OVERVIEW

The course offers a literary, cultural, social and historical panorama of XVI and XVII century Spain in order to provide students with the tools to understand and appreciate the authors and main works of such an important period, known as “Siglo de Oro”.

AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

By attending the course and individual study, the students will learn about the evolution of the history of Spanish literature from the XVI to the XVII century and the historical-political and cultural context in which they developed. They will be able to relate the great European cultural currents with the works and authors studied, also establishing links between them.

The students will be able to read, paraphrase and translate the literary texts proposed in Spanish and contextualize a literary work. They will also be able to comment and analyze a literary text of the time studied, identifying literary stylistic features, topoi and figures of speech.

TEACHING METHODS

36 hours of lectures with the help of multimedia material.

Before each lesson, the literary texts that will be commented on will be made available on Aulaweb, so that students can have them with them in class. In Aulaweb the teacher is going to upload also support material, various types of in-depth analyzes and suggestions for those students who wish to autonomously expand the study of a specific theme.

The teacher will also use Aulaweb to communicate with students, who are therefore invited to register on the course page on this platform.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

“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, Lope de Vega).

Prose (la Picaresca, Miguel de Cervantes).

Theatre (Lope de Vega, Miguel de Cervantes, Tirso de Molina, Calderón de la Barca).

During the lessons, due emphasis will be given to the study of the birth and development of the various literary currents, placing them in the historical-political, economic, artistic framework of Western culture in which they come to life. However, students' attention will be particularly drawn to the literary text. A selection of proposed texts, made available, when possible, through Aulaweb, will be read, commented and analyzed.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

For attending students:

1. Notes of the lessons
2. Literary texts (inserted, when possible, in Aulaweb):

• Lope de Vega, Fuente Ovejuna.
• Anonimo, Lazarillo de Tormes.
• Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quijote de la Mancha (selected chapters upon indication of the professor).
• Pedro Calderón de la Barca, La vida es sueño.
• Attribuito a Tirso de Molina o Andrés de Claramonte, El Burlador de Sevilla.

1. Selection of poems, upon indication of the professor, by Garcilaso de la Vega, San Juan de la Cruz, Fray Luis de León, Luis de Góngora y Francisco de Quevedo, Teresa de Jesús.
2. Selection of chapters from manuals, upon indication of the professor.

For non attending students:

1.         Literary texts:

-           Lope de Vega, Fuente Ovejuna.

-           Anonimo, Lazarillo de Tormes.

-           Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quijote de la Mancha (selected chapters upon indication of the professor).

-           Pedro Calderón de la Barca, La vida es sueño.

-           Attribuito a Tirso de Molina o Andrés de Claramonte, El Burlador de Sevilla.

2.         Selezione di poesie, su indicazione del docente, di Garcilaso de la Vega, San Juan de la Cruz, Fray Luis de León, Luis de Góngora y Francisco de Quevedo, Teresa de Jesús.

3.         Manual upon indication of the professor.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ANDREA BAGLIONE (President)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

2 October 2023.

Class schedule

SPANISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE II

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam consists of an interview in Italian or Spanish on the topics covered by the course.

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 need to demonstrate that they:

- Know the themes and stylistic evolution of XVI and XVII century Spanish literature.

- Know how to comment and analyze literary texts and contextualize them.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Students with SLD, disability or other special educational needs certification are advised to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course to agree on teaching and exam methods that, in compliance with the teaching objectives, take into account the learning methods individual and provide suitable compensatory tools.