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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ANNUALE | Oct 1, 2018 | Jun 1, 2019 |
I semestre | Oct 1, 2018 | Jan 12, 2019 |
II semestre | Feb 18, 2019 | Jun 1, 2019 |
Session | From | To |
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ESAMI LINGUE- sessione invernale | Jan 14, 2019 | Feb 16, 2019 |
ESAMI LINGUE- sessione estiva | Jun 3, 2019 | Jul 27, 2019 |
ESAMI LINGUE- sessione autunnale | Aug 26, 2019 | Sep 21, 2019 |
Session | From | To |
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LAUREE LINGUE - sessione autunnale (a.a. 2017/18) | Nov 12, 2018 | Nov 17, 2018 |
LAUREE LINGUE - sessione straordinaria (a.a. 2017/18) | Apr 1, 2019 | Apr 6, 2019 |
LAUREE LINGUE - sessione estiva (a.a. 2018/19) | Jul 8, 2019 | Jul 13, 2019 |
LAUREE LINGUE - sessione autunnale (a.a. 2018/19) | Nov 4, 2019 | Nov 9, 2019 |
LAUREE LINGUE - sessione straordinaria (a.a. 2018/19) | Mar 30, 2020 | Apr 4, 2020 |
Period | From | To |
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Festa di Ognissanti | Nov 1, 2018 | Nov 1, 2018 |
Sospensione dell'attività didattica | Nov 2, 2018 | Nov 3, 2018 |
Festa dell’Immacolata | Dec 8, 2018 | Dec 8, 2018 |
VACANZE DI NATALE | Dec 22, 2018 | Jan 6, 2019 |
VACANZE DI PASQUA | Apr 19, 2019 | Apr 23, 2019 |
Sospensione dell'attività didattica | Apr 24, 2019 | Apr 24, 2019 |
Festa della liberazione | Apr 25, 2019 | Apr 25, 2019 |
Festa del lavoro | May 1, 2019 | May 1, 2019 |
Sospensione dell'attività didattica | May 20, 2019 | May 20, 2019 |
Festa del Santo Patrono | May 21, 2019 | May 21, 2019 |
Festa della Repubblica | Jun 2, 2019 | Jun 2, 2019 |
VACANZE ESTIVE | Aug 13, 2019 | Aug 18, 2019 |
Exam calendar
Exam dates and rounds are managed by the relevant Foreign Languages and Literatures Teaching and Student Services Unit.
To view all the exam sessions available, please use the Exam dashboard on ESSE3.
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Academic staff
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.
1° Year
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature and culture
German literature and culture 1
2nd foreign literature and culture
German literature and culture 1
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature and culture or a related course
English literature and culture 2
French literature and culture 2
German literature and culture 2
Spanish literature and culture 2
2nd foreign literature and culture or a related course
English literature and culture 2
French literature and culture 2
German literature and culture 2
Spanish literature and culture 2
Italian literature and culture
Theory and Techniques of communication
Geography of communication and international trade
Modern and Contemporary Economic History
3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
Comparative and European Public law
Principles of international marketing
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature and culture
German literature and culture 1
2nd foreign literature and culture
German literature and culture 1
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature and culture or a related course
English literature and culture 2
French literature and culture 2
German literature and culture 2
Spanish literature and culture 2
2nd foreign literature and culture or a related course
English literature and culture 2
French literature and culture 2
German literature and culture 2
Spanish literature and culture 2
Italian literature and culture
Theory and Techniques of communication
Geography of communication and international trade
Modern and Contemporary Economic History
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
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 (2019/2020)
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
The main educational objective of the course within the Bachelor’s Degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce is the acquisition by the student of an appropriate knowledge of the Spanish-American cultures, with particular attention to the literary, historical and geographic-anthropological dimensions.
The expected learning outcomes are as follows:
- Knowledge and understanding: solid preparation on the culture of geographical areas and periods in program, as well as on historical and anthropological fields;
- “Applied” knowledge and understanding: the student will acquire the methodologies required to understand, in an historical and comparative perspective, complex texts of a certain length and implicit meanings;
- Autonomy of judgment: the student must know how to collect and interpret cultural, historical, geographical and anthropological data useful to orally argue and write relevant texts in the chosen address;
- Communication skills: at the end of the course the student must have acquired the ability to express and argue about the teaching contents both in written and oral form in Spanish;
- Learning skills: students must have developed sufficient self-learning skills to take a conscious approach to the world of work or to the continuation of their studies.
