Spanish Literature (18th and 19th Century) - 1st semester
Code
711111075
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Secção de Estudos Espanhóis, Franceses e Italianos
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Pedro Santa María
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Spanish
Objectives
a) To improve knowledge of 18th and 19th centuries Spanish Literature, specially: the ilustrados contribution since the end of the 18th century; romantic highlights; realistic expansions or ruptures, literary thematization of el problema de España at the turn of the century; poetics of modernity in Spanish Literature.
b) To deepen knowledge of its historical, social and cultural contexts, either Spanish or European;
c) To read and study a selection of texts and authors which rise from those trends or movements;
d) To develop skills of researching, selecting and interpreting significant information, textual and non-textual, through transdisciplinary perspectives, regarding the proposed subjects.
e) To develop critical reading skills in order to elaborate reflections, based on argumentation through correctly gathered and articulated information.
f) To develop speech and writing: about acquired information, critical readings and personal perspectives and interpretations.
Prerequisites
Not applicable
Subject matter
1.Introduction to 18th and 19th Spanish Literature.
2.From Ilustración to Romanticism.
3.Romantic genres and modes: poetry, theatre, narrative, journalism.
4.Realist and naturalist productions.
5.Fin-de-Siècle crisis: literary thematizations on the problema de España\\" and the Generación del 98.
READINGS:
CADALSO, José, Cartas marruecas / Noches lúgubres [www.cervantesvirtual.com or Ediciones Cátedra, Madrid, 2006: ed. Rusell P. Sebold]
DUQUE DE RIVAS, Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino, [www.cervantesvirtual.com or Cátedra ed. Alberto Sánchez, Madrid, Cátedra, 2006]
ESPRONCEDA, El estudiante de Salamanca [www.cervantesvirtual.com or Ediciones Cátedra, Madrid, 1994: ed. Benito Varela Jacome]
LARRA, Mariano José de, Artículos [www.cervantesvirtual.com]
BÉCQUER, Gustavo Adolfo, Rimas y Leyendas [www.cervantesvirtual.com or in Ediciones Cátedra/Letras Hispánicas]
PARDO BAZÁN, Emilia, La cuestión palpitante [www.cervantesvirtual.com]
Bibliography
Borque, J. M. D. (1980). Historia de La Literatura Española, Vol. 3, Siglos XVIII/XIX. Madrid: Taurus.
Rico, F. (coord.) (1982). Historia y Crítica de la Literatura Española, Vol. 5, Romanticismo y Realismo. Barcelona: Crítica.
Rico, F. (coord.) (1979). Historia y Crítica de la Literatura Española, Vol. 6, Modernismo y 98. Barcelona: Crítica.
Urrutia, Jorge (2004). Las luces del crepúsculo. Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva.
Vicente Llorens (1989). El Romanticismo español. Madrid: Castalia.
Teaching method
Presentation of the various topics by the lecturer; reading and discussion of a selection of texts covering the topics outlined in the syllabus.
In class teaching
Evaluation method
Adequate and active participation in class (10%), 3 comparative papers (20%) and two written tests in class (20%, 50%).