Ateneo - UPO

The course aim is to give an emblematic overview of the Argentinian literature of the XXth century through a selection of Alfonsina Storni and Delmira Agustini’s poetry, and a selection of Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortázar’s tales. Besides this, Ernesto Sábato’s novel El túnel will be analyzed.

Primary texts Alfonsina Storni, Antología poética, Buenos Aires, Editorial Losada. Delmira Agustini, Poesías completas, Madrid, Cátedra. Jorge Luis Borges, Cuentos completos, Barcelona, Debolsillo. Julio Cortázar, Bestiario, Octaedro, Deshoras, El perseguidor y otros relatos. Ernesto Sábato, El túnel, Barcelona, Seix Barral. Critical texts: Zanetti, Susana, “Alfonsina Storni”, en ed. citada. Sainz de Medrano, Luis, en “La poesía en el siglo XX: del posmodernismo a las vanguardias”, en Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana, II, siglo XX, Madrid, Cátedra, pp. 488-489. García Pinto, Magdalena, “Introducción”, en ed. citada. Barbera, Trinidad, “Narrativa argentina del siglo XX: cruces nacionalistas, fantasía, inmigración, dictaduras y exilio”, en Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana, II, siglo XX, Madrid, Cátedra, pp. 409-434. Echevarría, Arturo, Lengua y literatura en Borges, Barcelona, Ariel, 1983. Cousté, Alberto, “Presentación”, en El perseguidor y otros relatos cit. Goyalde Palacios, Patricio, La interpretación, el texto y sus fronteras: estudios de las interpretaciones críticas de los cuentos de Julio Cortázar, Madrid, UNED, 2001. Maturo, Graciela, ed., Ernesto Sábato en la crisis de la modernidad, Buenos Aires, Fernando García Cambeiro, 1985.

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 Argentinian Literature of the XXth centuries. 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.

Knowledge of the main characteristics of the Fantastic and of the hispanic poetry of the beginning of the XXth century.

Lecture and textual analysis

The oral examination 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.

The course aim is to give an emblematic overview of the Argentinian literature of the XXth century through a selection of Alfonsina Storni and Delmira Agustini’s poetry, and a selection of Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortázar’s tales. Besides this, Ernesto Sábato’s novel El túnel will be analyzed. Primary texts: Alfonsina Storni, Antología poética, Buenos Aires, Editorial Losada. Delmira Agustini, Poesías completas, Madrid, Cátedra. Jorge Luis Borges, Cuentos completos, Barcelona, Debolsillo. Julio Cortázar, Bestiario, Octaedro, Deshoras, El perseguidor y otros relatos. Ernesto Sábato, El túnel, Barcelona, Seix Barral. Critical texts: Zanetti, Susana, “Alfonsina Storni”, en ed. citada. Sainz de Medrano, Luis, en “La poesía en el siglo XX: del posmodernismo a las vanguardias”, en Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana, II, siglo XX, Madrid, Cátedra, pp. 488-489. García Pinto, Magdalena, “Introducción”, en ed. citada. Barbera, Trinidad, “Narrativa argentina del siglo XX: cruces nacionalistas, fantasía, inmigración, dictaduras y exilio”, en Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana, II, siglo XX, Madrid, Cátedra, pp. 409-434. Echevarría, Arturo, Lengua y literatura en Borges, Barcelona, Ariel, 1983. Cousté, Alberto, “Presentación”, en El perseguidor y otros relatos cit. Goyalde Palacios, Patricio, La interpretación, el texto y sus fronteras: estudios de las interpretaciones críticas de los cuentos de Julio Cortázar, Madrid, UNED, 2001. Maturo, Graciela, ed., Ernesto Sábato en la crisis de la modernidad, Buenos Aires, Fernando García Cambeiro, 1985.

The student must show to be able to analyze and contextualize the texts treated in class taking into account the Argentinian literary movements of XXth century. 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.