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.
Academic calendar
The academic calendar shows the deadlines and scheduled events that are relevant to students, teaching and technical-administrative staff of the University. Public holidays and University closures are also indicated. The academic year normally begins on 1 October each year and ends on 30 September of the following year.
Course calendar
The Academic Calendar sets out the degree programme lecture and exam timetables, as well as the relevant university closure dates..
Period | From | To |
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I SEMESTRE | Oct 3, 2016 | Jan 21, 2017 |
II SEMESTRE | Feb 27, 2017 | Jun 10, 2017 |
Session | From | To |
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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 |
Session | From | To |
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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 |
Period | From | To |
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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 |
Description | Period | From | To |
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ANNUALE | ANNUALE | Oct 3, 2016 | Jun 10, 2017 |
Exam calendar
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Academic staff
Tincani Chiara
chiara.tincani@univr.it +39 045 8425396Study 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.
1° Year
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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German literature and culture 1
German literature and culture 1
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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Italian literature and culture
Geography of communication and international trade
Modern and Contemporary Economic History
Theory and Techniques of communication
English literature and culture 2
German literature and culture 2
Spanish literature and culture 2
English literature and culture 2
German literature and culture 2
Spanish literature and culture 2
3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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Comparative and European Public law
Principles of international marketing
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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German literature and culture 1
German literature and culture 1
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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Italian literature and culture
Geography of communication and international trade
Modern and Contemporary Economic History
Theory and Techniques of communication
English literature and culture 2
German literature and culture 2
Spanish literature and culture 2
English literature and culture 2
German literature and culture 2
Spanish literature and culture 2
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Comparative and European Public law
Principles of international marketing
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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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.
Spanish American language, literature and culture (2017/2018)
Teaching code
4S002909
Credits
9
Coordinator
Language
Spanish
Also offered in courses:
- Spanish American language, literature and culture of the course Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures
The teaching is organized as follows:
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
Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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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.
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Attendance and location
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.
Classrooms and exam locations are:
Classes and exams are held at the following locations:
- Polo Zanotto (close to the Foreign Languages and Literatures building)>
- Polo Santa Marta
Tutor for Final Paper
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)
https://www.univr.it/en/our-services/-/servizi/student-career-management-foreign-languages-and-literatures/language-skills-in-the-bachelors-programme-third-language-cfu-f-foreign-languages-and-literatures
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).
- Information for prospective students about internships can be found at Stage e tirocini.
- Information for enrolled students is available on MyUnivr - come fare per - stage e tirocini.
- Information for companies regarding internships can be found at Stage e tirocini per azienze.
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