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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 |
|---|---|---|
| I semestre | Oct 1, 2018 | Jan 12, 2019 |
| II semestre | Feb 18, 2019 | Jun 1, 2019 |
| Session | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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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.
1° Year
| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language2nd foreign language1st foreign literature2nd foreign literature1 module to be chosen among the following2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020
| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language2nd foreign language1st foreign literature2nd foreign literature1 module to be chosen among the following3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021
| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language2nd foreign language1st foreign literature2nd foreign literature1 module among the following (philology related to 1st or 2nd foreign language)1 module among the following| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language2nd foreign language1st foreign literature2nd foreign literature1 module to be chosen among the following| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language2nd foreign language1st foreign literature2nd foreign literature1 module to be chosen among the following| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language2nd foreign language1st foreign literature2nd foreign literature1 module among the following (philology related to 1st or 2nd foreign language)1 module among the following| 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 literature 2 (2019/2020)
Teaching code
4S002929
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
9
Language
Spanish
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/05 - SPANISH LITERATURE
Period
I semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Sep 30, 2019 al Jan 11, 2020.
Learning outcomes
The main educational goal of this course, which is part of the degree course in Foreign Languages and Literatures, is the acquisition by students of advanced skills in Spanish Literature from the origins to the 17th century. As a result students will acquire:
- knowledge and comprehension skills: in-depth knowledge of the Spanish Literature of the period planned in terms of historical context, texts, genres, movements and authors, with particular regard to the themes of inter-cultural exchanges and the expressive differentiation of Literary phenomena.
- Applied knowledge and comprehension skills: students will acquire the necessary methodologies to work on literary texts in both historical and comparative perspective, as well as the ability to understand complex texts and implicit meanings. Students must be able to express themselves in Spanish fluently and spontaneously, arguing clearly, structured and detailed on complex topics.
Program
Spagnolo e inglese
Español e inglés
Textos de lectura obligatoria*:
*L. Rodríguez Cacho, Manual de historia de la literatura española. Vol. I, Siglos XIII-XVII, Castalia.
*M. de Cervantes, Don Quijote de la Mancha, ed. Francisco Rico, Madrid, Alfaguara, 2016.
[Existe, aunque no sustituye el libro impreso, edición electrónica: Miguel de Cervantes, El ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, ed. F. Rico. Madrid: Centro Virtual Cervantes, 1997. http://cvc.cervantes.es/literatura/clasicos/quijote]
*M. Socrate, Il riso maggiore di Cervantes, Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 1998, pp.129-220 (sobre la vida de Cervantes, páginas 1-54; sobre el Quijote, páginas 55-128).
Además UNA de las siguientes obras
M. de Cervantes, Novelas ejemplares, Madrid, Cátedra.
M. de Zayas, Desengaños amorosos, Madrid, Cátedra.
M. de Zayas, Novelas amorosas y ejemplares, Madrid, Cátedra.
El curso está dividido en dos partes:
PRIMERA PARTE:
los reyes católicos; el imperio de Carlos V; el legado de Erasmo de Rotterdam; la reforma protestante y sus consecuencias; la Contrarreforma; la época de Felipe II; moros, judíos y moriscos: sus expulsiones; los géneros literarios: el Lazarillo de Tormes; la picaresca, los libros de caballerías, la novela pastoril, bizantina, morisca. La poesía española: el petrarquismo, Garcilaso de la Vega, Santa Teresa de Jesús, Luis de León, San Juan de la Cruz…
SEGUNDA PARTE: lectura, análisis y comentario del Don Quijote de la Mancha de Miguel de Cervantes y de las Novelas ejemplares.
Bibliografía crítica recomendada
- M. G. Profeti (a cura di), L’età d’oro della letteratura spagnola: Il Cinquecento, Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 1997.
- A. Spagnoletti, Il mondo moderno, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2005.
- J. H. Elliott, La Spagna imperiale. 1469-1716, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006.
- Historia de la literatura española, 2. La conquista del clasicismo 1500-1598, Jorge García López, Eugenia Fosalba y Gonzalo Pontón, Barcelona, Crítica, 2010.
- H. Rawlings, L’inquisizione spagnola, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008.
