SPAN 533 The Spanish Picaresque Novel
This course provides a thorough study of the literary background to the Spanish novel of roguery with particular emphasis on a close reading of the masterpieces of realistic fiction from La Celestina to La pícara Justina. The main objective of the course is to expose students to the diversity of narrative forms in Golden Age Picaresque novels and to relate those forms to other artistic expressions of Spain's Renaissance and Baroque periods.