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Spanish Literature I A: Both people and society are in deep crisis in XXth century Spain: the long and inexorable decadence of Spain from an historical and political point of view accompanies the existential crisis that characterizes all the western world, according to philosophical nihilism. The cours aim is to analyse three different visions: the fierce satire of José de Larra; the avant-garde drama by Jacinto Grau, that deals with the theme of the relationship between creator and creation, so related to the contemporary abuse of IA, and the pedagogic and positive vision of Alejandro Casona, one of the exiled writers after the Civil War. Latin-American Literature: A. Course: the fantastic in literature. Through the analysis of some texts of Latin-American Literatures of the XXth century, the course aim is to study the different tendencies of the fantastic (fantastic, magic realism and mervellous). B. Institutional part. The course includes also a necessary historical and cultural contextualization about the Spanish conquest of the American continent and the constitution of the Latin American Countries and Literatures.

Spanish Literature I A: A. Course: Primary texts:-Mariano José de Larra, selezione articoli (“La sociedad”, “Vuelva ud. mañana”, “Este país”)- Jacinto Grau, El senor de Pigmalion-Alejandro Casona, La dama del alba, a cura di José R. Rodríguez Richart, Madrid, Cátedra. Critical texts:-E. Correa Calderón, «Introducción», Artículos varios, Madrid, Clásicos Castalia, pp. 9-128. -E. Peral Vega, «Introducción», Grau, El señor de Pigmalión, Madrid, Ed. Biblioteca Nueva, pp. 11-104- Francisco Ruiz Ramón, in Historia del teatro español. Siglo XX, Madrid, Cátedra, pp. 147-148. Bernal Labrada, Hilda, Símbolo, mito y leyenda en el teatro de Casona (selection), Oviedo, Instituto de Estudios Asturianos, 1972. B. Texts must be contextualized by basic knowledge of History and History of Literature of XIXth and XXth century. Texts: M. G. Profeti [ed.], L’età moderna della letteratura spagnola. L’Ottocento. Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 2000; M. G. Profeti [ed.], L’età contemporanea della letteratura spagnola. Il Novecento, Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 2002; Valeria Scorpioni Coggiola, Tempo di silenzio e tempo di parola, Torino, Il Segnalibro, 1995, selection. Latin-American Literature: A. Course: the fantastic in literature. Through the analysis of some texts of Latin-American Literatures of the XXth century, the course aim is to study the different tendencies of the fantastic (fantastic, magic realism and mervellous). Texts: Gabriel García Márquez, Cien años de soledad (selection), Madrid, Espasa-Calpe. Manuel Mujica Lainez, La hechizada, La Sirena, La escalinata de mármol, El hombrecito del azulejo, in Misteriosa Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Ed. Seix Barral, 1994, pp. 190-200, 252-260. Critical texts (besides the introductions of the indicated editions): Abate, Sandro, “A medio siglo del realismo mágico: balance y perspectivas”, Anales de Literatura Hispanoamericana, 1997, pp. 145 159. Rosalba Campra, “Il fantastico: una isotopia della trasgressione”, Strumenti critici, XV.II, 1981, pp. 199-231. Antonio Risco, “La narración fantástica de lengua española”, in Actas del Congreso Internacional sobre Semiótica e Hispanismo, vol. 1, ed. Miguel Ángel Garrido Gallardo, Madrid, CSIC, 1984, pp. 423-431. Franklin García Sánchez, “Génesis de lo fantástico en la literatura hispánica”, in Actas del Congreso Internacional sobre Semiótica e Hispanismo, vol. 1, ed. Miguel Ángel Garrido Gallardo, Madrid, CSIC, 1984, pp. 325-331. Emir Rodríguez Monegal, “Los procedimientos de la narración fantástica”, in Narradores de esta América, I, Montevideo, Alfa, 1969, pp. 220-227, García Márquez Lukavska, Eva, “Gabriel García Márquez: «El ciclo de Macondo» II”, Étude Romanes de Brno, XX, 1990, pp. 49-62. Osorio Soto, María Eugenia, “Deslizamiento entre la transgresión y la historia en Cien años de soledad”, Estudios de Literatura Colombiana, n. 37, 2015, pp. 121-136. Mujica Láinez Marcella Trambaioli, “La hechizada” y “El hombrecito del azulejo”: dos vetas fantásticas del universo literario porteño de Mujica Láinez, Studi di letteratura ispano-americana, 25, 1994, pp. 99-116. B. Institutional part. The course includes also a necessary historical and cultural contextualization about the Spanish conquest of the American continent and the constitution of the Latin-American Countries and Literatures. Coursepack:-Professor's notes- AA.VV., Historia de la Literatura Hispanoamericana, I, Época colonial, Madrid, Cátedra, pp. 11 15, 36-43.- AA.VV., Historia de la Literatura Hispanoamericana, III, Siglo XX, pp. 115-121 (Alicia Llarena, “Surrealismo, Lo real Maravilloso y Realismo Magico, Alejo Carpentier y Miguel Ángel Asturias”); pp. 296-298 (Gabriel García Márquez entre la literatura mítica y el Realismo Mágico). Cristóbal Colón, Los cuatro viajes del Almirante y su testamento, by Ignacio B. Anzoátegui, Madrid, Espasa-Calpe, 1991 (selection). -Eduardo Galeano, Las venas abiertas de América Latina, Siglo XXI, 1971, 1996 (14ª ed.), pp. 15-90.-Eduardo Galeano, Espejos, Madrid, Méjico, Siglo XXI, 2009 (selection).

