What are the politics of the term "Golden Age" these days? Are we moving away from it for some reason? Honestly, I am not up on these questions, which is why I ask. Is "Early Modern" better? Or Renaissance/Baroque?
I will be teaching "Golden Age Literature" in Winter. My colleague, who has taught it for many a long year, finds it more congenial to teach on contract at our alma mater now that she's semi-retired--thanks perhaps to our good friend JD.
So here's my question: is there a list of essential works that 400-level students should have read in a class called "Golden Age Literature"? Here's my list of what I want to teach:
Garcilaso
Fray Luis
Lazarillo de Tormes
Don Quixote
Should such a class necessarily try to be representative? I also love to read Santa Teresa's autobiography for perverse reasons, as too Quevedo's satirical poems. Also, I really like Lope's "Arte nuevo...," though I find comedias, especially baroque ones like "La vida es sueño," boring.
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