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Semester 2
The Quest for Identity in Medieval Spain (Ordinary) (ELCH09001)
Subject
European Languages and Cultures - Hispanic Studies
College
CAHSS
Credits
20
Normal Year Taken
3
Delivery Session Year
2023/2024
Pre-requisites
Course Summary
From a comparative perspective, this course will examine the construction of national, gender and class identities in the cultures of medieval Spain. The course will be taught in English and all texts will also be available in English translation.
Course Description
The objective of this option course is to deepen the knowledge of the Middle Ages in general and of different vernacular cultures of Spain (understood in the medieval sense of the Iberian Peninsula) in particular. Through the analysis of epic, romance, lyric and tragicomedy, we will trace the emergence and transformation of national, gender and class identities and the exchanges between Castilian, Catalan, Galician-Portuguese and Occitan cultures. The growing interdisciplinary field of medieval studies has led to literature being approached from broader cultural and intellectual perspectives. Such perspectives will allow us to examine both the inescapable tensions between social norms and subversion, and the ever-present interaction between the political and the aesthetic.
Assessment Information
Written Exam 0%, Coursework 100%, Practical Exam 0%
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