Date                                        Reading                                                                                 Other Activities                                                                                  

Monday June 29                                                                                                                  Introduction to course; Spain of 1605

T 30                                        DQ I Prologue;                                                                     Hidalgos and Knights: Spain’s Estate Society

                                                “The Age of Don Quixote                                                Reading and Writing in Golden Age Spain                                                                    

Wed., July 1                          DQ I caps 1-8                                                                        Multiple Narrators; Unreliable Narrators

R 2                                          DQ I caps. 9-17                                                                     Quiz 1

F 3                                                                                                                                           Holiday—No class

M 6                                         DQ I caps.18-22; “Cervantes’ Harassed and Vagabond Life”                                                                                     

T 7                                          DQ I caps 23-31                                                                    Church, State, Inquisition

W 8                                         DQ I caps.32-40                                                                    Books and Libraries 1,2                      

R 9                                          DQ I caps 41-46                                                                    Quiz 2, Technologies of War: Presentation 3

F 10                                         DQ I caps 47-52; end matter                                               Agriculture and herding: Presentations 4, 5

M 13                                       Examination of Men’s Wits                                                Renaissance science Presentations 6, 7                                          

T 14                                        Examination of Men’s Wits                                                Renaissance technology Presentations 8, 9

W 15                                       DQ II Prologue; caps  1-5                                                   The Ottoman Empire 10, 11

R 15                                                                                                                                        Discussion, Review and Synthesis                                                  

R 16                                                                                                                                        Exam 1

F 17                                                                                                                                         DQ I in  American Film                                      

M 20                                       DQ II caps 6-10;   “Sancho’s Salary”                               Law-Enforcement, Presentations 12, 13                                                           

                                                DQ II caps 11-20                                                                   Essay Proposal & Biblio                        

T 21                                                                                                                                        Counter-Reformation: Presentations 14, 15

W 22                                       DQ II caps 21-30                                                                   Spanish Universities: Presentations 16, 17                     

R 23                                        DQ II caps 31-36; “Cervantes and Islam”                        Quiz 3, Presentation 18

F 24                                         The Conversion of the Magdalene                                   Aragon: Presentations 19, 20

M 27                                       The Conversion of the Magdalene                                   Navigation and Discovery: Presentations 21, 22

T 28                                        DQ II caps 37-47                                                                   Demographic change: Presentations 23, 24

W 29                                       DQ II caps 48-58                                                                   Maritime Vessels: 25, 26                     

R 30                                        DQ II caps 58-68                                                                   Quiz 4,  Banditry: Presentation 27   

F 31                                         DQ II caps 69-74; end matter                                              Piracy: Presentations 28, 29

M Aug. 3                               “Ricote, the Moriscos...”                                                    Morisco Policy: Presentations 30, 31

                                                                                                                                                Essay: “The Material World of Don Quixote”

T 4                                          Edicts of Expulsion                                                             DQ in Art and Music Presentations 32, 33

W 5                                         Edicts of Expulsion                                                             DQ in Art and Music Presentations 34, 35                                     

R 6                                                                                                                                          Discussion, Review and Synthesis                                                  

F 7                                                                                                                                           Exam 2