Teaching code

4S002909

Teacher

Luca Salvi

Coordinatore

Luca Salvi

Credits

6

Language

Spanish

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/06 - LATIN AMERICAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES

Period

I semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Sep 26, 2022 al Dec 23, 2022.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars

Learning objectives

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.

Prerequisites and basic notions

To take the exam it is necessary to have passed the Spanish Language 1 exam.

Program

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MM: Parte 1
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Program
• The Colonial literature: models and trends
• The Hispanic-American Independences: History and Literature
• A first model of alternative modernization: the Mexican Revolution
• The Hispanic-American literary Boom
• The American Baroque: from the colony to Lezama Lima
• The paradox of nature: from Sarmiento to the twentieth century
• America and Africa: the Hispanic-American Negrism
• History and memory in the twentieth century literature
• Critical models: from “mestizaje” to pluritopic hermeneutics
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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

Bibliography

Didactic methods

Frontal lesson.

Learning assessment procedures

Part 1: written exam. Passing the written exam is mandatory to sit the oral exam on the second part.
Part 2: oral exam in Spanish

Evaluation criteria

Part 1: written exam. Passing the written exam is mandatory to sit the oral exam on the second part.
Part 2: oral exam in Spanish

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

Part 1: written exam. Passing the written exam is mandatory to sit the oral exam on the second part.
Part 2: oral exam in Spanish

Exam language

Spagnolo