FRLN 330: Topics in World Literature

FRLN 330-DL1: FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
(Spring 2026)

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Section Information for Spring 2026

This course examines Spanish artist and public intellectual Federico García Lorca’s works from today’s perspective, applying our contemporary views on identity and social justice. The two general questions that we will be addressing are: How can we read García Lorca’s works today? How can they be relevant for us? How can we read García Lorca’s works today? How can they be relevant for us? Using an interdisciplinary approach, we will study his major works, film adaptations of some of his plays, films about his life and legacy, and music inspired by his texts. We will also cover his own ideas about the relationship between creativity and social justice within the context of his generation—the so-called Silver Age of Spanish Culture in 1920s and 1930s. You will learn how to analyze literary texts in connection with relevant sociohistorical contexts—Spain and Europe from the 1920s to the advent of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939. García Lorca was captured and executed by fascists in 1936). You will also learn how to apply current concepts and ideas about intersectionality, social justice, desire/love, queerness, gender equality and gender violence to the study of literature. Readings include plays (The Shoemaker’s Wonderful Wife, Blood Wedding, Yerma, The House of Bernarda Alba, and Doña Rosita the Spinster), poetry collections (Gypsy Ballads, Poem of the Deep Song, Poet in New York, and Sonnets of Dark Love), and selected essays. Main objectives of this course include connecting literary analysis to wider intellectual and societal concerns, and fostering comparative critical thinking, interdisciplinary research and ethical commitment in the study of literature and cultural production. 

 

Class taught in English. We will read specific translations of Garcia Lorca's works. 

FRLN 330-DL1 is an online asynchronous section.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Major works of world literature with varying perspectives and topics, such as specific cultures, histories, myths, or music and the arts, as represented in literature. Notes: May be repeated when topic differs with permission of department. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 9 credits.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Literature
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: ENGH 101 and 45 credits or permission of instructor.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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