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Academic calendar

Course calendar

The Academic Calendar sets out the degree programme lecture and exam timetables, as well as the relevant university closure dates..

Definition of lesson periods
Period From To
I SEMESTRE Oct 3, 2016 Jan 21, 2017
II SEMESTRE Feb 27, 2017 Jun 10, 2017
Exam sessions
Session From To
Lingue - SESSIONE INVERNALE Jan 23, 2017 Feb 25, 2017
Lingue - SESSIONE ESTIVA Jun 12, 2017 Jul 29, 2017
Lingue - SESSIONE AUTUNNALE Aug 21, 2017 Sep 23, 2017
Degree sessions
Session From To
Lingue - Sessione di laurea invernale Apr 3, 2017 Apr 8, 2017
Lingue - Sessione di laurea estiva Jul 10, 2017 Jul 15, 2017
Lingue - Sessione di laurea autunnale Dec 18, 2017 Dec 21, 2017
Lingue - sessione di laurea invernale Mar 23, 2018 Mar 29, 2018
Holidays
Period From To
FESTA DI OGNISSANTI Nov 1, 2016 Nov 1, 2016
FESTA DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE Dec 8, 2016 Dec 8, 2016
Vacanze Natalizie Dec 23, 2016 Jan 7, 2017
Vacanze Pasquali Apr 14, 2017 Apr 18, 2017
Festa della Liberazione Apr 25, 2017 Apr 25, 2017
Festa dei Lavoratori May 1, 2017 May 1, 2017
FESTA DEL SANTO PATRONO SAN ZENO May 21, 2017 May 21, 2017
Festa della Repubblica Jun 2, 2017 Jun 2, 2017
Vacanze Estive Aug 14, 2017 Aug 19, 2017
Other Periods
Description Period From To
ANNUALE ANNUALE Oct 3, 2016 Jun 10, 2017

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Study Plan

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. 2017/2018

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD

3° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
3rd foreign Language (b1):
3
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Stage
6
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activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018
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Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°

Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)

TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.




S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations

Teaching code

4S002909

Credits

9

Coordinator

Luca Salvi

Language

Spanish es

Also offered in courses:

The teaching is organized as follows:

PARTE I es

Credits

6

Period

Semester 1

Academic staff

Luca Salvi

PARTE II es

Credits

3

Period

Semester 1

Academic staff

Luca Salvi

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students are expected to:

• Know the fundamental moments of Hispanic and American literary and cultural history from the colonial period to the early 20th century;
• Be able to apply the critical and methodological tools offered during the lessons in the analysis of the planned texts;
• Being able to elaborate and consistently disclose independent judgments about the main issues of the course.


Al final del curso el estudiante tendrá que:

• Conocer los momentos fundamentales de la historia literaria y cultural hispanoamericana, desde el período colonial hasta los inicios del siglo XX;
• Poder aplicar al análisis de los textos en programa las herramientas críticas y metodológicas proporcionadas en clase;
• Poder elaborar juicios coherentes y personales alrededor de los principales problemas tratados a lo largo del curso.



Program

FIRST PART – Writing the difference. Colonial Hispanic-American Litterature (36 hours of frontal lessons in Spanish)

1. Hispanic-American culture and literature: an introduction
2. The plurality of the Hispanic-American culture
3. The Spanish Conquest as the base of the Hispanic-American identity
4. The new historiographic novel and the re-writing of the Colonial period: “Tríptico de la infamia” by Pablo Montoya
5. The beginnings of the colonial discourse: the “Diarios” by Cristóbal Colón and the Pané’s “Relación”
6. The discursive variety of the Cronicas: models and methodology
7. Writing the conquest: Hernán Cortés and Bernal Díaz del Castillo
8. The dissident chronicles: Bartolomé de Las Casas
9. The peripherical chronicles: Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
10. The mestizo chronicles: Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
11. The baroque culture and the creole literature
12. Other models of writing: the XVIIIth century historiography

SECOND PART – Building and negotiating identities in the Hispanic-American literary modernity (18 hours of frontal lessons in Spanish)

