SPAN 423 Hispanic Golden Age Theater

Spring, Fall

This course will study major playwrights of the Golden Age such as Lope de Vega, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Tirso de Molina, María
de Zayas, Juana Inés de la Cruz and Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, amongmany others. Written and staged between the end of the 16th and the
end of the 17th centuries—a period known for its literary and artistic activity both in the New World and Spain—these plays are
important because of their themes, audience and treatment of critical issues such as gender definition, national identity, and conflicts of

Prerequisite: Spanish 301 or 302 or 305 or 309