# SPANISH 070B - Hispanic Literature of the Golden Age Semester: Spring | Year offered: 2026 Introduction to the genres of poetry, drama and narrative prose (fiction and non-fiction) of Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries. Close reading of representative texts with attention to the emerging literary languages of this period of national consolidation, global expansion, religious ferment, and political dissent against the Inquisition. Explores themes of love, honor, identity, war, death, spirituality in works by Garcilaso, San Juan de la Cruz, Cervantes, Quevedo, Calderón and others. Course conducted in Spanish. --- ## Instructor [### Luis Girón Negrón ](/people/luis-giron-negron) William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Comparative Literature and of Romance Languages and Literatures Education: A.B., M.T.S., PhD Harvard University Research Interests: Medieval and Golden Age Spanish Literature; Medieval, Arabic, Latin and Hebrew Literatures; History of Religions; Comparative Literature. Professor Girón-Negrón was born in Ponce, Puerto... ![Luis](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-05/giron%20negron.jpeg?itok=MmPdyIo7) See also:- [ 70-100 ](/class-categories/70-100) - [ Luis Girón Negrón ](/instructor/luis-giron-negron) - [ Spanish ](/language/spanish) - [ Spring 2026 ](/class/term/spring-2026)