The course aims to provide a general overlook on the main critical and historical methodologies to deal with the History of Spanish Literature, leading students to experience deep and aware ways of reading the texts of the Spanish canon.
The course consists in a) critical lectures on the main literary and historical themes of Spanish literature (XVII-XIX); b) close-reading of texts related to the course-theme, in order to apply historical-critical methodologies.
Materias novelables. Pérez-Galdós and the representation of Reality in the Novel.
General History of Literature: P. L. Crovetto, Spain from Cid to Zapatero, Editori Riuniti.
Benito Pérez-Galdós, La sociedad presente como materia novelable
Benito Pérez-Galdós, Las novelas de Torquemada, Alianza 2014
Benito Pérez-Galdós, Episodios Nacionales. Quinta serie, Cátedra 2007
NICOLA FERRARI (President)
MARCO SUCCIO (President)
I semester
SPANISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE II
Oral test, consisting in a critic dialogue with the teacher (length: about three quarters of an hour) to verify the acquisition of methodological skills, by the analysis of texts presented by the candidates.
The evaluation of the test will depend on the mastery of analytical and historiographical methods and on the personal capacity for their application.