In order to reach a sufficient level, student must be able to recognize the main characteristics of an author or a text in relation to the modern history of Spanish and Spanish-American Literature. In order to acquire superior skills, student must be able to show a critical ability to establish the relationship between a text or a play and the corresponding literary code, the ability to explain and defend her/his own opinion in a literary discussion, and employ an appropriate terminology.

Basic Knowledge of Spanish Literature and Theater taking into account the european context. Knowledge of the history of the American conquest and of the development of Latin-american Literature in XXth century.

Lecture and textual analysis.

The oral examination for both courses consists in a discussion about the themes and subjects illustrated in class. The first question is about the general contextualization of authors and works from an historical and literary perspective; the following questions are about the specific works that have been analyzed in class. The examination takes about 20 minutes and the number of questions isn’t quantifiable, because the maieutic method implies a constante dialogue between student and professor. In order to pass the examination it’s necessary to reach a basic level for boths aspects: the contextualization and the specific textual analyses. Obviously, the evaluation depends on the capacity of illustrate, explain, analyze the general matters as well as the single texts.

Spanish Literature I A: Both people and society are in deep crisis in XXth century Spain: the long and inexorable decadence of Spain from an historical and political point of view accompanies the existential crisis that characterizes all the western world, according to philosophical nihilism. The cours aim is to analyse three different visions: the fierce satire of José de Larra; the avant-garde drama by Jacinto Grau, that deals with the theme of the relationship between creator and creation, so related to the contemporary abuse of IA, and the pedagogic and positive vision of Alejandro Casona, one of the exiled writers after the Civil War. A. Course: Primary texts:-Mariano José de Larra, selezione articoli (“La sociedad”, “Vuelva ud. mañana”, “Este país”)- Jacinto Grau, El senor de Pigmalion Alejandro Casona, La dama del alba, a cura di José R. Rodríguez Richart, Madrid, Cátedra. Critical texts:-E. Correa Calderón, «Introducción», Artículos varios, Madrid, Clásicos Castalia, pp. 9-128. -E. Peral Vega, «Introducción», Grau, El señor de Pigmalión, Madrid, Ed. Biblioteca Nueva, pp. 11-104- Francisco Ruiz Ramón, in Historia del teatro español. Siglo XX, Madrid, Cátedra, pp. 147-148. Bernal Labrada, Hilda, Símbolo, mito y leyenda en el teatro de Casona (selection), Oviedo, Instituto de Estudios Asturianos, 1972. B. Texts must be contextualized by basic knowledge of History and History of Literature of XIXth and XXth century. Texts: M. G. Profeti [ed.], L’età moderna della letteratura spagnola. L’Ottocento. Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 2000; M. G. Profeti [ed.], L’età contemporanea della letteratura spagnola. Il Novecento, Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 2002; Valeria Scorpioni Coggiola, Tempo di silenzio e tempo di parola, Torino, Il Segnalibro, 1995, selection. Latin-American Literature: A. Course: the fantastic in literature. Through the analysis of some texts of Latin-American Literatures of the XXth century, the course aim is to study the different tendencies of the fantastic (fantastic, magic realism and mervellous). Texts: Gabriel García Márquez, Cien años de soledad (selection), Madrid, Espasa-Calpe. Manuel Mujica Lainez, La hechizada, La Sirena, La escalinata de mármol, El hombrecito del azulejo, in Misteriosa Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Ed. Seix Barral, 1994, pp. 190-200, 252-260. Critical texts (besides the introductions of the indicated editions): Abate, Sandro, “A medio siglo del realismo mágico: balance y perspectivas”, Anales de Literatura Hispanoamericana, 1997, pp. 145 159. Rosalba Campra, “Il fantastico: una isotopia della trasgressione”, Strumenti critici, XV.II, 1981, pp. 199-231. Antonio Risco, “La narración fantástica de lengua española”, in Actas del Congreso Internacional sobre Semiótica e Hispanismo, vol. 1, ed. Miguel Ángel Garrido Gallardo, Madrid, CSIC, 1984, pp. 423-431. Franklin García Sánchez, “Génesis de lo fantástico en la literatura hispánica”, in Actas del Congreso Internacional sobre Semiótica e Hispanismo, vol. 1, ed. Miguel Ángel Garrido Gallardo, Madrid, CSIC, 1984, pp. 325-331. Emir Rodríguez Monegal, “Los procedimientos de la narración fantástica”, in Narradores de esta América, I, Montevideo, Alfa, 1969, pp. 220-227, García Márquez Lukavska, Eva, “Gabriel García Márquez: «El ciclo de Macondo» II”, Étude Romanes de Brno, XX, 1990, pp. 49-62. Osorio Soto, María Eugenia, “Deslizamiento entre la transgresión y la historia en Cien años de soledad”, Estudios de Literatura Colombiana, n. 37, 2015, pp. 121-136. Mujica Láinez Marcella Trambaioli, “La hechizada” y “El hombrecito del azulejo”: dos vetas fantásticas del universo literario porteño de Mujica Láinez, Studi di letteratura ispano-americana, 25, 1994, pp. 99-116. B. Institutional part. The course includes also a necessary historical and cultural contextualization about the Spanish conquest of the American continent and the constitution of the Latin-American Countries and Literatures. Coursepack:-Professor's notes- AA.VV., Historia de la Literatura Hispanoamericana, I, Época colonial, Madrid, Cátedra, pp. 11 15, 36-43.- AA.VV., Historia de la Literatura Hispanoamericana, III, Siglo XX, pp. 115-121 (Alicia Llarena, “Surrealismo, Lo real Maravilloso y Realismo Magico, Alejo Carpentier y Miguel Ángel Asturias”); pp. 296-298 (Gabriel García Márquez entre la literatura mítica y el Realismo Mágico). Cristóbal Colón, Los cuatro viajes del Almirante y su testamento, by Ignacio B. Anzoátegui, Madrid, Espasa-Calpe, 1991 (selection). -Eduardo Galeano, Las venas abiertas de América Latina, Siglo XXI, 1971, 1996 (14ª ed.), pp. 15-90.-Eduardo Galeano, Espejos, Madrid, Méjico, Siglo XXI, 2009 (selection).

The student must show to be able to analyze and contextualize both the texts treated in class, and the esthetic movements in Spain and Latin-American literatures. The student must show as well transversal competencies such as the ability of establish links between an artistic movement and the concrete literary creations of the authors that have been treated in class, and the autonomy of judgment in analyzing themes, motives, stilistic and esthetic characteristics, language uses, ideological, historical and cultural implications.