Department of Spanish and Portuguese The University of Texas at Austin
SPN 352: The Literature of the Spain of the Three Cultures Spring 2011 Unique Number 47185
MWF 1:00 – 2:00 / Mezes 1.212 Prof. Madeline Sutherland-Meier E-mail: madelinesm@austin.utexas.edu
Course Description: In this course, our focus will be on works of literature that reflect the three cultures which co-existed and flourished for almost eight centuries in medieval Spain—the Islamic, the Jewish and the Christian. For the most part, our readings will be literary and historical texts from the medieval period, but we will also study works from the Golden Age that show the interactions of the three cultures.
Prerequisite: SPN 325K, 325L, 326K, or 326L. Jan 19 Organizational Meeting
Suggested background reading: Juan Kattán-Ibarra, “De Iberia a la España visigoda” and “La España medieval,” Chapters 2 and 3 of Perspectivas culturales de España, 2nd
ed. (Lincolnwood, Illinois:National Textbook Company, 1995), 18-64. (Blackboard) and/or “España desde sus orígenes hasta la Reconquista” (packet)
The Invasion of Spain in 711: Historical and Literary Accounts
Jan 21 Primera Crónica General de España, Chapters 552-557 (packet) A modernized version of this text is posted on Blackboard. Jan 24 Primera Crónica General de España (continue discussion)
Begin Romances del Rey Rodrigo (packet) Jan 26 Romances del Rey Rodrigo (continue discussion)
Jan 28 Begin viewing Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain Reader’s Guide posted on Blackboard.
Over the weekend, view remaining chapters of Cities of Light Fine Arts Library DVD 6357 or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE-F2tybkDQ
Romance Literature of Al-Andalus: The Mozarabic Jarchas Feb 2 Discuss Cities of Light, begin Jarchas (packet) Feb 4 Jarchas (continue discussion)
Christians and Jews in Two Medieval Texts Feb 7 Poema de Mio Cid, vv. 1-225 (packet)
Focus on episode with Raquel y Vidas
Feb 9 Continue discussion of Raquel y Vidas episode. Oral Reports
Feb 11 Gonzalo de Berceo, Milagros de Nuestra Señora: El Judezno and Cristo y los Judíos de Toledo (packet)
Paper #1 due
Feb 14 Continue discussion of Milagros Oral Report
Feb 16 Catch up, review for Exam #1 Feb 18 Exam #1
Alfonso el Sabio, Selected Texts
Feb 21 Cantigas de Santa Maria (Blackboard)
Feb 23 Las Siete Partidas: Partida séptima: De los judíos (Blackboard) Oral Report
Feb 25 Primera Crónica General: Chapters on life of Mohammed (Blackboard) Oral Report
A Jewish Writer in Christian Spain: The Proverbios morales of Santob de Carrión Feb 28 Proverbios morales (packet)
Mar 2 Proverbios morales (packet) Living and Dying as a Caballero Cristiano
Mar 4 Don Juan Manuel, Conde Lucanor, Prólogos (packet) Oral Reports
Mar 7 Don Juan Manuel, “El salto del rey Richalte” and “El Rey Alhaquen” (packet)
Mar 11 The figure of Saladín in the Conde Lucanor SPRING BREAK
Mar 23 Jorge Manrique, “Coplas por la muerte de su padre” Oral Reports
The Reconquest and the Romance Fronterizo
Mar 25 “Romance de Abenámar y el rey don Juan” (packet) Paper #2 due
Mar 28 “Romance de una morilla de bel catar” and “Romance de la conquista de Alhama” (packet)
Oral Reports
Mar 30 Catch up, review for Exam #2
Apr 1 Exam #2
Captives and Captors: The Christian Captive
Apr 4 “Romance de Don Bueso,” “Las tres cautivas” and “Mi padre era de Ronda” (packet)
Captives and Captors: The Moorish Captive Apr 6 El Abencerraje y la hermosa Jarifa Apr 8 El Abencerraje y la hermosa Jarifa
Oral Report
Apr 11 El Abencerraje y la hermosa Jarifa Oral Report
Captives and Captors: Cervantes
Apr 13 Account of Cervantes’s captivity in Haedo, Topografía e historia de Argel; begin discussion of “El cautivo,” Don Quijote 1: 39-41 (both texts on Blackboard)
Apr 15 “El cautivo”
Apr 18 “El cautivo” and “Arlaxa mora” (Blackboard) The Legend of Alfonso VIII and the Jewess of Toledo
Apr 20 Lope de Vega, Las paces de los Reyes y Judía de Toledo, Act I (packet) Apr 22 Lope de Vega, Las paces de los Reyes… Act II
Apr 27 Lope de Vega, Las paces de los Reyes… Apr 29 Catch up
Paper #3 due May 2 Catch up
May 4 Review for Exam #3, Course Instructor Survey May 6 Exam #3
Required Readings:
• El Abencerraje y la hermosa Jarifa (University Co-Op)
• A packet of readings available at the Copy Center in the Graduate School of Business (A list of the readings may be found at the end of this syllabus.)
