RMST201

Love and its Many Forms: How Storytellers Shape Our Understanding of Romance

Lovers in the Codex Manesse (c. 1300)

From medieval courtly love, to renaissance ideals and baroque murderous passion, discover amazing tales of romance-language literature, featuring French, Italian and Spanish fiction. The course will examine major literary, cultural and artistic developments across Italy, France, Iberia and Latin America, ranging from the late thirteenth to the late seventeenth century.

Discover literature from the Romance-speaking world from a cross-cultural and transnational perspective through the close reading of myths, epics, short stories, poems and dramas (in English translation). In our journey through varied European, Transatlantic and Mediterranean landscapes we will encounter visions of love in its many forms as created by authors such as Dante, Cervantes, Rabelais, Ariosto, Marguerite de Navarre, Calderón and Sor Juana.

Language of instruction: English

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Assignment                                                                            Percentage

Participation and Preparation                                                  10%

Weekly Post-Class Activities                                                    20%

Weekly Discussions                                                                 20%

In-Class Reviews (3x10%)                                                       30%

Final Written Reflection                                                           10%

Creative Project on Romance                                                  10%

Most required readings will be posted as PDFs on Canvas.