1. Indigenism and indianism
2. Indigenous otherness and national cultures in the Hispanic-American context: “Facundo” by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
3. Romantic literature: José María Heredía
4. Modernism: Rubén Darío and José Santos Chocano
5. The avant-garde and the re-discovering of indigenous traditions: José Carlos Mariátegui and Manuel González Prada
6. Indigenism and narrative: César Vallejo and José María Arguedas


PRIMERA PARTE – Escribir la diferencia. La literatura colonial hispanoamericana (36 horas de clases frontales en español)

1. Introducción a la cultura y a la literatura hispanoamericanas
2. La pluralidad cultural hispanoamericana
3. La conquista española como base de la identidad hispanoamericana
4. La nueva novela histórica y la re-escritura de la época colonial: “Tríptico de la infamia” de Pablo Montoya
5. Los inicios del discurso colonial: los “Diarios” de Colón y la “Relación” de Pané
6. La variedad discursiva de la crónica: modelos y metodologías
7. Las escrituras de la conquista: Hernán Cortés y Bernal Díaz del Castillo
8. La crónica disidente: Bartolomé De las Casas
9. La crónica periférica: Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
10. La crónica mestiza: el Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
11. La cultura barroca y la literatura criolla
12. Otros modelos de escritura: la historiografía del siglo XVIII

SEGUNDA PARTE – Construir y negociar identidades en la modernidad literaria hispanoamericana (18 horas de clases frontales en español)

1. Indigenismo e indianismo
2. Alteridad indígena y culturas nacionales en Hispanoamérica: el Facundo de Sarmiento
3. La literatura romántica: José María Heredía
4. El modernismo: Rubén Darío y José Santos Chocano
5. Las vanguardias y el nuevo descubrimiento de las tradiciones indígenas: José Carlos Mariátegui y Manuel González Prada
Narrativa e indigenismo: César Vallejo y José María Arguedas

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• FIRST PART (6 CFU)

Primary sources:

• Pablo Montoya, Tríptico de la infamia, Madrid, Mondadori – Random House, 2014.
• Mercedes Serna (ed.), Crónicas de Indias, Madrid, Cátedra, 2000 (selezione). Altri testi coloniali non presenti in questa antologia saranno resi disponibili in dispensa.

Critical readings:

• Rolena Adorno, “Textos imborrables: posiciones simultáneas y sucesivas del sujeto colonial”, Revista de crítica literaria latinoamericana, 41 (1995), pp. 33-50.
• Roberto González Echeverría, “La novela como mito y archivo: ruinas y reliquias de Tlön”, in ID, Mito y archivo. Una teoría de la narrativa latinoamericana, México, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2011, pp. 203-259.

MANDATORY critical reading for non-attending students:

• Mercedes Serna, “Introducción”, in Crónicas de Indias, Madrid, Cátedra, 2000, pp. 13-102.

Handbook:

• Emilia Perassi, Itinerari di cultura ispanoamericana. Ritorno alle origini e ritorno delle origini, Torino, UTET, 2011. Selected chapters: 1-2-5-6-7-8-17-20-21.


SECOND PART (3 CFU)

Primary sources:

• Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Facundo (Selezione)*
• José María Heredía, En el Teocalli de Cholula*
• Rubén Darío, Sonetos americanos*
• José Santos Chocano, “Blasón”*
• José Carlos Mariátegui, “Presentación de «Amauta»”*
• José Carlos Mariátegui, 7 ensayos de interpretación de la realidad peruana (selezione)*
• Manuel González Prada, Baladas peruanas (selezione)*
• Manuel González Prada, Nuestros indios*
• César Vallejo, “Los heraldos negros” e “Trilce”, in ID., Poesías completas, Madrid, Visor, 2008 (selezione di poesie)*
• César Vallejo, “Hacia el reino de los sciris (El cóndor de la tierra)*
• José María Arguedas, “Warma Kuyay”*
• José María Arguedas, “La agonía de Rasu Ñiti”*

All texts included in the primary bibliography and marked with * will be made available in the E-learnig section.