Program
FIRST PART – Writing the difference. Colonial Hispanic-American Litterature (36 hours of frontal lessons)
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 XXth Century novel and the re-writing of the Colonial period: “El arpa y la sombra” by Alejo Carpentier
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 – Hispanic-American Testimonial Literature
1. The Hispanic-American testimonial literature and the European testimonial discourse: similarities and differences
2. Testimony and subalternity: “Biografía de un cimarrón” by Miguel Barnet
3. Testimony and journalism: “Operación masacre” by Rodolfo Walsh
4. Collective witnessing: “La noche de Tlatelolco” by Elena Poniatowska
5. Between political repression and writing of the self: “Oblivion” by Edda Fabbri
Bibliography
Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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Miguel Barnet | Biografía de un cimarrón | ||||
Mercedes Serna | Crónicas de Indias | Cátedra | 2000 | ||
L. Salvi | Dispensa Prima parte A.A. 2019/2020 | 2019 | |||
L. Salvi | Dispensa Seconda parte A.A. 2019/2020 | 2019 | |||
Alejo Carpentier | El arpa y la sombra | ||||
Emilia Perassi | Itinerari di cultura ispanoamericana. Ritorno alle origini e ritorno delle origini | UTET | 2011 | ||
Elena Poniatowska | La noche de Tlatelolco | ||||
Edda Fabbri | Oblivion | ||||
Rodolfo Walsh | Operación masacre | ||||
Rolena Adorno | “Textos imborrables: posiciones simultáneas y sucesivas del sujeto colonial” (Edizione 41) | Revista de crítica literaria latinoamericana | 1995 |
Examination Methods
Oral exam in Spanish and middle term written exam. 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. The student will also be required to contextualize specific texts in the historical-cultural context of the American colonial era, being able to establish the necessary links with the European culture.
In order to be examined, students must have passed the first-year exams of Spanish literature and language.
Type D and Type F activities
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Modalità e sedi di frequenza
La frequenza non è obbligatoria.
Maggiori dettagli in merito all'obbligo di frequenza vengono riportati nel Regolamento del corso di studio disponibile alla voce Regolamenti nel menu Il Corso. Anche se il regolamento non prevede un obbligo specifico, verifica le indicazioni previste dal singolo docente per ciascun insegnamento o per eventuali laboratori e/o tirocinio.
È consentita l'iscrizione a tempo parziale. Per saperne di più consulta la pagina Possibilità di iscrizione Part time.
Le sedi di svolgimento delle lezioni e degli esami sono le seguenti:
- Polo Zanotto (vicino si trovano anche il Palazzo di Lettere e di Lingue)
- Polo Santa Marta
Assegnazione tutore
Attività accreditate D/F
Calendario didattico dettagliato
Cambio lingua curriculare
Competenze informatiche
Competenze linguistiche (prima e seconda lingua)
Competenze linguistiche in triennale (terza lingua CFU F)
Compilazione del piano didattico
Corso di Lingua portoghese
Erasmus+ e altre esperienze all'estero
Linguistic training CLA
Presentazione dei corsi di studio e Open day
Graduation
Saperi minimi
Stage e tirocini
Nel piano didattico della laurea triennale in Lingue per il turismo e il commercio internazionale (L12) è previsto un periodo di stage obbligatorio (CFU 6) in organizzazioni imprenditoriali.
Le attività di stage sono finalizzate a far acquisire allo studente una conoscenza diretta in settori di particolare interesse per l’inserimento nel mondo del lavoro e per l’acquisizione di abilità professionali specifiche.
Le attività di stage sono svolte sotto la diretta responsabilità di un singolo docente presso studi professionali, enti della pubblica amministrazione, aziende accreditate dall’Ateneo veronese.
I crediti maturati in seguito ad attività di stage saranno attribuiti secondo quanto disposto nel dettaglio dal “Regolamento d’Ateneo per il riconoscimento dei crediti maturati negli stage universitari” vigente.
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