Course Details

HISPANIC LITERATURES

LE0809

Course
HISPANIC LITERATURES
Code
LE0809
Academic Year
2026/2027
Curriculum Year
2026/2027
Degree Programme
MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Curriculum
000 - CORSO GENERICO
Course coordinator
Credits
12
Lecture Hours
60
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
SPAN-01/A - Spanish literature, SPAN-01/B - Spanish-American Languages and Literatures
Course Type
Integrated learning activity
Course Delivery
OPZ - Opzionale
Year
1
Teaching period
Secondo Semestre
Campus
VERCELLI
Teaching language
Italian
Course Contents
Hispanic Literatures Culture in Spanish language expresses itself in Spain and American countries’ literary and artistic production. This integrated course offers two different deepenings about the two related geografic areas, that, even if they share a common language and similar cultural influences, are also two different contexts that allow to broaden the look, traditionally european, to hybridism and to cultural richness of Latin-American countries. Spanish Literature I "The course is of an institutional nature and aims to trace the main stages of Spanish literature from its origins to the early twentieth century, focusing on the most important movements, aesthetics, and authors, taking into account the historical context."Latin-American LiteraturesA. 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 LatinAmerican Countries and Literatures.
Reference Texts
Spanish Literature I["it is the new ricercatore's job]Latin-American LiteraturesPrimary texts: Gabriel García Márquez, Cien años de soledad, 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: 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.Institutional part: 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, Espejos, Madrid, Méjico, Siglo XXI, 2009 (selection).
Learning Outcomes
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.
Prerequisites
Spanish Literature IBasic Knowledge of the history of European Literatures Latin-American LiteratureBasic knowledge of the history and the development of the Spanish culture in the Latin-American countries
Teaching Methods
For both courses: lectures; for Latin-American Literatures also textual analysis
Additional Information
No further information
Assessment Methods
Spanish Literatures["It is the new ricercatore task]Latin-American LiteratureThe 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. 
Detailed Syllabus
Spanish Literature I[it's the new ricercatore responsability]Latin-American LiteraturesA. 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 LatinAmerican Countries and Literatures. Primary texts: Gabriel García Márquez, Cien años de soledad, 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: 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.Institutional part: 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, Espejos, Madrid, Méjico, Siglo XXI, 2009 (selection).
Expected Learning Outcomes
Spanish Literature I[It is the new teacher's responsibility]Latin-American LiteraturesThe student must show to be able to analyze and contextualize both the texts treated in class, and the esthetic movements of Fantastic and Magic Realism in 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.

Moduli

Course year 1
Code LE0809-A
Course SPANISH LITERATURE FIRST YEAR
Lecturers -
SSD SPAN-01/A
Campus VERCELLI
Curriculum CORSO GENERICO
Credits 6
Course year 1
Code LE0809-B
Course SPANISH AMERICAN LITERATURE
SSD SPAN-01/B
Campus VERCELLI
Curriculum CORSO GENERICO
Credits 6
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