LEARNING OUTCOMES
Students will acquire basic knowledge of the poetic, narrative and theatrical production of the main Spanish authors of the Renaissance and Baroque, whose works will be appropriately framed in their historical-cultural context. They will be enabled to correctly interpret the texts under study on a literary level, which they will read in the original version.
At the end of the training course, students will be able to read, translate, critically analyze and comment on the texts examined. They will be able to correctly contextualize cultural phenomena, literary movements and individual authors from a historical and literary point of view.
FURTHER EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Autonomy of judgment:
Students will acquire mastery of the methodological and critical tools useful for a correct historical-literary analysis and will be able to apply these tools also to authors and texts other than those covered during the lessons. They will develop autonomy of judgment in commenting on the classics under study.
Communication skills:
Students will express themselves with good communication skills, language skills and correct use of specific vocabulary.
Learning skills:
At the end of the course, students will acquire awareness of the literary phenomena analyzed as well as the skills necessary to critically interpret and contextualize works and authors, which will allow them to undertake further studies in similar or related fields with a good degree of autonomy.
A good knowledge of Spanish history and literature from its origins to the 15th century is essential. Sufficient linguistic skills and basic notions of literary analysis are also required
N.B. To take the exam it is necessary to have passed Spanish Literature I and Spanish Language I.
The course will be delivered through frontal lessons in Italian, conducted with the aid of iconographic materials and audiovisual tools.
The assessment method will consist of an oral exam in Italian with marks from 18 to 30 (with cum laude where appropriate). Marks under 18 will constitute a fail.
The exam will test the candidate’s knowledge and skills described in the learning objectives, based on programme content.
In particular, the completeness of information, the ability to analyze and comment on the texts being studied, contextualizing them appropriately, the autonomy of judgment, and the propriety of language will be evaluated.
--Samonà, Mancini, Guazzelli, Martinengo, “La letteratura spagnola: i secoli d’oro”, Firenze, Sansoni, 1973 (ristampato da BUR).
--J. H. Elliott, “La Spagna Imperiale”, Bologna: Il Mulino.
--Garcilaso de la Vega, “Poesías castellanas completas”, ed. by Elias L. Rivers, Madrid, Castalia.
--“Lazarillo de Tormes”, ed. by Francisco Rico, Madrid, Cátedra (Letras Hispánicas).
--Lope de Vega, “El acero de Madrid”, ed. by Julián González-Barrera, Madrid, Cátedra (Letras Hispánicas).
Details of further required reading will be given during the course.
N.B. As for the edition of Garcilaso's poetry, attending students will only read selected pages, which will be indicated in class, while non-attending students will have to read it in its entirety.
Course title: An introduction to history, culture and literature of Spanish Renaissance and Baroque.
1. The age of Charles V
2. Lyric poetry: tradition and innovation
3. Garcilaso de la Vega: life, works and poetics
4. Garcilaso de la Vega: reading and comment on selected poems
5. The birth of theatre
6. 16th-century narrative fiction
7. “Lazarillo de Tormes”: editorial history
8. “Lazarillo de Tormes”: reading and comment on selected passages
9. “Don Quijote” and the birth of the modern novel
10. Spanish Golden Age theatre
11. “Arte nuevo de hacer comedias” by Lope de Vega
12. “El acero de Madrid”: reading and comment on selected passages.
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