Critical texts:

• Antonio Cornejo Polar, “El indigenismo y las literaturas heterogéneas: su doble estatuto socio-cultural”, Revista de Critica Literaria Latinoamericana, nn. 7-8, 1978, pp. 7-21.
• Ricardo Gullón, “Indigenismo y modernismo”, en Homero Castillo, Estudios criticos sobre el modernismo, Madrid, Gredos, 1974, pp. 267-278.

MANDATORY critical reading for non-attending students:

• Antonio Cornejo Polar, “Piedra de sangre hirviendo: los múltiples retos de la modernización heterogénea”, in ID., Escribir en el aire. Ensayo sobre la heterogeneidad socio-cultural en las literaturas andinas, Lima, CELACP, 2003, pp. 145-214.



Bibliography

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Mercedes Serna Crónicas de Indias Cátedra 2000
Pablo Montoya Tríptico de la infamia Random House 2015
Emilia Perassi Itinerari di cultura ispanoamericana. Ritorno alle origini e ritorno delle origini UTET 2011 Selezione di capitoli
Roberto González Echeverría Mito y archivo. Una teoría de la narrativa latinoamericana Fondo de Cultura Económica 2011 pp. 203-259
Rolena Adorno “Textos imborrables: posiciones simultáneas y sucesivas del sujeto colonial” (Edizione 41) Revista de crítica literaria latinoamericana 1995 pp. 33-50
Antonio Cornejo Polar El indigenismo y las literaturas heterogéneas: su doble estatuto socio-cultural Revista de Critica Literaria Latinoamericana 1978 pp. 7-21
Antonio Cornejo Polar Escribir en el aire. Ensayo sobre la heterogeneidad socio-cultural en las literaturas andinas CELAP 2003 Capitolo: “Piedra de sangre hirviendo: los múltiples retos de la modernización heterogénea”, pp. 145-214.
Homero Castillo Estudios criticos sobre el modernismo Gredos 1974 Ricardo Gullón, “Indigenismo y modernismo”, pp. 267-278.

Examination Methods

Oral exam in Spanish. The student should demonstrate to have acquired the ability to critically read the texts in the program, using the theoretical tools provided during the lessons.
Students to be examined must have passed the first-year exams of Spanish literature and language.

Examen oral en español. El estudiante debe poseer la capacidad de leer críticamente los textos en programa, usando las herramientas teóricas proporcionadas durante las clases.
Los estudiantes deben haber aprobado los exámenes de primer año de literatura y lengua español.

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

Type D and Type F activities

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Attendance is not mandatory. 

More detailed information on attendance requirements, please refer to the “Regolamento del corso di studio”, available under the “Regolamenti” section in “Il Corso”. While the Student Handbook does not require mandatory attendance, it is recommended to confirm specific attendance policies with your professors for each course, lab, or practical training. 

Part time enrolment is an option. For more information, visit the Possibilità di iscrizione Part time.

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Accredited Activities for CFUs D and F


Detailed Academic Calendar


Curricular Language Change


Computer Skills


Language Skills (first and second language)


Language skills in the Bachelor’s programme (third language CFU F)

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Preparation of the study plan


Catalan Language Literacy - Academic Year 2024-25


Portuguese language course


Erasmus+ and other study abroad experiences


Linguistic training CLA


Course Orientation and Open day


Graduation


Threshold knowledge and Integrative Learning Requirements


Internships and apprenticeships

Internships and apprenticeships 

A mandatory internship period (6 CFUs) within business organizations is included in the study plan for the Bachelor’s degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce (L12). 

The internship is designed to provide students with practical experience in areas relevant to their future professional careers and to help them acquire specific professional skills. 

Internship activities are conducted under the direct supervision of an individual lecturer and take place at professional firms, public administration offices, and companies accredited by the University of Verona. 

Credits earned through internship activities will be awarded in accordance with the detailed provisions of the current “Regolamento d’Ateneo per il riconoscimento dei crediti maturati negli stage universitari” (University Regulations for the Recognition of Credits Accrued in University Internships). 

For more details, please visit the following link https://www.univr.it/it/i-nostri-servizi/gestione-carriere-studenti-lingue-e-letterature-straniere/stage-e-tirocini-lingue-e-letterature-straniere 


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