SPA 324 - Emotional Communities in Medieval Iberia Cultures

This course examines the history of emotional communities during the Iberian Middles Ages, with special emphasis on the ways in which emotions were instrumental in assertions of political power, religious identity, and social inclusion or exclusion. We will study the intersection of emotions with devotional practices, materiality, corporeality, aesthetics, cultural politics, and medical knowledge in the narratives that Iberian Medieval authors and artists crafted with messages intended to be inscribed into the collective memory of their contemporaries.  Additionally, we will examine how these narratives have ultimately shaped the modern Hispanic emotional collective imaginary.  Interdisciplinary theoretical approaches.  Conducted in Spanish.

Satisfies Area I / Pre-1800 requirement for the major in Hispanic Studies.
Satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing and Rhetoric Requirement.
Satisfies a requirement in the Global Literary Theory interdisciplinary minor

Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites include Spanish 260 and 270, 271, 272 or their equivalents