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Spanish Literature III - from "D. Quijote" to "D. Álvaro"

Code 16932
Year 3
Semester S1
ECTS Credits 6
Workload TP(60H)
Scientific area Literaturas
Entry requirements There are not. Nevertheless, both the classes and the texts are in Spanish, so students are recommended to have sufficient receptive competence in that language.
Learning outcomes General goals: To be acquainted with some of the literary productions canonised by the traditional historiography, which are therefore considered to be central to the studied frame time (17th and 18th c.), continuing the historical approach already begun.
Learning outcomes:
-To use and define basic concepts for literary studies in general, and for that frame time in particular;
-To recognise and describe literary trends of the period;
-To identify, understand and discuss literary fragments, representative of the time, taking into account its context of production;
-To prove maturity, accurateness and ability to develop and express personal (not subjective) ideas;
-To use honestly and appropriately others’ thoughts;
-To relate, from an interdisciplinary point of view, other acquired knowledge or skills.
Syllabus I. From the Renaissance to the Baroque. The “golden siglo” or the “conflicting age” > 1. The narrative genre in the s. XVII. Miguel de Cervantes and the
modern novel. 'Don Quijote de la Mancha'. Cervantes beyond 'Quijote' and 'Quijote' beyond Cervantes. The picaresque. The prose “of ideas” | 2. Baroque
poetry. The duel between conceptism and culteranism. Quevedo and Góngora | 3. The golden theater. Dramatic production in Spanish after 'Arte nuevo'. Two
'monsters of nature': Lope and Calderón. II. From illustration to Romanism. Lights and shadows of the Spanish Enlightenment. The two Spains. Exile and
peninsular romanticism > 4. The literature of the 18th century and its amalgamation of currents. Pre-romanticism. Cadalso, ‘Noches lúgubres’ (the “1st
European romantic work”) and ‘Cartas marruecas’.
Main Bibliography Blanco Aguinaga, C. Rodríguez Puértolas, J, Zavala, I. (2000). ‘Historia social de la literatura española’. Akal, vol. I.
From Moodle platform (https://moodle.ubi.pt/moodle/) the students will have access to required readings, although it is recommended to attain and use
comprehensive editions of (some of) the works in book form. Further reading and additional resources will be also available at Moodle.
Both the classes and the texts are in Spanish, so students are recommended to have sufficient receptive competence in that language.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria Teaching Methodologies:
Lectures, using audiovisual materials and permanent teacher-student interaction; practical classes, discussion/sharing of readings carried out individually and
commenting on texts.
Student’s assessment:
Seminars/text analysis throughout the semester: 40% of the final classification; final written test: 60% of the final classification.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2024-10-11

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