MSP 4312 Golden Age Peninsular / Colonial Drama and Poetry
Renaissance and Baroque drama and poetry in Spain and Hispano-America. Dramatists studied are Lope de Vega, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Tirso de Molina and Pedro Calderón de la Barca. Poets include Garcilaso de la Vega, Alonso de Ercilla, Fray Luis de León, Francisco de Quevedo, Luis de Góngora, as well as the Carmelite mystics St. Theresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross.