Female figures in the cultural and artistic development of contemporary Spain (19th and 20th centuries).
The course aims to study in depth some salient aspects of Spanish cultural and social history between the 19th and 21st centuries. Supplementary didactic activities are planned - seminar-led - consisting of guided readings, analysis of pictorial texts, commented viewings of films, etc.
At the end of the course, the knowledge acquired will enable the student to understand the ideas that characterised the feminist claim in Spain and to recognise the literary and artistic works of some of the greatest Spanish intellectuals of the 19th and 20th centuries.
The course, bibliography and examination will be entirely in Spanish. A good knowledge of Spanish is therefore required.
36 hours of lectures in Spanish with the use of multimedia tools.
Attendance is not compulsory but strongly recommended.
Attending students will be given the opportunity to carry out individual work (optional), the result of which will be presented to the class by the student.
The course intends to study in depth the intellectual and artistic work of some of the female figures who best developed their creative vein in a Spain still culturally dominated by an archaic and repressive mentality that assigned women a role of absolute social subordination.
Among others, literary and artistic works by:
-Concepción Arenal (writer)
-Emilia Pardo Bazán (writer)
-Maruja Mallo (painter)
-María Blanchard (painter)
-Lluïsa Vidal i Puig (painter)
-Josefina Molina (film director)
-Cecilia Bartolomé (film director)
Attending students:
-course notes
-course materials provided in class or uploaded to aulaweb
Non-attending students should contact the lecturer by e-mail to agree on a bibliography.
Ricevimento: The reception takes place, by appointment by e-mail, in the lecturer's office at Piazza Santa Sabina 2, 5th floor, Iberistics section.
MARCO SUCCIO (President)
ANDREA BAGLIONE
ALESSIA CASSANI (President Substitute)
October 2025
Written examination at the end of the course.
Attending students who choose to do the writing and presentation work proposed by the lecturer will be recognised as part of the examination. Further information will be provided in the classroom.
The student will have to demonstrate that he/she is familiar with the bibliography in the syllabus, that he/she has acquired the critical tools covered in the course and that he/she has developed adequate skills in analysing and contextualising the works and literary texts proposed.
Students are reminded that Aulaweb will be the platform used to communicate detailed information during the lessons and to share some of the study material included in the programme.
Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with prof. Sara Dickinson (sara.dickinson@unige.it), the Department's disability liaison. Further information available at https://unige.it/disabilita-dsa.
