Spanish and Portuguese | Topics in 18th- & 19th-Century Spanish
Literature S638 | 25509 | J. Sobrer Professor Josep Sobrer S638
Topics in 18th- and 19th-Century Spanish Literature Topic:
Romanticism and Spectacle MF 9:30am – 10:45am/class#
25509/3cr./Location TBA Romanticism might be the most misused
word in literary studies as it may refer to a period or to an
intellectual attitude. In this course we will explore the
confluence of both meanings of the term and then the impact of
nineteenth-century Romanticism on society through spectacle,
mostly stage spectacle –theater– but not exclusively. In
addition to the texts specified below, we will read essays on
the concept of Romanticism in an attempt to establish the main
features of the movement and to study literature in its most
public projection: not literature meant for private consumption,
but literature meant for audiences. To this end we will also
read some theoretical essays on the social significance of
spectacle (by Guy Debord, Jean Duvignaud, and othe