The course offers a literary, cultural, social and historical panorama of Spain from its origins to the seventeenth century in order to provide students with the tools to understand and appreciate the authors and main works of the period, with particular attention to the Siglo de Oro.
Through course attendance and individual study, the student:
- knows the evolution of the history of Spanish literature from its origins to the seventeenth century.
- can read and translate a literary text
- can contextualize a literary work or a text
- can comment and analyze a literary text
- 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.
36 hours of lectures, individual study of the bibliography, study of the material published in aulaweb. 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.
- Castilian literature of the Middle Ages:
Jarchas, Poema de Mio Cid, mester de clerecía, El Arcipreste de Hita, los Cancioneros, Jorge Manrique, La Celestina, los Romanceros.
- "Siglo de Oro" (Renaissance and Baroque):
Poetry (Garcilaso de la Vega, san Juan de la Cruz, fray Luis de León, santa Teresa de Jesús, Luis de Góngora, Francisco de Quevedo);
Prose (Lazarillo de Tormes, Miguel de Cervantes);
Theatre (Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Calderón de la Barca).
During the lessons, we will read, comment and analyze a selection of texts. We will also consider the birth and development of the various literary currents, placing them in the historical-political, economic and artistic framework of the western culture in which they come to life.
For attending students:
Students who are NOT attending the course of Modern Languages and Cultures can request an alternative text, in Italian, to replace the text in point 5.
For non attending students:
- F. de Rojas, La Celestina.
- Anonimo, Lazarillo de Tormes.
- Miguel de Cervantes, don Quijote de la Mancha.
- Miguel de Cervantes, Novelas ejemplares.
- Lope de Vega, Fuenteovejuna.
- Lope de Vega, Peribáñez y el comendador de Ocaña.
- Pedro Calderón de la Barca, La vida es sueño.
Ricevimento: Check the office hours on the teacher webpage. As long as the state of health emergency continues, the office hours will take place on Teams, by appointment to be agreed by email.
ALESSIA CASSANI (President)
MARCO SUCCIO
MICHELE PORCIELLO (Substitute)
SPANISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE II
