This course is a comparative study of how writers from various cultures and eras have viewed Andalusia. Readings include works from Radwa Ashour, Federico García Lorca, Washington Irving, Prosper Merimée, Gerald Brenan, and others.
Method of presentation:
Lectures, seminar discussions, research, and field study
Required work and form of assessment:
Class participation (15%); presentations (15%); 10-12 page research paper (25%); midterm exam (20%); final exam (25%).
content:
Unit 1: Identity and Imagination. Visions of Andalusia. Readings
Allen Josephs. White Wall of Spain: The Mysteries of Andalusian Culture Federico García Lorca. In Search of Duende
Viewings
Carlos Saura. Flamenco
Unit 2: Imagining Al-Andalus. Visions by Christian, Muslim, and Jewish writers Readings
Medieval poetry (excerpts)
Rosa María Menocal. The Ornament of the World (excerpts)
Unit 3: The framework for the romantic mind: Traveler’s Tales Readings
Richard Ford. Gatherings from Spain
Unit 4: Romantic visions of Andalusia Readings
Prosper Merimée. Carmen
Washington Irving. Tales of the Alhambra
Viewings
Vicente Aranda. Carmen
Unit 5: Andalucia at the time of Lorca Readings
Gerald Brenan. South from Granada
Viewings
Fernando Colomo. Al sur de Granada
Unit 6: Lorca’s Andalusia Readings
Federico García Lorca. Poetry (excerpts) Federico García Lorca. Blood Wedding
Viewings
Carlos Saura. Blood Wedding
Unit 7: Granada in the modern imagination Readings
Brenan, Gerald. South from Granada. Kodansha, 1998.
Ford, Richard. Gatherings from Spain. London: Pallas Athene, 2000.
García Lorca, Federico. Blood Wedding. Faber & Faber, 1997.
---. In Search of Duende. Christopher Maurer, ed. New Directions Publishing, 1998.
---. The Collected Poems. A Bilingual Edition. Christopher Maurer, ed. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2002.
Irving, Washington. Tales of the Alhambra. Granada: Miguel Sánchez, 2006.
Josephs, Allen. White Wall of Spain: The Mysteries of Andalusian Culture. Iowa City: Iowa U.P., 1983.
Menocal, Rosa María. The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain. Back Bay Books, 2003.
Merimée, Prosper. Carmen. Hachette, 2001.
Rushdie, Salman. The Moor’s Last Sigh. Vintage, 1997.
Recommended readings:
García Lorca, Federico. The House of Bernarda Alba. Dramatist’s Play Service, 1998.
Lee, Laurie. As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning. Penguin, 2007.
Roberts, Mary. Edges of Empire: Orientalism and Visual Culture. Blackwell Publishing, 2005.
Robertson, Ian. Los curiosos impertinentes: Viajeros ingleses por España 1760-1855. Madrid: Nacional, 1975.
Stewart, Chris. Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Spain. Vintage, 2001.
Tirso de Molina. El burlador de Sevilla.
Other Resources:
Required Viewings
Aranda, Vicente. Carmen (2003)
Colomo, Fernando. Al Sur de Granada (2003)
Saura, Carlos. Flamenco (1995)
Saura, Carlos. Bodas de sangre (1981)
Recommended Viewings
Bardem, Juan Antonio. Lorca. Muerte de un poeta (1987)
Chavarri, Jaime. Camarón (2005)
Gutiérrez, Chus. Poniente (2002)
Sáenz de Heredia, José Luis. Todo es posible en Granada (1954)
Saura, Carlos. El amor brujo (1986)
---. Carmen (1983)
Zambrano, Benito. Solas (1999)
Brief Biography of Instructor:
Dr. Rosa Morillas is a Professor of American Literature at the University of Granada (UGR), where she also obtained her Ph.D. in English. She was a Visiting Professor at the University of Arizona in 1994-1995, and at the University of Saint Petersburg in Russia in 2001. Professor Morillas is the author of numerous articles on North American and Caribbean literature. She is the co-editor of a volume about Walt Whitman, an essay about Chicana Literature, as well as an anthology of Chicana Literature. Professor Morillas was the UGR's Director of International Relations with North America and Asia from 2002 to 2008. In addition, she was awarded the Cuadernos del Laurel poetry prize in 2006 for her collection of poems De lo cotidiano, and has published a second collection of poetry in 2009, Desamor y distancia.
Imagining Andalusia
This course is a comparative study of how writers from various cultures and eras have viewed Andalusia. Readings include works from Radwa Ashour, Federico García Lorca, Washington Irving, Prosper Merimée, Gerald Brenan, and others.
Lectures, seminar discussions, research, and field study
Class participation (15%); presentations (15%); 10-12 page research paper (25%); midterm exam (20%); final exam (25%).
Unit 1: Identity and Imagination. Visions of Andalusia.
Readings
Viewings
Unit 2: Imagining Al-Andalus. Visions by Christian, Muslim, and Jewish writers
Readings
Unit 3: The framework for the romantic mind: Traveler’s Tales
Readings
Unit 4: Romantic visions of Andalusia
Readings
Viewings
Unit 5: Andalucia at the time of Lorca
Readings
Viewings
Unit 6: Lorca’s Andalusia
Readings
Viewings
Unit 7: Granada in the modern imagination
Readings
---. In Search of Duende. Christopher Maurer, ed. New Directions Publishing, 1998.
---. The Collected Poems. A Bilingual Edition. Christopher Maurer, ed. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2002.
Required Viewings
Recommended Viewings
---. Carmen (1983)
Dr. Rosa Morillas is a Professor of American Literature at the University of Granada (UGR), where she also obtained her Ph.D. in English. She was a Visiting Professor at the University of Arizona in 1994-1995, and at the University of Saint Petersburg in Russia in 2001. Professor Morillas is the author of numerous articles on North American and Caribbean literature. She is the co-editor of a volume about Walt Whitman, an essay about Chicana Literature, as well as an anthology of Chicana Literature. Professor Morillas was the UGR's Director of International Relations with North America and Asia from 2002 to 2008. In addition, she was awarded the Cuadernos del Laurel poetry prize in 2006 for her collection of poems De lo cotidiano, and has published a second collection of poetry in 2009, Desamor y distancia.