31159 - Spanish Literature 2

Course contents

ITINERARIES IN THE SPANISH LITERATURE OF THE GOLDEN AGE

The program will focus on Golden Age Spanish literature referred to the development on the genres; these main topics will be offered:

Module 1

1. Poetry. Traditional Spanish Poetry and Italian models: Garcilaso, Francisco de Aldana, Fray Luis de León, San Juan de la Cruz, Lope de Vega, Quevedo e Góngora

2. Narrative: La Celestina, El Lazarillo,

Module 2

3. Don Quijote de la Mancha. Parte I. (caps. 1-15)

4. Theatre: the commercial theater and the theatrical formula of Lope de Vega: Fuenteovejuna; Cervantes «Retablo de las maravillas» and the entremés; the rewriting of the myth in the Burlador de Sevilla y Convidado de piedra of Tirso de Molina

Readings/Bibliography

Reference manual:

Pedraza, Felipe e Rodríguez Cáceres, Las épocas de la literatura española, Barcelona, Ariel, 1997, latest ed.

For specific purpouses: Rodríguez Cacho, Lina, Manual de historia literaria española, 1. Siglos XIII al XVII, Madrid, Castalia Universidad, 2009 only the part on Golden Age Literature

Module 1

Literary texts:

- Lazarillo de Tormes, (Prólogo Tratado I, III and VII in Spanish) ed. A. Gargano, Venezia, Marsilio, 2017 (with italian translation) or free access https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/la-vida-de-lazarillo-de-tormes-y-de-sus-fortunas-y-adversidades--0/html/

Module 2

- Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quijote de la Mancha, I, ed. J. J. Allen, Madrid, Cátedra, 2005 or the edition by F. Rico, Barcelona, Crítica, 1998, open access https://cvc.cervantes.es/literatura/clasicos/quijote/); students can also use translations in their own language, but are obliged to read in spanish the following chapters: Prologue and I-XIV (reading in spanish).

– Miguel de Cervantes, El retablo de las maravillas / Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra; edición de Florencio Sevilla Arroyo

https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra/el-retablo-de-las-maravillas--0/

- Vega,Lope de, Fuenteovejuna, ed. G. Gilabert, Madrid, Clásicos Hispánicos, 2016 (available on line open access) https://zenodo.org/record/3757805#.XwHIIYrOOhA

– El retablo de las maravillas / Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra; edición de Florencio Sevilla Arroyo

https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra/el-retablo-de-las-maravillas--0/

-- Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, La vita è un sogno, ed. bilingue F. Antonucci, Venezia, Marsilio, 2009 (oppure: La vida es sueño, ed. F. Antonucci, Barcelona, Crítica, 2008, lettura completa in lingua spagnola). In alternativa, può essere utilizzata l'edizione a cura di Evangelina Rodríguez Cuadros, Madrid, Austral, 1997, disponibile on line ad accesso libero (http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra/la-vida-es-sueno--0/)

The rest of the required readings (short texts, anthological passages) will be available on Virtuale.

Teaching methods

Traditional teaching (in Spanish) with the use of digital texts available on line.

Assessment methods

The examination consists in an oral examination in Spanish, concerning, approximately: 1 topic of cultural history; 1 topic of literary history; 1 literary commentary and translation of a sample of a literary text; 1 topic of description of a literary text or genre; 1 topic of description of a specific aspect within a literary text; 1 comment to a fragment of a literary text.  It will test the descriptive knowledge of the topics discussed during the course, the ability to contextualize the cultural and literary phenomena and to identify the originality of the texts studied. It will also evaluate the critical knowledge of bibliography, as well as fluency, accuracy and appropriateness of language. Overall knowledge of the cultural, historical and literary contexts, and proficient use of the reference texts to support this vision, will be evaluated as excellent, while a general knowledge without interpretive skills will only achieve a passing grade. Finally, the proven and repeated difficulty in creating descriptive and logical connections between cultural phenomena and literary texts will get a failing grade.

Artificial intelligence (AI) will not be used for assessment, and the use of AI is not permitted during the examination.

Students may be tested on parts of the program (lessons 1-15 on poetry and prose: La Celestina and Lazarillo ) in a ORAL EXAM IN ITINERE, the schedule of which will be announced during the lessons.

Teaching tools

Teaching materials will be available on the VIRTUALE digital page, consisting mainly of anthologies of texts used in the course; the projector will be regularly used to display summaries, concepts, fragments of text, images and video sequences; it will be provided weekly on line the slides presented. It will also make use of literary translation to better analyze the characteristics of the selected texts.

Students with SLDs or temporary or permanent disabilities: we suggest that you contact the relevant university office ( https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en ) and your teacher immediately to work together to find the most effective strategies for attending classes and/or preparing for exams.Any requests for exam accommodations must be made at least 15 days before the date of the exam, by sending an email to Prof. Luporini and copying (Cc) the email address disabilita@unibo.it [mailto:disabilita@unibo.it] (in case of disability) or dsa@unibo.it [mailto:dsa@unibo.it] (for students with Specific Learning Difficulties).

Office hours

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See the website of Giulia Lucchesi