SPANISH LITERATURE 3

The course aims to offer an overview of the Nineteenth-Century Spanish novel in the European context, and therefore we will study 1) the main ideas and aesthetic concepts of the period, as well as 2) a selection of the main Spanish titles with particular attention to the narrative point of view.

At the end of the course, students will have to demonstrate that they know:
- The different concepts, movements and literary theories of nineteenth-century (and early twentieth-century) Spain, with particular attention to its narrative representation.
- The fundamental critical notions for the analysis of literary and historical texts, especially in the field of narratology.
- Development of independent judgment in the interpretation of texts, with the extra ability to re-elaborate bibliographic sources.
- Independent learning skills that allow you to apply the knowledge acquired to study texts.

Knowledge of the Spanish language, and ability to analyze and critically comment on the literary text.

1. Great hopes: introduction to the genre of the novel
1.1. The suffering feo: the Spanish novel in the European context
1.2. The Spanish narrative of the 19th century: brief history
1.3. How to make a novel: an x-ray of narration
2. Narrators and novels
2.1. The total novel: Galdós' project
2.2. A monument: La Regenta de Clarín
2.3. Female point of view: Emilia Pardo Bazán
2.4. The modernist tour: Miguel de Unamuno

Compulsory readings
1. Clarín (Leopoldo Alas), La Regenta, ed. J. Oleza, Madrid, Cátedra, 1984, 2 vols.
2. Galdós, Benito Pérez, Doña Perfecta, ed. R. Cardona, Madrid, Cátedra, 1983.
3. Unamuno, Miguel de, Niebla, ed. M. J. Valdés, Madrid, Cátedra, 1986.
Integrative readings
CAUDET, Francisco, «La falacia mimética: la cuestión del realismo en Galdós», en El parto de la modernidad: la novela española de los siglos XIX y XX, Madrid, Ediciones de la Torre, 2002, pp. 51-75.
GARRIDO ARDILA, Juan Antonio, «La génesis de la novela unamuniana: la parodia de Galdós y de la novela realista», en La construcción modernista de «Niebla» de Unamuno, ed. J. A. Garrido Ardila, Barcelona, Anthropos, 2015a, pp. 67-91.
MAZZONI, Guido, Teoria del romanzo, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2011 [pp. 247-353].
SCOTTO DI CARLO, Assunta, «Il ritorno dei personaggi e le trasformazioni della borghesia in Galdós», Status quaestionis, 12, 2017, pp. 76-99.
SOBEJANO, Gonzalo, «Madame Bovary en La Regenta», Los Cuadernos del Norte, 2.7, 1981, pp. 22-27.
Extra readings
ALONSO, Cecilio, Historia de la literatura española, 5. Hacia una literatura nacional 1800-1900, Barcelona, Crítica, 2010.
AUBERT, Paul, «La novela en España en los siglos XIX y XX», en Historia, sociedad, búsqueda identitaria», en La novela en España (siglos XIX-XX) [online]. Madrid: Casa de Velázquez, 2001, pp. 7-20 [versión online].
BAL, Mieke, Teoría de la narrativa (una introducción a la narratología), Madrid, Cátedra, 1987 [Narratologie, París: Klincksieck, 1977].
GALVÁN, Luis, «Acción y narración: problemas y orientaciones para la fundamentación de la narratología», en Teoría y comparatismo: tradición y nuevos espacios (Actas del I Congreso Internacional de ASETEL), Granada, Universidad de Granada, 2014, pp. 389-400.
GARRIDO ARDILA, Juan Antonio, La construcción modernista de «Niebla» de Unamuno, Barcelona, Anthropos, 2015b.
— Filosofía y literatura en «Niebla» de Unamuno: Kierkegaard y el Modernismo, Salamanca, Universidad de Salamanca, 2019.
HÜHN, Peter (ed.), The living handbook of narratology, online [https://www-archiv.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/lhn/]MAINER , José-Carlos, Historia de la literatura española, 6. Modernidad y nacionalismo 1900-1939, Barcelona, Crítica, 2010.
SÁEZ, Adrián J., «La muerte de Rufete y algunos locos en La desheredada: un par de cuestiones cervantinas en Galdós», en Recreaciones quijotescas y cervantinas en la narrativa, ed. C. Mata Induráin, Pamplona, Eunsa, 2013, pp. 275-287.
[Nota bene: some of these texts will be on-line in Moodle.]

Learning assessment occurs through two methods: 1) active participation in class, and 2) an oral exam consisting of three questions (theory, commentary on a passage and short presentation of a free reading).
Extra reading is chosen from a list on Moodle.

The course will combine theoretical and practical lessons: in addition to the teacher's lessons, the student will have to prepare the compulsory and supplementary readings to critically discuss in the lessons. The critical materials will be available on the University's Moodle e-learning platform.

Language of instruction: Spanish.
The document «Calendar» in Moodle (available from the first day of class) provides the course activities and readings day by day.

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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Poverty and inequalities" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development