Comparative Literature 204 - WRITINGS AND REWRITINGS

Topics course. This course is entirely devoted to reading the two volumes of the first modern novel, Don Quijote de la Mancha (1605-1615), as well as commentaries on it by a wide variety of world writers, critics and filmmakers. This insanely humorous novel poses fundamental questions about the nature of life and fiction that millions of writers and readers across the world find essential to this day. Any writer or lover of literature needs to read Don Quixote. Any person who wants a superb friend for life cannot pass the opportunity to get duly acquainted with it. In English (4 credits), with an optional 1-credit Special Studies section in Spanish for those who want to perfect their linguistic skills by reading, translating and commenting selected sections of Miguel de Cervantes? masterpiece in the original. (E)

Topic: Don Quixote.