The Evolution of the Don Juan Myth in the Western Literary Tradition

Catalog description

In this course, we will study the appearance and evolution of the Don Juan myth in Spain and in the Western literary tradition. We will start with Tirso de Molina’s Don Juan in his El Burlador de Sevilla and move from the Baroque and Romantic periods up to the modern day. In addition to studying the myth in its social and historical context, we will analyze the different dramatic and literary strategies used by authors in their construction of Don Juan. Finally, we will see how filmmakers have interpreted and deviated from the original myth.