The course aims at the knowledge of important authors of the Spanish-American Literature; a further aim of the course is to develop critical awareness and interpretation of literary texts.
Lectures and seminars.
Through a selection of literary works and critical essays, the course includes the study of significant authors of the Spanish-American literature and of the literary procedures they use. It will go into depth with the way Mario Vargas Llosa uses narrative techniques in his dramas.
a) CLASSICS:
The student is required to read 6 (six) texts, belonging to DIFFERENT AUTHORS, among those listed below, using any edition (including the digital one):
Arturo Arango, La Habana elegante
Mariano Azuela, Los de abajo
Alejo Carpentier, El reino de este mundo
Daína Chaviano, La isla de los amores infinitos
Cristóbal Colón, Diario de a bordo
Julio Cortázar, Bestiario (alternatively, Alguien que anda por ahí)
Laura Esquivel, Como agua para chocolate
Jorge Franco Ramos, Rosario Tijeras
Herberto Padilla, Fuera del juego
Senel Paz, Fresa y chocolate
Virgilio Piñera, Cuentos fríos
Horacio Quiroga, Cuentos de amor de locura y de muerte
Ernesto Sábato, El túnel
Luis Sepúlveda, Diario de un killer sentimental
Antonio Skármeta, El cartero de Neruda
Osvaldo Soriano, Triste, solitario y final
b) HISTORY OF LITERATURE:
G. Bellini, Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana , Madrid, Castalia, 1997.
Alternatively:
J. Franco, Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana (Edición revisada y puesta al día) , Barcelona, Ariel, 1987.
c) ANALYSIS:
Innovative structures of Spanish American fiction.
Text:
Mario Vargas Llosa, La señorita de Tacna, Kathie y el hipopótamo, in Teatro. Obra reunida, Madrid, Alfaguara, 2006 (or any other edition).
Critical text:
Domenico Antonio Cusato, El teatro de Mario Vargas Llosa, Messina, Lippolis, 2007.
Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.
For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).
All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.