Teaching code

4S002908

Academic staff

Federica Zoppi, Antonella Gallo

Coordinator

Federica Zoppi

Credits

9

Language

Spanish

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/05 - SPANISH LITERATURE

Period

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

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

The course aims at providing students of the Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce with an adequate knowledge of the Spanish culture of different periods, focusing on its literary, historical, geographical and anthropological aspects. At the end of the course, students will acquire a sound knowledge of the issues covered by the module (historical and cultural context, main writers/texts/movements/genres of the period examined). With regard to the applied and communication skills, students will be able to critically comment the primary texts listed in the syllabus, in relation both to their historical and cultural context and literary specificities, as well as to express the acquired knowlegde in a clear and consistent way.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Students must have passed the exams of “Spanish Literature and Culture 1” and “Spanish Language 1” in order to take the examination.

Program

The course, taught in Spanish, aims at providing students with an introduction to the Spanish culture and literature of the first half of the 19th century, through the reading of some canonical works of Spanish Romanticism, that will illustrate the historical, cultural and literary specificities of the period examined. The course program is divided in two parts, as detailed below:
Part I: An introduction to the historical and cultural context (spanning from the Independence Spanish War to the reign of Isabel II) and a brief outline of the Spanish Romantic movement (crucial themes, most representative literary genres and works, main authors and authoresses).
A detailed syllabus of the topics dealt with during the lectures will be given at the beginning of the course, together with the calendar of the scheduled lessons, and will be available in the Moodle e-learning repository.
Part II: Primary texts.
MARIANO JOSÉ DE LARRA, Artículos varios, ed. de E. Correa Calderón, Madrid, Castalia, 1989 (or M. J. De Larra, Artículos, ed. de Enrique Rubio, Madrid, Cátedra, 1993). Only the texts listed below:
-“Los barateros, o el desafío y la pena de muerte”
-“El casarse pronto y mal”
-“El castellano viejo”
-“En este país”
-“Jardines públicos”
-“El mundo todo es máscaras. Todo el año es Carnaval”
-“La Nochebuena de 1836. Yo y mi criado. Delirio filosófico”
“¿Quién es el público y dónde se le encuentra?”
-“Ventajas de las cosas a medio hacer”
-“Vuelva usted mañana”
JOSÉ DE ESPRONCEDA, El diablo mundo; El Pelayo; Poesías, ed. de Domingo Ynduráin, Madrid, Cátedra, 1992 (only the texts listed below):
-“A la noche”
-“Himno al sol”
-“Canción del pirata”
-“A la patria”
-“A una estrella”
-soneto “Fresca, lozana, pura y olorosa…”
-“A Jarifa en una orgía”
-“El verdugo”
“El Diablo mundo”: “Introducción al poema” e Canto II (“A Teresa”)
JOSÉ ZORRILLA, Don Juan Tenorio, ed. de Aniano Peña, Madrid, Cátedra, 1998 (integral reading)
Bibliography (mandatory):
-F. B. Pedraza Jiménez-M. Rodríguez Cáceres, Las épocas de la literatura española, Barcelona, Ariel, 2002: cap. 6 (El Romanticismo).
- R. Navas Ruiz, El romanticismo español, 4ª ed. renovada, Madrid, Cátedra, 1990: chapters X (Espronceda), XI (Larra), XIII (Zorrilla).
-F. Calvo Serraller, La imagen romántica de España, in “Cuadernos hispanoamericanos”, 332, 1978, pp. 240-260.
N.B. All the references listed in the syllabus (handbook, primary texts and critical bibliography) are available at departmental “Walter Busch” library or at “A. Frinzi” central library. Further readings (optional) on the topics covered by the module will be indicated during the lectures.
Pleased be advised: the program applies to all students, both attending and non- attending lectures. Students non- attending lectures should contact the teacher by e-mail for further explanations; they are strongly advised to read the critical introductions to the primary texts (see the suggested editions above, Part II) and to consult the additional materials available in the MOODLE e-learning repository and in the website “Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes”, see sections “Literature/Authors/Larra/Espronceda/Zorrilla” (http://www.cervantesvirtual.com).

Bibliography

Didactic methods

Lectures in presence. All teaching materials (slides, texts, images, etc.), that will be used in class, will be available for download from the MOODLE e-learning repository as the lessons take place. These same materials can be used for the recovery of lessons by students who are in isolation because of positivity to the Covid.

Learning assessment procedures

For all students (attending, non-attending and Erasmus incoming), the final exam will consist in a single oral discussion (in Spanish) on the whole program. Duration of the exam: 45 min. aprox.

Evaluation criteria

The assessment will consider: the depth of the knowledge of the module’s topics (historical and cultural context, main writers/texts/movements/genres of the period examined, Part I); the ability to critically comment the primary texts, listed in the syllabus, in relation both to their historical/ cultural context and literary specificities (Part II); the ability to express oneself and discuss in a clear and consistent way. The final mark will be expressed in thirtieth.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

No mid-term examination will be carried out. The final grade will be the one resulting from the oral exam

Exam language

Spagnolo