A Conflict of Myths: the Picaro Versus the Shepherd and the Knight
FAIN: FS-10106-75
University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA 15260-6133)
Javier S. Herrero (Project Director: January 1975 to present)
This seminar will study the First Elegy of Garciiaso de la Vega, selected chapters of the Amadis De Gaula, and El Lazarillo De Tormes. Particular attention to three archetypes that dominate the literary imagination of the Renaissance: the Picaro, the Shepherd, and the Knight.