CERVANTES & RENAISSANCE COMPARATIVE LITERATURE (CL3029)

Introduces the Renaissance ideal through Petrarca and Cervantes. Examines: lyric origins of the love sonnet and sequence with influence across Europe; narrative, with relations of the novella collection to medieval antecedents and the birth of the novel; drama, in connection to classical and modern comedy and tragedy. Includes: Petrarch, Boccaccio, La Celestina, Machiavelli, picaresque novel, feminist poetry, and Golden Age drama.

Fulfills the Renaissance period requirement for the major in Comparative Literature. Original language option Spanish or Italian.

Code: 
CL3029
Name: 
CERVANTES & RENAISSANCE COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Discipline: 
CL (Comparative Literature)
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Credits: 
4
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None