SPAN 3420

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SPAN 3420
Melancholy in Early Modern Spanish Literature

Course information provided by the 2021-2022 Catalog.

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, melancholy flourished at the intersection of medicine, ethics, theology, politics and astrology as a privileged site to think about depression and inwardness, creativity and excess, body and mind, subject and society. We will read Spanish medical texts that discuss melancholy and literary masterpieces that through it explore free will and determination, subjectivity and honor, political power, gender violence, and the sources of creativity. Readings include plays by Calderón and Lope; prose fiction by Zayas and Cervantes; theoretical texts from Aristotle to Agamben, including Cicero, John Cassian, Petrarch, Ficino, Huarte, Freud, and Schiesari.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: SPAN 2095 or permission of instructor required.

Language Requirement Satisfies Option 1.

Distribution Category (LA-AS, ALC-AS)

When Offered Fall.

Breadth Requirement (HB)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19212 SPAN 3420   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisites: SPAN 2095 or permission of instructor required.