Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the life and works of one or more authors from the 16th and 17th centuries

Students will be able to describe how the texts studied fit into their historical, cultural, and literary context.

Students will be able to discuss critically one or more genres of the Early Modern period, describe the characteristics of the genre(s), using specific examples from the texts studied.

Students will carry out original research on texts from the Early Modern period and produce abstracts, annotated bibliographies, conference papers, extended papers, editions and/or translations.

Students will be able to demonstrate a knowledge of a few major critical studies, including recent criticism of 16th and 17th century Spanish literature, and explain their contributions to the critical discourse about Early Modern Spanish literature.