17th Centuries), and the historical, social and cultural context that provided the basis for the creation of this famous literary masterpiece. We will refer to the way it both undermined in those days social norms of the Spanish society, and popular literary genres like the Chivalry books. Course/Module aims: The course aims to provide the students with a comprehensive knowledge of the work of Cervantes and the Spanish Golden Age literature. Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: Recognize and discuss the major features of the Spanish Golden Age literature, society and history. Discuss the themes and forms characterizing the oeuvre of Cervantes. Identify the broad outlines of the narrative works by Cervantes and discuss their innovative contribution. Discuss the shifting social and cultural conditions which this oeuvre both reflect and help to model. Apply a range of key critical literary concepts to the texts studied Write critical essay/s at an advanced undergraduate level on the material studied. Attendance requirements(%): 75% Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Seminar course: intensive reading and participation of the students in the class discussion. The student will write bibliographic assignments and two essays or a final seminar paper. Course/Module Content: Introduction to the Spanish Golden Age period The Novelas Ejemplares by Cervantes The Books of Chivalry. page 2 / 5

3 Amadםs de Gaula Don Quixote de la Mancha Required Reading: Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha La gitanilla La ilustre fregona La espaסola inglesa Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda. (Prףl. y cap. I, 1-3). [Garcirrodrםguez de Montalvo] Amadםs de Gaula, libro I: introducciףn y caps Additional Reading Material: Castillo, David, "Horror (Vacui): The Baroque Condition", in Nicholas Spadaccini and Luis M. Escudillo (eds.) Hispanic Baroques. Reading Cultures in Context. Nashville, Tennesse, Vanderbilt Univ. Press, pp Creel, Bryan L. (1988). Don Quijote, Symbol of a Culture in Crisis. Valencia: Albatros, capםtulos I y IV. Ife, B.W. (2002). The historical and social context, en Anthony Cascardi (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to Cervantes. Cambridge Univ. Press, pp Menocal, Marםa Rosa (2002). The Ornament of the World. New York: Back Bay Books, pp Clamurro, William (1987). Identity, Discourse, and Social Order in La ilustre fregona. Cervantes 7, El Saffar, Ruth S. (1974). Novel to Romance. A Study of Cervantess "Novelas Ejemplares. Baltimore: The John Hopkins Univ. Press. Hart, Thomas R. (1994). Cervantes Exemplary Fictions. Lexington. Univ. Press of Kentucky, cap. 2. Lewis-Smith, Paul (2010). "Realism, Idealism, and the Transformation of Romance in La ilustre fregona. Cervantes. Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America, XXX, 1, Presberg, Charles (1998). The Poetics of Desire, Power, and Reciprocity in Cervantes La gitanilla. Cervantes XVIII, 2, pp Rey Hazas, (1995). Novelas ejemplares, en Cervantes. Madrid: Centro de Estudios Cervantinos, pp Sears, Theresa Ann (2000). Sacrificial Lambs and Domestic Goddesses. Cervantes XX, 1, pp Vila, Juan Diego (1999). La madre sin nombre: violaciףn, clausura e ideologםa en La ilustre fregona, en Alicia Parodi y Juan Diego Vila (eds.) Estudios de literatura espaסola Siglo de Oro I. Para leer a Cervantes. Buenos Aires: Eudeba, pp Wiltrout, Ann E. (1981). Role Playing and Rites of Passage: La ilustre fregona and La gitanilla. Hispania 64, page 3 / 5

4 בAlcal Galבn, Mercedes (2009). "El libro como objeto en el Quijote", en El ingenioso hidalgo. Estudios en homenaje a Anthony Close. בAlcal de Henares: Centro de Estudios Cervantinos, pp Avalle Arce, J.B. (1973). "Don Quijote", en Suma Cervantina. Londres: Tamesis Books, pp Azar, Inיs (1998). Turns of Enchantment: Imagining the Real in Don Quixote. Cervantes XIII, 2, Barbagallo Antonio (1995). Sancho no es, se hace. Cervantes 15, Boruchoff, David A. (2002) On the Place of Madness, Deviance, and Eccentricity in Don Quijote. Hispanic Review 70, 1, Barbagallo Antonio (1995). Sancho no es, se hace. Cervantes 15, Brookes, Kristen G. (1992). Readers, Authors, and Characters in Don Quijote. Cervantes 12, Casalduero, Joaquםn (1966) Sentido y forma del Quijote. Madrid: Insula, pp Cascardi, Anthony J. (2002). Don Quixote and the Invention of the Novel, in Anthony J. Cascardi (ed. and introd.), The Cambridge Companion to Cervantes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp El Saffar, Ruth (1975) Distance and Control in "Don Quixote": A Study in Narrative Technique. N.C.: Chapel Hill, cap. IV. Fine, Ruth (2006) Una lectura semiףtico-narratolףgica del Quijote en el contexto del Siglo de Oro espaסol. Frankfurt am Main: Iberoamericana-Vervuert, pp (2005). Nuevas incursiones en el comportamiento temporal del Quijote. Voz y Letra XVI, 1 y 2, pp Fine, Ruth (2009). Hacia una poיtica del personaje cervantino. Reflexiones sobre la construcciףn del personaje en el Quijote. B. Mariscal (ed.), Actas del XV Congreso de la Asociaciףn Internacional de Hispanistas. Mיxico: Fondo de Cultura Econףmica, Vol. II, 2007, pp Hatzfeld, Helmut (1966). El Quijote como obra de arte del lenguaje. Madrid: CSIC, cap. V. Immerwahr, Raymond (1958). "Structural Simetry in the Episodic Narratives of Don Quijote", Comparative Literature X, Madariaga, Salvador de (1978). Guםa del lector del Quijote. Buenos Aires: Espasa Calpe, pp (Hay ediciףn en inglיs). Predmore, Richard (1958). El mundo de don Quijote. Madrid: Insula, caps. II y IV. Riley, Edward ( ). "Episodio, novela y aventura en Don Quijote", Anales cervantinos V, Spitzer, L. (1974). "Perspectivismo lingםstico en el Quijote", en Lingםstica e historia literaria. Madrid: Gredos. Vila, Juan Diego (2008). "Antonia y el ama, las mujeres de Alonso Quijano", en Peregrinar hacia la dama. El erotismo como programa narrativo en el Quijote. Kassel: Ediciones Reichenberger, pp Course/Module evaluation: End of year written/oral examination 50 % page 4 / 5

5 Powered by TCPDF ( Presentation 0 % Participation in Tutorials 0 % Project work 0 % Assignments 40 % Reports 10 % Research project 0 % Quizzes 0 % Other 0 % Additional information: The detailed readings appear in the complete syllabus. page 5 / 5