- AA. VV., Alle radici dell’Europa. Mori, giudei e zingari nei paesi del Mediterraneo occidentale (Volume I: secoli XV-XVII), a cura di F. Gambin, Firenze, Seid, 2008.
- AA. VV,, Alle radici dell’Europa. Mori, giudei e zingari nei paesi del Mediterraneo occidentale (Volume II: secoli XVII-XIX), a cura di F. Gambin, Firenze, Seid, 2009.
- A. Vanoli, La reconquista, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2009.
- Po-chia Hsia, R. La controriforma. Il mondo del rinnovamento cattolico (1540-1770), Bologna, Il Mulino, 2009.
- G. Bessong, I sefarditi, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2010.
- F. Márquez Villanueva, Moros, moriscos y turcos en Cervantes. Ensayos críticos, Barcelona, Bellaterra, 2010.
- A. M. Paramio; J. C. Villaverde Amieva; A. I. Beneyto Lozano, Memoria de los Moriscos, escritos y relatos de una diáspora cultural, Madrid, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales, 2010.
- P. de Valencia, Trattato sui moriscos di Spagna, introduzione, edizione e note di Felice Gambin. Alla traduzione ha collaborato Silvia Monti, Pisa, ETS, 2013.
-Lazarillo de Tormes, a cura di Antonio Gargano, con testo a fronte, Venezia, Madrid, 2017.
Sobre la vida de Cervantes, véase, entre otros, Jorge García López, Cervantes: La figura en el tapiz. Itinerario personal y vivencia intelectual, Barcelona, Pasado&Presente, 2015.
Modalidades didácticas. El curso está estructurado en lecciones frontales. Materiales detallados estarán disponibles en la plataforma e-learning.
*Durante el desarrollo del curso se darán ulteriores indicaciones bibliográficas actualizadas.
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SYLLABUS
The lessons will be divided into two parts:
*L. Rodríguez Cacho, Manual de historia de la literatura española. Vol. I, Siglos XIII-XVII, Castalia.
*M. de Cervantes, Don Quijote de la Mancha, ed. Francisco Rico, Madrid, Alfaguara, 2016.
[Miguel de Cervantes, El ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, ed. F. Rico. Madrid: Centro Virtual Cervantes, 1997. http://cvc.cervantes.es/literatura/clasicos/quijote]
M. Socrate, Il riso maggiore di Cervantes, Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 1998, pp.129-220 (sobre la vida de Cervantes, páginas 1-54; sobre el Quijote, páginas 55-128).
*Also, one of the following books:
M. de Cervantes, Novelas ejemplares, Madrid, Cátedra.
M. de Zayas, Desengaños amorosos, Madrid, Cátedra.
M. de Zayas, Novelas amorosas y ejemplares, Madrid, Cátedra.
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FIRST PART:
los reyes católicos; el imperio de Carlos V; el legado de Erasmo de Rotterdam; la reforma protestante y sus consecuencias; la Contrarreforma; la época de Felipe II; moros, judíos y moriscos: sus expulsiones; los géneros literarios: el Lazarillo de Tormes; la picaresca, los libros de caballerías, la novela pastoril, bizantina, morisca. La poesía española: el petrarquismo, Garcilaso de la Vega, Santa Teresa de Jesús, Luis de León, San Juan de la Cruz…
SECOND PART: reading, analysis and comment of Don Quijote de la Mancha, with particular reference to the theme of love and the role of women.
Recommended but not required critical bibliography:
- M. G. Profeti (a cura di), L’età d’oro della letteratura spagnola: Il Cinquecento, Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 1997.
- A. Spagnoletti, Il mondo moderno, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2005.
- J. H. Elliott, La Spagna imperiale. 1469-1716, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006.
- Historia de la literatura española, 2. La conquista del clasicismo 1500-1598, Jorge García López, Eugenia Fosalba y Gonzalo Pontón, Barcelona, Crítica, 2010.
- H. Rawlings, L’inquisizione spagnola, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008.
- AA. VV., Alle radici dell’Europa. Mori, giudei e zingari nei paesi del Mediterraneo occidentale (Volume I: secoli XV-XVII), a cura di F. Gambin, Firenze, Seid, 2008.
