SPAN 4790 - [The Seven Deadly Sins]

(HB) (LA-AS) Satisfies Option 1.

Fall. 4 credits.

Next offered 2014-2015.

S. Pinet.

After a brief historical and philosophical exploration of the concept of sin, we will trace the development of the list of seven deadly sins from Evagrius and Cassian to Gregory I. We will then explore each of the sins-lust, gluttony, greed, acedia or sloth, pride, envy, and wrath-in an Iberian context through works of art and literature that may include Libro de buen amor, Libro de Alexandre, Berceo, Bosch, and Libro de la infancia y muerte de Jesús, and will end with contemporary versions, such as Se7en.