Catalog Number: 57137 Enrollment: Limited to 15.
Luis M. Girón Negrón
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4.
Does love have a history? This seminar explores a particularly rich episode in its literary history: efflorescence of love poetry in medieval Europe and the Middle East. Close readings of troubadour lyric in Provençal, German, French and Galician-Portuguese; Latin amatory verse; Petrarchan sonnets and their heirs; Arabic-Hebrew muwashshahat; mysticism; Dante, Juan Ruiz and Roman de la Rose. Attention given to premodern discussions on love and scholarly views on how medieval European love lyric originated.
Note: For Freshmen only. All primary readings will be available both in English translation and in the original languages.
Prerequisite: There are no prerequisites.