Description:
This book assembles many examples of good practice to facilitate the task of teaching Spanish Golden Age texts through new methodologies. The volume is infused with a strong belief that there is much to be shared in terms of innovative ideas and practical applications for teaching these classic texts.
Review Quotes:
Spanish Golden Age texts rank among the finest achievements of European literature. This volume will succeed in introducing students to the glories of a wonderful tradition. The contributors deserve congratulations for highlighting the contemporary relevance as well as the originality of enthralling, timeless poetry, prose and drama. (Peter William Evans, Emeritus Professor of Film Studies, School of Languages, Linguistics and Film, Queen Mary University of London)
Thoughtful, practical and inspirational, these essays reveal bright perspectives for the MFL classroom in times of change and challenge and new angles for scholarship in Spanish Studies. The power of the stories, images, plots and poems of the Golden Age get connected here to an engine of insight on cultural value, reinterpretation, youth audiences, posterity and educational priorities. (Chris Perriam, Professor of Hispanic Studies, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester)