OVERVIEW

Contemporary Spain (1975-2015) through History and Literature

AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Through course attendance and individual study, the student:

- knows the evolution of the history of Spanish literature from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century.

- can read and translate the literary texts

- is able to contextualize a literary work or a text

- can comment and analyze a literary text from the period studied

- will know the literary epochs and the historical-political and cultural contexts in which they developed

- will know how to relate the great European cultural currents to the works and authors studied.

TEACHING METHODS

36 hours of lectures in spanish, individual study of the books in the bibliography, study of the material offered on aulaweb. Particular emphasis will be given to reading, commenting and analyzing the proposed texts.

Unless otherwise indicated due to the evolution of the health situation, the course will take place in traditional (presidential) mode. Students are invited to check any additional information on aulaweb.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Modernism and '98 (Rubén Darío, Miguel de Unamuno, Ramón María del Valle Inclán, Pío Baroja, Antonio Machado, Azorín)
 “Novecentismo”, avant-garde and the generación of '14 (Juan Ramón Jiménez, José Ortega y Gasset, Ramón Gómez de la Serna).

The generation of '27, the Republic and the Civil War ((Federico García Lorca, Rafael Alberti, Gerardo Diego, Pedro Salinas, Jorge Guillén, Vicente Aleixandre).

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

For attending students:

1. Fausta Antonucci, Il Novecento letterario spagnolo: percorsi, Pisa, ETS, 2004.
2. course notes
3. Material uploades in aulaweb

For non attending students:

1. A literature manual chosen from those listed below
2. 5 works to be chosen from those listed

Manuals to choose from:

Gerald G. Brown, Historia de la literatura española 6/1, El siglo XX, Barcelona, Ariel, 1983 (varie edizioni posteriori) pp.15-222;

or:

Vicente Granados, Literatura española (1900-1939), Madrid, Editorial Universitaria Ramón Areces, 2011.

or:

José Carlos Mainer, "6. Modernidad y nacionalismo 1900-1939", Barcelona, Crítica, 2010.

Works to choose from:

- Miguel de Unamuno, Niebla, edizioni di Milagros Rodríguez Cáceres (ed. Bruño), oppure di Mario J. Valdés (ed. Cátedra); oppure di Armando F. Zubizarreta (ed. Castalia).
- Ramón María del Valle Inclán, Tirano Banderas, edizione di Alonso Zamora Vicente (ed. Espasa Austral); oppure di Juan Rodríguez (ed. Planeta); oppure di Francisco Caudet (ed. Cátedra).
- Pío Baroja, El arbol de la ciencia, ed. di Pío Caro Baroja (ed. Cátedra).

- Antonio Machado, Poesías completas, ed. di Manuel Alvar (ed. Austral Espasa-Calpe).
- Federico García Lorca, Tutte le poesie, testo spagnolo a fronte, edizione Bo-Felici (ed. Garzanti)
- I poeti del Ventisette, antologia con testo a fronte a cura di Maria Rosso (ed. Marsilio).
- Luis Cernuda, Antología poética, a cura di Ángel Rupérez (ed. Espasa), oppure Antología, edizione di José María Capote Benot (ed. Cátedra).

- José Ortega y Gasset, La deshumanización del arte, ed. Planeta o La deshumanización del arte e ideas sobre la novela, ed. Castalia.

It is also possible to agree on other titles or other editions with the teacher.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

The course is held in the I semester.

Class schedule

SPANISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE MOD.1

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam consists of an oral interview in Spanish on the topics covered by the course. During the exam, students must demonstrate that they have acquired general theoretical knowledge and also that thay know how to comment the literary texts (previously analyzed in class). The ability to critically rework the studied contents and to establish connections and analogies between works, authors and literary currents will be positively evaluated.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The student must demonstrate knowledge of the bibliography and course notes (for attending students), and of being able to read, translate, comment and contextualize a proposed literary text. Students will have to demonstrate that:

- They know the themes and stylistic evolution of the Spanish literature of the periods studied;

- They know how to comment and analyze the proposed literary texts and contextualize them;

- They understand the original texts, primary and secondary literature on the proposed themes.

Exam schedule