The literary work which should be selected is “Fuente Ovejuna” and all four questions of question #1 should be answered in the essay.
Question 1 (4 pages)
- Provide a very short summary of the plot (no more than half a page).
- Tell me what the salient themes in this literary work are.
- Analyze two or three of these themes and explain how they reflect the culture, values,
politics, social and economic structures of early modern Spain. You are using these texts as
primary sources. Therefore, your use of them should answer the question: What do they tell you
about the history of Spain?
- Place these works within a specific historical context.
Sample Solution