Comentario de textos literarios en lengua española

The course is aimed at going into depth with the Spanish-language theatre, paying special attention to XX century authors. It also aims at consolidating interpretative and critical skills in analysing Spanish texts.

The course provides an overview of the entire Spanish-language theatre history, paying attention to some representative texts. It will go into depth with the way some important authors use narrative techniques in their dramas.

a) Literature:

-AA.VV., La letteratura spagnola, (3 voll.), Milano, Rizzoli.

-AA.VV., Historia de la literatura española, (4 voll.), Barcelona, Ariel.

-Madrid, Istmo.

-J. GARCÍA LÓPEZ, Historia de la Literatura española, Barcelona, Vicens Vives.

-C. GARCÍA BLANCO, Literatura española del siglo XX, Salamanca, Universidad.

-JOSÈ MARÍA MARTÍNEZ CACHERO, La novela española entre 1936 y el fin de siglo: Historia de una aventura. Madrid, Castalia, 1997.

- LINA RODRÍGUEZ CACHO, Manual de historia de la literatura española, Volumen 2: Siglos XVIII al XX, Madrid, Castalia.

b) Anthology:

• Pilar Quel Barastegui, Antología de la literatura española. Vol. I (Edad Media y Renacimiento), Vol. II (del Barroco al Realismo), Vol. III (Siglo XX), Messina, Lippolis, 2005-2012.

c) Methodological texts:

-GERARD GENETTE, Figure III. Discorso del racconto, Torino, Einaudi.

-ANGELO MARCHESE, Dizionario di retorica e stilistica, Milano, Mondadori.

-IDEM, L’officina del racconto, Milano, Mondadori.

Required reading:

-Miguel de Cervantes, El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha – 1st book (any edition).

Analysis

Innovative structures of Spanish American fiction.

Text:

Mario Vargas Llosa, La señorita de Tacna, Kathie y el hipopótamo, La Chunga, 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.