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:

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2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024

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Teaching code

4S002909

Teacher

Luca Salvi

Coordinator

Luca Salvi

Credits

9

Language

Spanish es

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/06 - LATIN AMERICAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES

Period

I semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Sep 25, 2023 al Dec 22, 2023.

Courses Single

Authorized

Learning objectives

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.

Prerequisites and basic notions

To take the exam you must have passed the Spanish Language 1 and Spanish Literature 1 exams.

Program

Part 1
• The Colonial literature: models and trends
• The Hispanic-American Independences: History and Literature
• A first model of alternative modernization: the Mexican Revolution
• The Hispanic-American literary Boom
• The American Baroque: from the colony to Lezama Lima
• The paradox of nature: from Sarmiento to the twentieth century
• America and Africa: the Hispanic-American Negrism
• Critical models: from “mestizaje” to pluritopic hermeneutics
Part 2
• Indigenous cultures: from the pre-Columbian era to modernity
• Indigenism in Hispanic-American literatures: history and protagonists
• The poetic indigenism, from Romanticism to Modernism: José María Heredía y Heredía e Rubén Darío
• The Indianism of Ventura García Calderón
• The Indigenism of Enrique López Albújar
• The Neo-indigenism of José María Arguedas
• Indigenous Cultures and Magic Realism in Miguel Ángel Asturias
• Modernity and exclusion: Mario Vargas Llosa's gaze on the indigenous question
PROGRAM FOR NON-ATTENDERS
The program for non-attending students remains unchanged compared to that for attending students.

Bibliography

Visualizza la bibliografia con Leganto, strumento che il Sistema Bibliotecario mette a disposizione per recuperare i testi in programma d'esame in modo semplice e innovativo.

Didactic methods

Frontal lesson. Upon request of students, supplementary and remedial teaching materials will be made available.

Learning assessment procedures

Part 1: written exam (duration: 30 minutes). Passing the written exam is mandatory to sit the oral exam on the second part. Part 2: oral exam in Spanish

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

Evaluation criteria

Excellent: demonstration of an organic knowledge of the topics addressed during the course and adequate use of critical methodologies and specific language Fair: essentially mnemonic knowledge of the topics, ability to apply critical tools and specific language not optimal Sufficient: approximate knowledge and poor ability of critical analysis, together with an inaccurate expression Insufficient: incomplete knowledge of the topics of the course, inappropriate language, lack of preparation on the bibliographic materials proposed

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

COMPOSITION OF THE FINAL GRADE
The final grade is given by the average of the scores of the written and oral tests, according to the following proportions:
Written test: 1/3 of the final mark
Oral exam: 2/3 of the final mark

Exam language

Spagnolo