The main educational objective of the course is the acquisition by the student of an appropriate knowledge of the Spanish-American cultures, with particular attention to the literary, historical and geographic-anthropological dimensions. The expected learning outcomes are as follows: - Knowledge and understanding: solid preparation on the culture of geographical areas and periods in program, as well as on historical and anthropological fields; - “Applied” knowledge and understanding: the student will acquire the methodologies required to understand, in an historical and comparative perspective, complex texts of a certain length and implicit meanings; - Autonomy of judgment: the student must know how to collect and interpret cultural, historical, geographical and anthropological data useful to orally argue and write relevant texts in the chosen address; - Communication skills: at the end of the course the student must have acquired the ability to express and argue about the teaching contents both in written and oral form in Spanish; - Learning skills: students must have developed sufficient self-learning skills to take a conscious approach to the world of work or to the continuation of their studies.

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MM: Parte 1
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MM: Parte 2
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The Hispanic-American Modernism 1) The beginnings of Modernism in Hispanoamerica: the socio-cultural context and cultural influences (philosophy and literature) 2) The precursors of Modernism: Martí, Nájera, Silva, Casal and González Prada 3) Rubén Darío and the consolidation of the modernist aesthetics 4) The modernist wave and post-modernist experiments 5) Poetry: aesthetic, stylistic, imaginaries 6) The modernist novel: the case of De sobremesa by José Asunción Silva 7) The modernist tale: Azul ... by Rubén Darío 8) The political and philosophical essay: Ariel by José Enrique Rodó El Modernismo hispanoamericano 1) Los inicios del Modernismo en Hispanoamérica: contexto socio-cultural e influencias culturales (filosofía y literatura) 2) Los precursores del Modernismo: Martí, Silva, Nájera, Casal y González Prada 3) Rubén Darío y la consolidación de la estética modernista 4) La ola modernista y los experimentos post-modernistas 5) La poesía modernista: estética, estilística, imaginarios 6) La novela modernista: el caso de De sobremesa de José Asunción Silva 7) El cuento modernista: Azul… de Robén Darío 8) El ensayo: Ariel de José Enrique Rodó

Written and oral exam. Passing the written test is mandatory for taking the oral part on the second part.