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SPAN 331. THE SPANISH ENLIGHTENMENT AND ITS AFTERMATH. A study of Spanish Romanticism, Realism, and Generation of ’98 with readings from authors such as Espronceda, Zorrilla, Bécquer, Rosalía de Castro, Galdós, Pardo Bazán, Blasco Ibáñez, Unamuno, and Baroja. Nineteenth-century Spain is characterized by enormous political and social instability. This course explores how increasing tensions between las dos Españas, as well as other cultural developments inspired generations of authors. Taught in Spanish. This course fulfills the Information Literacy (IL) and Writing Intensive (WI) requirements for the Spanish major. Prerequisites: Spanish 308 and one of Spanish 303, 305, or 306. Offered periodically, three hours.