Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

1° Year 

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD

3° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
3rd foreign language B1 level
3
F
-
Training
6
S
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Final exam
6
E
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ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
3rd foreign language B1 level
3
F
-
Training
6
S
-
Final exam
6
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°

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Teaching code

4S002902

Coordinator

Anna Bognolo

Credits

6

Also offered in courses:

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/05 - SPANISH LITERATURE

Period

II semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Feb 15, 2021 al May 29, 2021.

Learning outcomes

The main aim of this course, which is part of the Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce, is to provide the acquisition by students of an appropriate knowledge of Spanish Culture, with particular attention to the historical, geographic and anthropological fields. At the end of the course students will be expected to acquire: - knowledge and comprehension skills: in-depth knowledge of the Spanish Culture of the period planned, as well as its historical, geographic and anthropological fields. - “Applied” knowledge and comprehension skills: students will acquire the necessary methodologies to understand complex and quite long texts, as well as implied meanings.

Program

Spanish literature of the contemporary era (historical context, texts, genres, movements, and authors between the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries).
Contemporary Spanish novel, from the late 19th century to the present day. Particular attention will be devoted to the exploration of different narrative techniques and some female characters. Themes: The second half of the nineteenth century and the age of the novel; modernism and the generation of '98; the avant-gardes up to the civil war (the 1920s and surrealism; the generation of the 27; the Spanish civil war and the post-war period.
The course will be held in Italian and Spanish. At the end, the student must be able to express himself in Spanish at a basic level (level A2, in view of achieving level B1).
MANUALS
Felipe B. Pedraza et al., Las épocas de la literatura española, Ariel 2012
Fusi, Historia mínima de España, Madrid: Turner, 2012
D. Manera, M. Bianchi, G. Calabrese, S. Cattaneo, S. Trecca, Letteratura spagnola contemporanea, Pearson 2020

Part I - FEDERICA ZOPPI: The novel from the end of the 19th century to the Civil War, with attention to narrative techniques.
FULL READING
Pérez Galdós, Benito, Misericordia (ed. Luciano García Lorenzo, Madrid: Cátedra, 1991, o altra edizione alternativa)
Unamuno, Miguel de, San Manuel Bueno, mártir (ed. Mario Valdés, Madrid: Cátedra, 2003, o altra edizione alternativa)
Altre letture aggiuntive verranno segnalate durante il corso e rese disponibili su Moodle.

Part II – ANNA BOGNOLO: Il romanzo dal dopoguerra a oggi. Alcune voci e protagoniste femminili.
1) COMPULSORY
Carmen Martín Gaite (1925-2000): El balneario (1954)
2) One chosen from the following novels:
Carmen Laforet (1921-2004): Nada (1944)
Carmen Martín Gaite (1925-2000): Entre visillos (1957)
Carmen Martín Gaite (1925-2000): Lo raro es vivir (1996)
Najat El Hachmi (1979 -): La hija extranjera, Destino (2015)
Sara Mesa (1976- ): Cicatriz (2015)
Sara Mesa (1976- ): Cara de pan (2018)
Cristina Morales (1985- ): Lectura facil (2018)

SAME PROGRAM FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Fusi, Juan Pablo Historia mínima de España Madrid: Turner 2012
Pedraza Jiménez, Felipe B., Rodríguez Cáceres, Milagros Las épocas de la literatura española, Madrid, Ariel 2012
D. Manera, M. Bianchi, G. Calabrese, S. Cattaneo, S. Trecca Letteratura spagnola contemporanea Pearson 2020

Examination Methods

Oral exam at the end of the course.
The exam will be aimed at verifying the depth of knowledge gained, the property of language, the skills of analysis and argumentation.
The tests are held in Italian or Spanish, at the candidate's choice.
For students of the Literature Course: if the Spanish language level does not allow reading in the original language, contact the teacher anna.bognolo@unvr.it.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE