According to the Dublin descriptors, students, at the end of the course, will demonstrate:
1) Knowledge and understanding
The course is aimed at providing a deep knowledge of the history of Spanish literature, with particular attention to the contemporary era, through the formal and thematic analysis of remarkable texts, to develop students' critical and understanding skills.
2) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
Students will be encouraged to contextualize the authors studied, and to consolidate the methodology of text analysis.
3) Autonomy of judgment
Through the application of various critical methodologies, students will be stimulated to formulate personal and original analyses.
4) Communication skills
The debate, during the lessons, on the one hand will develop an appropriate literary vocabulary, and on the other hand it will improve communication skills, also in Spanish.
5) Learning skills
In a completely personal way, each student will increase his learning skills, through the application of new critical methodologies; thus he will be able to harmonize between them the texts he studies.
Not required.
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a) Literature (students can choose one book, pages relating to the authors and topics, that are part of the course).
- AA.VV., La letteratura spagnola, (3 voll.), Milano, Rizzoli.
- AA.VV., Historia de la literatura española, (4 voll.), Barcelona, Ariel.
- A.VV., Introducción a la literatura a través de los textos (4 voll.), Madrid, Istmo.
- J. GARCÍA LÓPEZ, Historia de la Literatura española, Barcelona, Vicens Vives.
- C. GARCÍA BLANCO, Literatura española del siglo XX, Salamanca, Universidad.
- JOSÈ MARÍA MARTÍNEZ CACHERO, La novela española entre 1936 y el fin de siglo: Historia de una aventura. Madrid, Castalia, 1997.
- LINA RODRÍGUEZ CACHO, Manual de historia de la literatura española, Volumen 2: Siglos XVIII al XX, Madrid, Castalia.
b) Anthology:
- Pilar Quel Barastegui, Antología de la literatura española. Vol. I (Edad Media y Renacimiento), Vol. II (del Barroco al Realismo), Vol. III (Siglo XX), Messina, Lippolis, 2005-2012.
c) Methodological texts:
- GERARD GENETTE, Figure III. Discorso del racconto, Torino, Einaudi, 332 p.
- ANGELO MARCHESE, Dizionario di retorica e stilistica, Milano, Mondadori, 339 p.
– IDEM, L’officina del racconto, Milano, Mondadori, 246 pp.
Required reading:
- Miguel de Cervantes, El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha – 1st book (any edition).
Analysis
Two views on death in Spanish-language literature.
Text:
Juan Rulfo, Pedro Páramo (any edition).
José Antonio García Blázquez, El amante inanimado/L’amante inanimato, Messina, Lippolis, 1996.
Critical texts:
Domenico Antonio Cusato, Dentro del laberinto. Estudios sobre la estructura de “Pedro Páramo”, Roma, Bulzoni, 1993, 118 p.
Domenico Antonio Cusato, Introducción a J. A. García Blázquez, El amante inanimado, Messina, Lippolis, 1996, pp. 7-73.
Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.
For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).
-->All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.
