U Oregon Dept.

Romance Languages
Spanish 316: Survey of Peninsular Lit to 1800
Fall 2010
Instructor: Prof. David Wacks (wacks@uoregon.edu) 541-346-4029
Office Hours:
Lecture: TR 10:00-11:20 Gerlinger 248 (CRN 16532)
GTF Discussion Section Leader: Paulo Henríquez (pauloh@uoregon.edu) 541-346-4054
Discussion section 1: F 10:00, 473 McKenzie
Discussion section 2: F 11:00, 473 McKenzie
Discussion section 3: F 1:00, 123 McKenzie

Description:
This course provides a broad overview of the literature of the Iberian Peninsula, especially Castile, from the 11th to
the 17th centuries. We will focus on the intersection of Christian, Muslim and Jewish cultures.
Each week we will begin by discussing the two readings and the crítica assignment for the week. At the beginning of
each lecture we write a short comentario (ten minute ungraded writing exercise in Spanish) on a theme related to the
reading and that is connected to the crítica. During a short presentación de texto we will further discuss terminología
that must be put into practice in writing the crítica and that will be tested on the final exam. At the lecture’s end,
students will turn in comentarios for attendance and participation credit.
During discussion section, students will be responsible to explaining their crítica to their peers and for explaining
partners’ crítica to the rest of the class. Discussion section leaders will conduct activities designed to reinforce
content presented in lectures and readings, and to improve critical thinking and writing skills.
Texts: A course packet is available for sale at The Copy Shop that contains all readings.
Spanish Dictionary: http://buscon.rae.es/diccionario/drae.htm
This is the dictionary of the Real Academia Española de la Lengua (Dicc. RAE). It contains many definitions for
words found in the readings, especially usages from the medieval and early modern periods (1200-1700) that do not
appear in most student dictionaries.

Requirements:

35% Final Exam (in class): See guide in course packet for details. You must take the final exam with the rest of
the class – no exceptions will be made for travel plans.
30% Crítica (7): Weekly writing assignment. See guide in course packet. Lowest grade dropped.
20% Lecture attendance and participation: There are 17 lectures. The in-class Comentarios will be collected
at the end of each lecture to register attendance and participation. Students are allowed to miss 3 lectures
(for any reason), after which they lose 5 points per lecture missed up to a total of 15 points.
15% Discussion section attendance: Students are allowed to miss 2 sections (for any reason), after which
they will lose 5 points per section missed up to a total of 15 points.

Grading Rubric:

100-98 97-93 92-90 89-87 86-83 82-80 79-77 76-73 72-70 69-67 66-63 62-60 59-
A+ A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- F
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Syllabus:

T 28 Sep Objetivos y panorama del curso, begin watching Cities of Light (película)

R 30 Sep Cities of Light

T 05 Oct Finish Cities of Light, Goytisolo, “El legado andalusí”; Crítica 1

R 07 Oct Jarchas

T 12 Oct Poetas hebreos de al-Andalus; Crítica 2

R 14 Oct "El feudalismo"; Juan Manuel, Conde Lucanor, no. 35

T 19 Oct “El prisionero”; Crítica 3; Week 4 survey

R 21 Oct “Las novelas de caballerías”; Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, Amadis de Gaula (selección)

T 02 Nov Película: Lazarillo de Tormes

R 04 Nov Lazarillo de Tormes, tratado 1 (El ciego); Crítica 4

T 09 Nov Lazarillo de Tormes, tratado 2 (El sacerdote)

R 11 Nov Lazarillo de Tormes, tratado 3 (El escudero); Crítica 5

T 16 Nov Garcilaso de la Vega

R 18 Nov Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quijote (cap. 1-2) ; Crítica 6

T 23 Nov Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quijote (cap. 2-4)

R 25 Nov Thanksgiving Day – No classes

T 30 Nov Barletta, "The Moriscos"; Doncella Arcayona; Crítica 7

R 02 Dec Repaso examen final

F 03 Dec Discussion sections do not meet: Paulo holds extended office hours for individual consults
11:00-3:00 pm

W 08 Dec Examen Final 8:00-10:00 en Gerlinger 248. Bring blue books.