SPANISH CULTURE AND LITERATURE 2

knowledge and understandig:

The students will gain a knowledge of the concept of “canon” in literary studies and of the cultural debate about it.

They will be able to dentify and describe the trends, movements, authors and literary works of Spanish literature during the studied period.

 

making judgement:

The student will be able to make a critical reading of academic texts and to express a critical judgement.

 

Comunication skills:

The student will be able to articulate central course concepts and express them, orally, in formal presentations or in clearly written and well-argued papers.

 

learning skills:

The student will be able to further extend his/her knowledge, skills an undestanding through continued studies.

Based on reading and analysis of selected texts, this course aims to develop the student’s critical understanding of Spanish literature, from the 18th century to the 20th century.

The course focuses upon the different literary trends, the aesthetic conceptions and the expressive techniques that conform this literary panorama.

Foundations:

Knowledge of the civilization, literature and culture, from the Ilustración to the 20th century.

Seminars:

Mimetic desire and the configuration of the 19th century heroine.

1. Methodological books:

Navarro Durán. R., La mirada al texto. Comentario de textos literarios, Barcelona, Ariel, 1995.

• One of the following texts:

Gómez Redondo, F., «Teoría del canon», in Manual de crítica literaria contemporánea, Madrid, Castalia, 2008, 461-476.

Onofri, M., Il canone letterario, Bari, Laterza, 2001.

• Reference book:

Marchese, A., Forradellas, J. Diccionario de retórica, crítica y terminología literaria, Barcelona. Ariel, 1986.

 

1. Textbook:

Alvar C., Mainer J. C., Navarro R., Breve historia de la literatura española, Madrid, Alianza, (ultima edizione).

 

1. Seminar bibliography:

Cara, G., Il romanzo a pezzi. Benito Pérez Galdós: «Tristana» (1892) e l’urgenza del Modernismo, «Orillas», 1, 2012, pp. 1-18.

http://orillas.cab.unipd.it/orillas/articoli/numero_1/08Cara_arribos.pdf

Fabiani A., Personaggi prigionieri dell’autore: la Marisalada di Fernán Caballero e la Tristana di Galdós, in Traina, G. e Zago, N., Carceri vere e d’invenzione dal tardo Cinquecento al Novecento, Catania, Acireale-Roma, Bonanno, 2009, pp. 445-455.

https://www.academia.edu/34274518/Personaggi_prigionieri_dellautore_la_Marisalada_di_Fern%C3%A1n_Caballero_e_la_Tristana_di_Gald%C3%B3s_2009_

Girard, R., Mentira romántica y verdad novelesca, Barcelona, Anagrama, 1985.

Gullón, C, «Tristana»: literaturización y estructura novelesca, Alicante, Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, 2005

http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/tristana---literaturizacin-y-estructura-novelesca-0/html/0044b6b2-82b2-11df-acc7-002185ce6064_3.html

Sobejano, G., «Madame Bovary» en «La Regenta», in Durand F. (ed.), La Regenta de Leopoldo Alas, 1988, pp. 223-233.

http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/madame-bovary-en-la-regenta-0/html/0230c7cc-82b2-11df-acc7-002185ce6064_2.html

 

1. Books and Anthology of literary texts:

Alas, L., La Regenta, I, J. Oleza (ed.), Madrid; Cátedra, 2004.

Alas, L., La Regenta, II, J. Oleza (ed.), Madrid; Cátedra, 2005.

Pérez Galdós, B., Tristana, Gonzálvez e Sevilla (eds.), Madrid, Cátedra, 2008.

 

Anthology of 25 literary texts.