SPANISH LITERATURE 1

Intersections: Literature and Art
As part of the curriculum of European and American and Postcolonial Languages and Literatures, Literature and Culture, this course aims to provide students with a general knowledgeThe course aims to provide students with a general knowledge of the historical-cultural context and the study of the many intersections between Literature and Art, taking as case study Iberian examples. It also provides critical and methodological tools, aimed at the acquisition, by students, of understanding and analysis of texts and films that favor autonomy of judgment.
Lessons, reading, analysis of texts and exams will take place in Spanish, in order to consolidate understanding and communication skills in an appropriate language.

Expected learning outcomes are:
-knowledge of Spain's literary history history with special attention to the twentieth and twenty first centuries;
-knowledge of essential critical notions to analyse texts, artworks, and films;
-ability to develop films interpretation with bibliographical sources;
-capacity for autonomous apprenticeship that allow students to apply new knowledge to required readings.

Excellent knowledge of Spanish language, and knowledge of twentieth century Spanish history and literature; analytical skills to perform critical commentary of literary texts.

This course focuses on the most important cases of "intersection" between literature and the arts represented in a selected number of works of art, literature and cinema in contemporary Spain, and the ways in which they are influenced by the historical, philosophical-political context, and the ideas of the time in which these works were produced. We are going to analyze the works among others by Pérez Galdós and Buñuel, Gimferrer, Picasso, Dalí, Max Aub, Rafael Alberti, Pere Portabella.

a) literary texts (whole)
Pere Gimferrer, Dietari.
Orson Welles, F for Fake
Max Aub, Jusep Torres Campalans
Manuel Machado, Pedro Salinas, Marià Manent, poemas
Poesia visual. Joan Brossa
Pere Portabella, Die Stille vor Bach
Benito Pérez Galdós, Tristana
Luis Buñuel, Tristana
Picasso, "Guernica", "Sueño y mentira de Franco",
Rafael Alberti, A la pintura
Other materials will be provided by the instructor.

b) Study texts
Bennet, Tony. The Birth of the Museum. History, Theory, Politics. London: Routledge, 1995.
Bohn, Willard. The aesthetics of Visual Poetry, 1914-1928. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1986.
Bou, Enric. Pintura en el aire Valencia: Pre-Textos, 2001Chipp, Herschel Browning.
Higgins, Dick. Pattern Poetry. Guide to an Unknown Literature. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1987.
Mitchell, W.J.T. Picture Theory. Essays on Verbal and Visual Representation. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1994.
Paz, Octavio. El arco y la lira. México: Fondo de Cultura económica, 1967.
Peignot, Jérôme. Typoésie. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale Éditions, 1993.

Final exam is a written test in Spanish. It consists of four questions (the student must answer two of their choice) in order to ensure the skills acquired in the analysis of texts and artworks. Questions include two or more topics discussed in the course.
To pass the course is required:
-active participation in class.
-short critical essay on each one of the books/films.
-class presentation of one of the course topics.
-final written exam.

The constant and active participation in lessons and two cultural activities by the teacher will award a bonus of up to 2 points on the final grade.

Lectures in Spanish with the help of films, documentaries, interviews.

The file "Calendario" in noodle (available after the first class meeting) provides the daily activities/readings of this course.

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