Golden Age Spanish Literature
Poetry
Read selections (Use Elias Rivers', "PoesÃa LÃrica del Siglo de Oro" or a similar anthology)Ìýfrom the following authors:
Garcilaso de la Vega (Égloga primera and selected sonnets)
Lope de Vega
Fray Luis de León
San Juan de la Cruz (Cántico espiritual and La noche oscura)
Francisco de Quevedo (sonnets and letrillas)
Read Luis de Góngora’s Soledades (John Beverley’s edition recommended) and either Polifemo y Galatea or selected sonnets and letrillas
Prose
Read selections from the following authors:
Santa Teresa de Jesús—Libro de su vida
Mateo Alemán—Guzmán de AlfaracheÌý
Alfonso de Valdés—Diálogo de las cosas ocurridas en Roma
Antonio de Guevara—Menosprecio de corte y Alabanza de Aldea.
Francisco Delicado—La lozana andaluza
Read the following books (entirely unless otherwise indicated):
Garci RodrÃguez de Montalvo—AmadÃs de Gaula (read Book I entirely, and selections from Books II, III, and IV. The edition by Porrúa has just that material)
´¡²Ôó²Ô¾±³¾´Ç—Lazarillo de TormesÌý
´¡²Ôó²Ô¾±³¾´Ç—El Abencerraje. It is recommended to be read as part of Montemayor’s Diana, at the end of ¶Ù¾±²¹²Ô²¹â€™s Book IV
Jorge de Montemayor—Los siete libros de la Diana
Miguel de CervantesÌýÌý —Don Quijote
—Novelas ejemplaresÌý
Francisco de Quevedo —El buscón
MarÃa de Zayas—Desengaños amorosos
Baltasar Gracián—Oráculo manual
Ìý —selections from El Criticón
Drama
Read Lope de Vega’s Arte nuevo de hacer comedias
Read the following plays:
Miguel de CervantesÌýÌý —El Retablo de las maravillas
—El Viejo celoso
Lope de VegaÌý —El caballero de Olmedo
—Fuenteovejuna
—La dama boba
Tirso de Molina—El burlador de Sevilla
Calderón de la BarcaÌýÌý —La vida es sueño
—El médico de su honra or El alcalde de Zalamea
—El gran teatro del mundo
Secondary texts
Bandera, Cesáreo. MÃmesis conflictiva
Castillo, David, and W. Egginton. Medialogies
Certeau, Michel de. La fábula mÃstica
El Saffar, Ruth. Beyond Fiction
Egginton, William. How the World became a Stage
Gerli, Michael. Refiguring Authority
Irigoyen GarcÃa, Javier. The Spanish Arcadia
Kristeva, Julia. Revolution in Poetic Language
Maravall, José Antonio. La cultura del Barroco
RodrÃguez, Juan Carlos. La literatura del pobre
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