- AA. VV,, Alle radici dell’Europa. Mori, giudei e zingari nei paesi del Mediterraneo occidentale (Volume II: secoli XVII-XIX), a cura di F. Gambin, Firenze, Seid, 2009.
- A. Vanoli, La reconquista, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2009.
- Po-chia Hsia, R. La controriforma. Il mondo del rinnovamento cattolico (1540-1770), Bologna, Il Mulino, 2009.
- G. Bessong, I sefarditi, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2010.
- F. Márquez Villanueva, Moros, moriscos y turcos en Cervantes. Ensayos críticos, Barcelona, Bellaterra, 2010.
- A. M. Paramio; J. C. Villaverde Amieva; A. I. Beneyto Lozano, Memoria de los Moriscos, escritos y relatos de una diáspora cultural, Madrid, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales, 2010.
- P. de Valencia, Trattato sui moriscos di Spagna, introduzione, edizione e note di Felice Gambin. Alla traduzione ha collaborato Silvia Monti, Pisa, ETS, 2013.
-Lazarillo de Tormes, a cura di Antonio Gargano, con testo a fronte, Venezia, Madrid, 2017.
On Cervantes’ life, seen, among others, Jorge García López, Cervantes: La figura en el tapiz. Itinerario personal y vivencia intelectual, Barcelona, Pasado&Presente, 2015.
TEACHING METHODS
The lessons will be ex cathedra. Further teaching material will be available for download from e-learning repository.
The professor will regularly receive students during his office hours in order to give additions and clarifications on the contents of the course.
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| María de Zayas | Desengaños amorosos | Cátedra | 2006 | 978-84-376-0435-0 | |
| M. de CERVANTES | Don Quijote de la Mancha, ed. Francisco Rico | Alfaguara | 2016 | ||
| Lina Rodriguez Cacho | Manual de historia de la literatura española. Vol. I, Siglos XIII-XVII, | Castalia | 2015 | ||
| María de Zayas | Novelas amorosas y ejemplares | Cátedra | 2004 | 978-84-376-1825-8 | |
| M. de CERVANTES | Novelas ejemplares | Cátedra, Castalia et alii | 2016 |
Examination Methods
Español e inglés
Examen oral en español. Los estudiantes que frecuentan podrán acceder a un examen escrito optativo (test) parcial (verifica in itinere), consiguiendo una nota que contribuirá a la evaluación final. La prueba escrita tiene lugar solamente una vez (mes de diciembre).
Los que superen la prueba escrita tienen que preparar para el examen oral solo la segunda parte, o sea la lectura y el comentario del Don Quijote, de las Novelas ejemplares o de las Novelas ejemplares y amorosas o de los Desengaños amorosos de María de Zayas.
Para acceder a este examen – pero no a la verifica in itinere – hay que haber superado Lingua spagnola 1 y Letteratura spagnola 1.
El programa vale también para los estudiantes que no asisten a clase, aunque se invitan a los no frecuentantes a escribir al docente.
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The exam will be an oral discussion in Spanish. Attending students will take a self-assessment test (verifica in itinere) during the course. The grade given will be part of the final grade. The self- assessment test will be done only once (in December).
Students who pass the written exam will have to prepare, for the oral examination, only the second part, which consists on the reading and commenting of Don Quijote o Novelas ejemplares o Novelas ejemplares y amorosas o Desengaños amorosos of María de Zayas.
In order to take the oral exam, students need to have already passed both Lingua spagnola 1 (Spanish Language 1) and Letteratura spagnola 1 (Spanish Literature 1). All students are allowed to take part on the self-assessment test (prova in itinere).
The syllabus is the same for non-attending students. Students who cannot attend the lessons are kindly invited to get in touch with the professor.
Type D and Type F activities
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Student Career Management
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
Student login and resources
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
Stage e tirocini
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.
- Tutte le informazioni in merito agli stage per futuri studenti sono disponibili alla pagina Stage e tirocini.
- Tutte le informazioni in merito agli stage per studenti iscritti sono pubblicate in MyUnivr - come fare per - stage e tirocini.
- Tutte le informazioni in merito agli stage per le aziende sono disponili alla pagina Stage e tirocini per azienze.
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