<p>Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 25 or 27, and 119. Exploration of medieval Iberian literatures: lyric poetry, prose, and history of peninsula, with emphasis on its literary and linguistic diversity. Possible topics include <cite>Convivencia</cite> (peaceful coexistence), Europe and Orient, beginnings of Inquisition, oral versus written traditions, origins of Hispano-Christian expansion beyond peninsula, and flowering of Al-Andalus. May be repeated for credit with topic change. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Spanish

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College of Letters and Science

The department is dedicated to the study and teaching of the languages, literatures, and cultures of the Hispanic heritage.

General Catalog

Topics in Medieval Studies

SPAN 130

4 units