HISPANOAMERICAN LITERATURE 1

Knowledge of the most significant authors of the hispanoamerican literature from its origins to the 19th century.

The course provides an overview of the Hispanic American literary history, from its origins to the Independence, paying attention to the innovative structures of Spanish American fiction, through the analysis of Juan Rulfo’s works.

a) Anthology:

América en el corazón. Antología literaria, selección y notas de José Calero Heras y Francisco Gomariz Sánchez, Barcelona, Ediciones Octaedro, 1993.

b) 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.

M. Canfield, Literatura hispanoamericana: historia y antología, Milano, Hoepli, 2009 (tomo I).

c) History:

D. Pompejano, Storia dell’America latina, Milano, Mondadori, 2012.

Analysis

• Juan Rulfo, Pedro Páramo (any edition).

   

  Critical texts:

• Domenico Antonio Cusato, Dentro del laberinto. Estudios sobre la estructura de “Pedro Páramo”, Roma, Bulzoni, 1993.

   

  Seminar

• Juan Rulfo, El llano en llamas (any edition).

   

  Critical texts:

• Domenico Antonio Cusato, Violenza sismica e violenza politica nel Messico post-rivoluzionario. A proposito di “El día del derrumbe” di Juan Rulfo, in “Oltreoceano”, n. 16 (a cura di Silvana Serafin e Alessandra Ferraro), pp. 179-187.

   

  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.

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  All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.