• Some texts will be posted on Blackboard Grading:
Three papers 40%
Three one-hour exams 40%
Oral Report (s) 10%
Attendance & Participation 10%
Papers: Over the course of the semester students will have the opportunity to develop their writing skills through short (5 page) writing assignments. I will distribute topics for the papers, though students are also free to write on topics of their choice. While content will, of course, be important in the grading of the papers, grammar, accents and
correctness of expression in Spanish will count heavily. Write and proofread with care! Exams: There will be three one-hour exams during the semester. They will consist of brief identifications, short answers, and brief essays. Correct content will be my major concern when grading the exams.
Oral Reports: Students will work in groups—the size will depend on the size of the class but usually 2 or 3 students—to prepare an oral reports (no more than 10 minutes) on topics assigned. A list of oral report topics and dates will be handed out during the first week of class.
Attendance / Absence Policy: Students are expected to attend all class meetings. Attendance will be taken at each class.
Make-Up Policy: If you cannot make it to class the day of an exam and have a valid reason (for example, illness, family emergency, religious holy day) then you may take a make-up. Please call or e-mail me if you are unable to come to class the day an exam is being given.
Use of Spanish or Aquí se habla español: The exams and papers are to be written in Spanish. The class will be conducted primarily in Spanish and class discussions and oral reports will provide an opportunity for students to practice their spoken Spanish.
Blackboard and E-mail: I will be using Blackboard to post announcements, readings, paper topics, and other class materials. You should check Blackboard and e-mail at least once a day, especially if you miss class.
Academic Dishonesty: Academic dishonesty--cheating, plagiarism, turning in work done by someone else--will not be tolerated and will result in a grade of zero for the
test/assignment in question. Cases of suspected academic dishonesty will be referred to Student Judicial Services.
Students with Disabilities: For students with disabilities, I am available to discuss any appropriate academic accommodations that might be necessary for this course. Before course accommodations are made, a student may be required to provide documentation to the Office of the Dean of Students--Services for Students with Disabilities.
About the Instructor: Madeline Sutherland-Meier is an Associate Professor of Spanish and former Chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. She holds a Ph.D. in Spanish Literature from the University of California, San Diego. Her main research interest is the Spanish Ballad or Romancero and she has written a book and a number of articles on a particular ballad genre known as the romance de ciego. She is currently working on a book-length project on the Semanario Erudito, an eighteenth-century Spanish periodical. She has taught at UT since 1986.
Readings Contained in SPN 352 Packet
1. “España desde sus orígenes hasta la Reconquista” from Francisco Ugarte, Michael Ugarte, Kathleen McNerney, España y su civilización. 5ª Edición Actualizada. New York: McGraw Hill, 2005. 20-28.
2. Accounts of the invasion of Spain in 711 from Primera Crónica General de España. Ed. Ramón Menéndez Pidal con un estudio actualizador de Diego Catalán. Madrid: Gredos, 1977. Vol. 1: 306-310.
3. Romances del Rey Rodrigo from Flor Nueva de Romances Viejos. Ed. Ramón Menéndez Pidal. Madrid, 1928. 53-66.
4. “Orígenes de la lírica peninsular: las jarchas” from Antonio Sánchez-Romeralo and Fernando Ibarra. Antología de Autores Españoles Antiguos y Modernos. Vol. 1: Antiguos. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1972. Pp. 9-10.
5. Mozarabic Kharjas (Translated and edited by Samuel G. Armistead and James J. Wilhelm) in Lyrics of the Middle Ages. An Anthology. Ed. James J. Wilhelm. New York: Garland Publishing, 1990. 238-241.
6. Selections from Santob de Carrión, Proverbios morales. Ed. Sanford Shepard. Madrid: Castalia, 1986.
7. Romances Fronterizos from Flor Nueva de Romances Viejos. Ed. Ramón Menéndez Pidal. Madrid, 1928.
• “Romance de Abenámar y el rey don Juan” 269-270 (edited) • “Romance de la conquista de Alhama” 273-274
• “Romance de una morilla de bel catar” 277-278 8. Romances de Cautivos
• “Romance de Don Bueso” from Flor Nueva de Romances Viejos. Ed. Ramón Menéndez Pidal. 17th
edition. Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1969. 231-235.
• Oral version “Don Bueso y su hermana cautiva” from Romances tradicionales de Castilla y León. Ed. Joaquín Díaz and Luis Díaz Viana. Madison: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies, 1982. 27-28.
• “Una tarde de verano” from An Evening of Hebrew and Ladino Music. Ramón Tasat, Voice and Guitar, and A. Inglis, Flute.
• “Las tres cautivas” from Romancero familiar
http://usuarios.lycos.es/lacasadelarbol/2Romancero.htm
• “Romanze que dize mi padre era de Ronda” from Cancionero de Amberes 9. “El judezno” and “Cristo y los judíos de Toledo” from Gonzalo de Berceo, Milagros de Nuestra Señora.
http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/35761618989143619754491/index.h tm
10. Selections from Don Juan Manuel, El Conde Lucanor. Edición y versión actualizada de Juan Vicedo. http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/01383897522571623867802/index.h tm • Prólogo • Prólogo
• Cuento III: De lo que sucedió al rey Ricardo de Inglaterra cuando saltó al mar para luchar contra los moros
• Cuento XLI: De lo que sucedió a un rey de Córdoba llamado Alhaquen
11. Selections from the Poema de Mío Cid (verses 1-225). Website by Matthew Bailey
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/cid/
12. Lope de Vega, Las Paces de los Reyes y Judía de Toledo. Ed. James A. Castañeda. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina P, 1962. 133-245.