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Spring 2007 Course Description Spring 2013 Course Description, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Course Number: SPN 350 [46845]; CROSS-LISTED w LAS 370S [40450] Course Title: STUDIES IN HISPANIC LIFE & CULTURE TOPIC: “Hispanic Chivalry: Knights, Bandits, Gentlemen, Superheroes” Instructor Name: HARNEY, Michael Instructor Title: ASSOC PROF PLACE/TIME: TTH 11:00-12:30 MEZ 2.202 Office: BEN 3.148 / Hrs: Tu-Th 12:30-2 / Ph: 471-4936 Description: A course that studies how chivalry begins with mounted warriors in feudal and crusading warfare. How, with the end of the crusading and Reconquest eras, knights become either the goons and enforcers of robber barons, or heroes and protectors of the people. How, at the same time, chivalry becomes a social metaphor for gallant masculinity, the core concept of what it means to be a gentleman. All these earlier phases and manifestations of knighthood, filtered through the enduring influence of Don Quijote, the dreamer of impossible dreams, lead to a latter-day chivalric revival in the Romantic and Victorian eras. This culminates, in the earlier twentieth century, in the figure of the superhero. Throughout this period, the influence of Spanish chivalry on the chivalric traditions of other countries, such as England and France, is preponderant. Finally, a literary and cultural chivalric revival occurs in England and France, leading, in post-imperial Spain, to an extensive Spanish reception of neo-chivalric literature from extra-Peninsular sources. Texts: ELECTRONIC READER of selected passages, including passages from The Epic of the Cid; the chronicle of the crusades known as The Great Overseas Conquest; the chivalric romances The Book of the Knight Zifar and Amadís of Gaul; the sentimental romance The Prison of Love; various medieval and early modern treatises on the theory and practice of chivalry; passages from Don Quijote; selections from eighteenth- and nineteenth-century essays on chivalry; passages from various Spanish-language translations of Sir Walter Scott, including Ivanhoe and The Talisman (a narrative of the crusades); passages from Spanish-language translations of the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator of John Carter and Tarzan, imitated by all subsequent super-heroic narrators in all media). All original works are in the public domain, available at Gutenberg.net and/or GOOGLE BOOKS. ACADEMIC / LEARNING GOALS: Students will improve their ability to: read, comprehend, analyze, and discuss literary texts in Spanish; write Spanish prose while recognizing, defining, & employing rhetorical, literary, and historical terms; construct and defend a thesis in an extended written format using correct Spanish; acquire practice in oral discussion and presentation in Spanish. Goals to be assessed through the evaluation/editorial comments on quizzes, exams, essays, and in-class performance. GRADING: TESTS. 2 QUIZZES (10%); 1 MID-TERM with take-home essay component (20%; REQUIRES BLUE BOOKS for IN-CLASS PORTION); one TAKE-HOME FINAL EXAM with essay component (25%). MT, FINAL & QUIZZES are open-book essay exams, & include ID's, terminological definitions, and brief essays. EXAM DATES: MID-TERM, THU 7 MARCH; FINAL EXAM, FRI 10 MAY by 12 NOON. PAPERS. 