Course Details

SPANISH LITERATURE I A 2° LEVEL

L1098

Course
SPANISH LITERATURE I A 2° LEVEL
Code
L1098
Academic Year
2025/2026
Curriculum Year
2025/2026
Degree Programme
FOREIGN LANGUAGES, CULTURES, TOURISM
Curriculum
000 - CORSO GENERICO
Course coordinator
Credits
6
Lecture Hours
30
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/05 - Spanish Literature
Course Type
Single-subject learning activity
Course Delivery
OPZ - Opzionale
Year
1
Teaching period
Primo Semestre
Campus
VERCELLI
Teaching language
Spanish; Castilian
Course Contents
I am another: autofiction in sentimental fiction and La lozana andaluza
Reference Texts
Suggested Bibliography: -Cortijo Ocaña, Antonio, La evolución genérica de la ficción sentimental de los siglos XV y XVI: género literario y contexto social, London : Tamesis, 2001. -Paolini, Devid, La génesis de La Celestina, Madrid : Iberoamericana ; Frakfurt am Main : Vervuert, 2023. -Navarro Durán, Rosa, La lozana andaluza, un retrato en clave : pasquines históricos en la Roma Babilonia, Valencina de la Concepción (Sevilla) : Renacimiento, 2018. -Gargano, Antonio, La ley universal de la vida : desorden y modernidad en "La Celestina" de Fernando de Rojas, Madrid : Iberoamericana ; Frankfurt am Main : Vervuert, 2020.
Learning Outcomes
BASIC EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES: 1. KNOWLEDGE • Analytical reading and historical-literary framing of some texts in Spanish literature. • Knowledge of the history of renaissance Spanish literature. • Knowledge of the main literary theories concerning the concept of metafiction. 2. SKILLS Ability to relate literary techniques and themes with the evolution of the genre and with the socio-historical context of Spain. Acquisition of the main narratological analysis tools. 3. TRANSVERSAL SKILLS Ability of clear and concise presentation, with an organic vision of the concepts of the course. HIGHER LEVEL EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES: 1. SKILLS Being able to analyze a narrative text highlighting its diversity with respect to the generic canon, in an evolutionary framework of the literary phenomenon. 2. TRANSVERSAL SKILLS Ability to express one's own vision of the text, with autonomy of judgment, in a reasoned and analytical way.
Prerequisites
Good knowledge of Spanish literature. Knowledge of Spanish at B2 advanced level
Teaching Methods
Lectures, seminar on text analysis. Projection of slides with texts, diagrams, graphs and images.
Additional Information
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Assessment Methods
Oral examination of about twenty minutes in spanish. At final evaluation will contribute equally to the student training on the following topics: • Analytical reading and historical-literary framing of the proposed texts. • Knowledge of literary criticism of the analyzed texts. • Evaluation of the relationship between the proposed texts and the evolution of the literary’s code, also in relation to the historical-social context. • Acquisition of a method of analyzing a text. To achieve top marks, the student has to demonstrate excellent knowledge of the topics covered in the course, great expressive mastery, mastery of textual analysis terminology, personal content processing skills. An exam will be evaluated as sufficient if the student reveals some lack of preparation in the topics covered, expressive difficulties, not complete mastery of literary technical language and little autonomy of judgment. Finally, the student's exam showing large gaps in preparation, poor expressive ability, minimal knowledge of analysis techniques and no independence of criteria will be considered insufficient.
Detailed Syllabus
An author who inserts himself as a character in his text is relatively frequent phenomenon in the late medieval and Renaissance Spanish literature. The course will study the forms of the autofiction in two texts of the indicated period, in search of the literary causes that may have led to this phenomenon. The course will also study, with particular regard, the implications of the autofiction in the constitution of the figure of the author as a function of the dynamic and as a effect of the identity - otherness - identification. The module consists of 2 parts: A. MONOGRAPHIC COURSE B. INSTITUTIONAL PART Analytical reading and study of the literary and historical context of author of the following works: • Francisco Delicado, La lozana andaluza, ed. Folke Gernert y Jacques Joset, Barcelona, Círculo de Lectores / Galaxia Gutenberg, 2013. • Fernando de Rojas, La Celestina, edición y estudio de Francisco J. Lobera y Guillermo Serés, Paloma Díaz-Mas, Carlos Mota e Íñigo Ruiz Arzálluz, y Francisco Rico. Madrid: Real Academia Española – Barcelona: Galaxia Gutenberg-Círculo de Lectores, 2011. • Diego de San Pedro, Cárcel de amor, Madrid, Castalia.
Expected Learning Outcomes
EXPECTED RESULTS FOR BASIC PREPARATION: 1. KNOWLEDGE Knowledge of the evolution of the Spanish Renaissance narrative, and of the related literary criticism. Knowledge of the main literary theories concerning the concept of metafiction. 2. SKILLS Acquisition of the main narratological analysis tools. Being able to evaluate the degree of adhesion of a given work to the code of the genre and to the literary movement in which it belongs. 3. TRANSVERSAL SKILLS Ability to clearly explain the topics of the course, with a good overview. EXPECTED RESULTS FOR HIGHER PREPARATION: 1. SKILLS Distinction between the different trends of the novel starting from the analysis of narrative techniques. 2. TRANSVERSAL SKILLS Being able to present and defend one's judgment on a theoretical and practical basis. Being able to express the results of literary analysis with the appropriate terminology and with ideas for personal elaboration and independence of judgment.
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