SPAN 6522 Early Queer Iberias

Conducted in Spanish and Fulfills the Pre-1800 Peninsular requirement for HS majors. An inquiry into contemporary and premodern histories of sexuality in medieval and early modern Iberia (European and American). Through the complementarity of literary texts, archival materials, art, and contemporary critical thought, the course constructs a multifaceted portrait of LGBTQ+ people. We will read canonical Iberian authors, including Alfonso X, Cervantes, Mara de Zayas, or Quevedo, as well as lesser-known primary sources, from Hispano-Arabic queer erotic poetry and sodomy legal processes in Quito to early twentieth-century Spanish novels and poetry on gay themes.