HISP 421 - Romantics, Moderns and Avant-Gardists

AREA 2: Modern Hispanic Voices The course offers a panorama of Spanish culture from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the Civil War in 1936. It focuses on the evolution of literature and the arts during the periods of Romanticism, Realism, Modernism and the Avant-Garde, in an attempt to describe the faces of modernity in Spain. Authors that are usually studied include José Zorrilla, Rosalía de Castro, Benito Pérez Galdós, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Miguel de Unamuno, Ramón María del Valle Includeán, José Ortega y Gasset, Luis Buñuel, and Federico García Lorca. Prerequisite: HISP 307 or consent of the instructor. Alternate years. Prerequisite(s): HISP or LATI 307 or permission of instructor. (4 Credits)