1 3-PAGE PROSPECTUS (5%); 1 8-PAGE FINAL PAPER (25%). FINAL PAPER DUE: THU 9 MAY. Note 1: The prospectus develops the concept, central hypothesis, bibliography, and analytical structure of the final research project. Note 2: "Excellent" (i.e., A-quality) writing means 3 things: a. error-free Spanish; b. correct style and diction; c. an expository essay that defends a thesis (i.e., that proves a point). Mere book reports do not constitute excellent writing. This applies to exam essays as well as papers. Note 3: For purposes of this class, 1 PAGE = 250 words. ORAL PRESENTATION (5-10 min.): 10% ATTENDANCE /PARTICIPATION: 5%. Students are expected to participate actively in class discussions. Attendance is taken each class day at the end of the first 15 minutes of class. Three unexcused absences are allowed. Each additional unexcused absence will result in a 1% deduction from the final course grade average, up to 5%. SPN 350 [46845] CROSS-LISTED w LAS 370S [40450] / SYLLABUS 1 DISABILITY ACCOMODATIONS: Any student with a documented disability who requires academic accommodations should contact Services for Students with Disabilities at 471-6259 (voice) or 1-866-329-3986 (Video Phone) as soon as possible to request an official letter outlining authorized accommodations. PREREQUISITES: Vary with the topic and are given in the Course Schedule. CALENDAR / TOPICAL OVERVIEW TU 15 JAN FIRST CLASS DAY; INTRO to COURSE TH 17 JAN the ancient polity; “chivalric orders” (1-2; page numbers refer to class reader throughout) TU 22 JAN Feudalism, vassalage, hidalgos, medieval estates (3-7) TH 24 JAN Review of chivalric & feudal concepts; QUIZ 1 TU 29 JAN Vegetius on cavalary and mounted warfare (8-9) TH 31 JAN Cantar de Mio Cid (10); discussion of epic, crusading warfare TU 5 FEB Alfonso el Sabio, Siete Partidas, Titles 1, 10 (11-13); on political authority TH 7 FEB Alfonso el Sabio, Siete Partidas, Title 21 (13-15); on knighthood & chivalry TU 12 FEB Gran conquista de ultramar; Don Juan Manuel (16-20); on chivalry and knightly orders TH 14 FEB Libro del caballero Zifar (21-22): the knight as ideal ruler TU 19 FEB García de Castrogeriz, Diez de Games, & Carcel de amor (23-24); mirrors of princes; knightly life styles; correlation of courtly love & chivalry TH 21 FEB Amadís de Gaula (25-27); knight-errantry & the beginnings of super-heroism TU 26 FEB Lazarillo de Tormes (28-29); decadent chivalry & the picaresque TH 28 FEB Don Quijote, Part I, ch. 1 (30-33); chivalry & the social order; chivalric romances TU 5 MAR REVIEW of terms & concepts TH 7 MAR MID-TERM EXAM (BLUE BOOKS REQUIRED) 11-16 MARCH SPRING BREAK (MON–SAT) TU 19 MAR Don Quijote, chapters 4, 8 (34-39); chivalric do-gooding; delusional chivalry TH 21 MAR Don Quijote, chapter 11 (40-41); chivalry & the pastoral; MID-TERM ESSAYS DUE TU 26 MAR Don Quijote, chapter 14 (42-44); chivalry & feminism; the drama of consent TH 28 MAR Don Quijote, chapter 21 (45-47); the plot of chivalric romances TU 2 APR Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye (48); Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe & The Talisman (49-52); the birth of neo-chivalry TU 4 APR Frederick Bouterwek & William Hickling Prescott (53); neo-chivalry & early modern geopolitics TU 9 APR Mark Twain (54-55); parodic chivalry and satire; 3-PAGE PROSPECTUS DUE TH 11 APR Conan Doyle, 1st passage (56-57); Edwardian notions of chivalry; chivalry & adventure fiction SPN 350 [46845] CROSS-LISTED w LAS 370S [40450] / SYLLABUS 2 TU 16 APR Conan Doyle, 2nd passage (58-59); anti-pastoral, anti-courtly love TH 18 APR QUIZ 2 (practice for final exam) TU 23 APR Edgar Rice Burroughs, Princess of Mars (60-61); Charles F. Lummis (62); chivalry & occidental hegemony; American neo-chivalry and neo-courtly love TH 25 APR Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan (63-66); eternal courtliness TU 30 APR ORAL PRESENTATIONS TU 2 MAY ORAL PRESENTATIONS; LAST DAY OF CLASS SPN 350 [46845] CROSS-LISTED w LAS 370S [40450] / SYLLABUS 3.
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