71150 - Basque Language and Culture

Learning outcomes

After completing the course the student is able to understand and explain historical, geographical and social contents of Basque language and culture. Knows the critical tools best suited to contextualize, analyze and comment on literary texts and documents of various kinds, and to relate the most significant changes related to the fields of cultural reference.

Course contents

0. INTRODUCTION.
Basic knowledge of geography, demography and administrative organization.
Sociolinguistics. Euskara today.
1.THE ORIGINS.
1.1. The origins of basque language. Theories and current state of research.
2. SOME KNOWLEDGE OF EUSKARA.
2.1. General characteristics of the language.
2.2. Greetings and presentation in Euskara.
3. EUSKARA JALGI ADI PLAZARA. The first literature.
3.1 From 600 to 800.
3.2 The oral tradition.
4. BETWEEN TWO CENTURIES. From 800 to 900.
4.1. The old and new ideologies. Carlism, socialism, nationalism.
4.2. The "renaissance" of culture. From the Euskal JAIAK to the Euskaltzaindia.
5. FRANQUISMO AND TRANSITION.
5.1. From the Civil War to the Basque conflict.
5.2. Euskara batua. The standard language.
5.3. The birth of modern literature and schools in Euskara.
5.4. The new Basque song.
6. EUSKAL HERRIA GAUR.
6.1 Rock Radical Vasco and current music.
6.2. The socio-political context today.
6.3. The literature.
7. BASQUE CONFLICT AND LITERATURE.
7.1. Authors and texts.

Readings/Bibliography

BIBLIOGRAFIA

(per chi frequenta)

- SAIZARBITORIA, Ramon. Cento metri. Memoranda Edizioni, 1985 (Chiedere al docente)

- CIRULLI, Adriano. L'ascia e il serpente. Datanews, 2012.

- IGARTUA, Iban/ ZABALTZA, Xabier. Euskararen historia laburra. A Brief History of the Basque Language. Etxepare Euskal Institutua, 2012. (Scaricabile da: http://www.etxepare.eus/eu/argitalpenak)

- Scegliere due:

AYERBE, Mikel. Our wars. Paperback, 2012 (in inglese). AYERBE, Mikel.Nuestras guerras. Lengua de trapo, 2014 (in spagnolo)

ATXAGA, Bernardo. Il libro di mio fratello. Einaudi, 2003.

CANO, Harkaitz. Twist. Seix Barral, 2013. (in spagnolo)

URRETABIZKAIA, Arantxa. Quaderno rosso. Gran Via, 2008.

ZALDUA, Iban. Avvenire. Gran Via, 2005.

OLASAGARRE Joango. Valigie impossibili. Gran Via, , 2008.

- Scegliere uno:

(Scaricabile da: http://www.etxepare.eus/eu/argitalpenak)

EZKERRA, Estibaliz. XX. Mendeko euskal literatura. Basque literature in the Xxth century. Etxepare Euskal Institutua, 2012.

URTUSAGA, Eskisabel. Euskal kantagintza. Basque songwriting. Etxepare Euskal Institutua, 2012.

GARTZIA, Joxerra. Bertsolaritza. Etxepare Euskal Institutua, 2012.

ZULAIKA, Joseba. Tradizioak. Etxepare Euskal Institutua, 2012.

FERNANDEZ, Joxean. Euskal zinema. Cine vasco. Basque cinema. Etxepare Euskal Institutua, 2012.

AGIRRE, Peio. Arquitectura eta diseinua. Arquitectura y diseño. Architecture and design. Etxepare Euskal Institutua, 2011.

ARAOLAZA, Oier. Euskal dantza. La danza vasca. Basque dance. Etxepare Institutua, 2012.

Teaching methods

Lectures with student participation.
Vision and critical reading materials related to Basque culture.

Assessment methods

Final oral examination.

Office hours

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