Learning objectives

The main formative aim of the teaching within the degree course on Modern Languages and Literatures is to make the students acquirea high-level competence in critically approaching the classics of Spanish literature in depth. The results expected from their learning are the following: -Knowledge and heightened understanding: in-depth knowledge of the Spanish literature of the scheduled period: historical context, texts, genres, movements, and authors dealt with in the taught module, especially with reference to the themes of cultural interchange and to the formal differentiations of the literary phenomena. - “Applied” knowledge and heightened understanding: the students will acquire the necessary methodologies for putting them to use in working on literary texts within a historical and comparative perspective and in interpreting complex texts and implied meanings; they will have to be able to express themselves in fluent Spanish, arguing complex topics in a clear, ordered, and detailed way.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Knowledge of the Spanish language. Basic knowledge of geography, history and Spanish literature

Program

General part: Spanish literature in the Middle Ages: literary history and cultural history. Topics: - History: main events from the Romanization of the Iberian Peninsula to the end of the Middle Ages. La Reconquista: between history, literature and myth - Cultural context: the plural peninsula - Literature: from its origins to the end of the Middle Ages. Monographic part: travel literature in the Hispanic Middle Ages. Pero Tafur, Las Andanças y viajes. Teaching methods: teaching will be held in Spanish through lectures, case studies and e-learning. The teaching will be active on the university's e-learning platform, where some compulsory contents (lecture texts, handouts, etc.) and optional in-depth materials will be uploaded. This program is also valid for non-attending students who, however, are advised to contact the teacher during office hours. The individual reception service managed by the teacher is available throughout the academic year, at the times indicated on the web pages (without the need to make a specific appointment)

Bibliography

Didactic methods

Presential classes and frontal teaching

Learning assessment procedures

An oral exam in Spanish will assess:
- a knowledge of primary and secondary texts
- the ability to articulate effectively the information and critical assessments concerning texts and topics discussed in class
At the beginning of the course we will consider the possibility of a written test (multiple choice). Only students who attend the course will be allowed to take the test, which will represent a part of the whole exam.

Evaluation criteria

The historical-geographical, historical-literary knowledge, the ability to analyze and interpret the literary text, the property of language and the exhibition skills will be evaluated.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

Unique: 30/30, exam passed starting from 18/30

Exam language

spagnolo