Spanish Majors Courses Offered - Interim 2010
Spanish 270 - Spain's Cultural and Linguistic Legacy (Abroad) ORC
Gwendolyn Barnes-Karol
In this course, we will explore the culture of Christians, Jews, and Muslims in Spain, their interactions, and their contributions to Spain's literary, cultural, and linguistic heritage from 711 A.D. (the date of the first Muslim invasion of the Iberian Peninsula) to the present. Analysis of selected historical, literary, and cultural texts will be supplemented by guest lectures, site visits to museums, cultural institutions, artistic monuments, and cultural observation and field research activities. Within this broad focus, we will highlight the following topics:
- Sefarad, Al-Andalus, and the Christian Kingdoms: medieval Iberia's "convivencia"of three cultures (711-1492)
- "True Believers" and "Infidels": Images of Christians, Jews, and Muslims in Cultural Texts and Artifacts
- 21st-Century Spain: The Religious Pluralism of Democratic Spain & Spain's Changing Demographics
All course materials will be in Spanish, and all course activities will be conducted in Spanish. Prerequisite: Spanish 250.
