SPANISH LITERATURE 2 MOD. 1

As part of the curriculum of Literature and Culture of the Laurea triennale in Lingue, Civiltà e Scienze del Linguaggio. This course aims to provide students a broad understanding of the historical and cultural context and literary production in Spain of the Golden Age.

1. Knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding of Spain's literary history with special attention to the Golden Age;
Knowledge and undestanding of the literary genres;
Knowledge to read, traslate and analyse critically texts in spanish languages of the Golden Age;
2. Capacity to apply knowledge and understanding
Capacity to apply the critical notions to analyse literary texts (poetry, narrative and theatre);
Capacity to read, traslate and analyse critically texts in spanish languages of the Golden Age;
3. Capacity of judgement
capacity for autonomous apprenticeship that allow students to apply new knowledge to required readings;
ability to analyse critically the literary texts;
ability to make an analysis of a literary text in italian Language.

Knowledge of the Spanish language to read critic and literary texts.

1. The concept and the context of the "Siglo de Oro".
2.The prose of fiction: old books vs. new books
2.1. The "Lazarillo" and the modern fiction
2.2. The "Lazarillo" and the construction of the point of view
3. The modern theater or the professionalization of theater
3.1. The "Comedia Nueva": a new performance
3.2. Lope de Vega and "El caballero de Olmedo

a) Lectures
1. Lazarillo de Tormes, a cura di Antonio Gargano con testo a fronte, Venezia, Marsilio, 2017.
2. Vega, Lope de, El caballero de Olmedo, ed. F. Rico, Madrid, Catedra, last ed.

b) Critical Studies
5. Pedraza Jimenez, Felipe B. and Rodriguez Caceres, Milagros, Las epocas de la literatura española, Barcelona, Ariel, 1997, pp. 11-161.

Other didactic materials will be put to disposition on line during the course.

Commentary of literary texts and questions of cultural history and literature, and the literary genres.

The course consists of theoretical and practical lessons (analysis of literary texts). During the lessons, the students have to participate actively preparing the texts analysis.

The file "Calendario" in Moodle (available from the first day of class) provides day-to-day course activities and lectures.

written and oral