SPANISH LITERATURE 1

The course confers an specific profile for the students choosing Spanish language and literature at grade "Lingue, civil e science del linguaggio", class 11 (Lingue e culture moderne) and for all three offered directions (letterario culturale, linguistico-filologico-glottodidattico, politico-internationale). The course can also be inserted into different study programs as "free choice credits" or as additional-supplementary matter. Its aim is proposing a panoramic approach to XX century Spanish literature (from 1898 until the new millennium) organized around some historical and cultural highlights of special significance from the literary perspective. Moreover, the course will provide the students with basic critical and mythological tools for increasing comprehension skills and autonomy of judgement.

Attendance and active participation in the three educational activities proposed by the course (lectures, thematic seminars for in-depth study, multidisciplinary laboratory) and individual study will allow students to:
1. Knowledge and Understanding
● Know the basic linguistic terminology and understand texts that use it;
● Know the properties of different language modules and understand their interaction;
● Know the basics of the mental structure of language and the process of linguistic acquisition of the mother tongue and the foreign language, with particular reference to English.
2. Ability to Apply Knowledge and Understanding
● (Know the basic linguistic terminology and understand texts that use it.) Be able to correctly use linguistic terminology in all processes of application and communication of acquired knowledge;
● (Know the properties of different language modules and understand their interaction.) Be able to perform a simple linguistic analysis of different aspects of one's mother tongue and the English language, taking into account the universal properties of language and the parameters of interlinguistic variation with respect to some specific phenomena;
● (Know the basics of the mental structure of language and the process of linguistic acquisition of the mother tongue and the foreign language.) Be able to apply linguistic metacompetence to the acquisition of the foreign language and the use of academic Italian.
3. Judgment Skills
● Be able to formulate and argue simple hypotheses, also developing a critical approach to the evaluation of alternative hypotheses.
4. Communication Skills
● Be able to communicate the specifics of linguistic reflection, using appropriate terminology;
● Be able to interact with peers and the tutor, critically and respectfully, both in person and on the virtual classroom forum.
5. Learning Skills
● Be able to take notes and share them collaboratively on the online platform;
● Be able to critically consult reference texts and the bibliography contained therein.

No prerequisite is mandatory, but a fair knowledge of the Spanish language will facilitate the reading of texts.

The course program will develop starting from the most significant moments articulating Spanish literature during the 20th century. Attention will be paid to the historical, socio-economic, political and cultural circumstances in which the different groups, movements, trends and literary phenomena characterizing the period from the "Desastre of '98" to the beginning of the new millennium arise and develop. Paying special attention to the watershed constituted by the Civil War, the analysis of some texts will be proposed (a selection of poems, some short stories and novels) with which it will be possible to follow the Spanish literary debate of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Macro-themes:
1. '98 and the turn of the century.
2. Avantgarde and generation of 1927.
3. The civil war: language and propaganda.
4. From postwar period to Transition.
5. Contemporary Spain: between history and memory.

Required reading:
- Anthology of texts provided by the teacher during the course.
- Choice of short stories from:
"A sangre y fuego" by Manuel Chavez Nogales. Introduction by María Isabel Cintas. Libros del Asteroide (2011).
"Racconti del dispatrio" by Vicente Soto. Introduction by Alessandro Mistrorigo. Sinopia (2022).
"Partes de guerra" ed. di Ignacio Martínez de Pisón. Catedral (2022).
- Novels:
"Luna de lobos" (1985) by Julio Llamazares. Ed. by Miguel Tomás-Valiente, Cáterda, Letras Hispánicas (2009).
"Soldados de Salamina" (2001) by Javier Cercas. Ed. by Domingo Ródenas de Moya, Cátedra, Letras Hispánicas (2017).

Texts for the study:
- Alvar Carlos, José-Carlos Mainer, Rosa Navarro, Storia della letteratura spagnola, vol. II, L'età contemporanea, Torino, Einaudi, 1997 (pp. 469-579).
- AA.VV., Letteratura spagnola contemporanea, Torino, Pearson, 2020.
- Julián Casanova, Carlos Gil Andrés, Breve historia de España en el siglo XX, Barcelona, Ariel, 2012.
- Gabriele Ranzato, La Guerra Di Spagna, Milano, Giunti, 1995.
- Cesare Segre, Avviamento all’analisi del testo letterario, Torino, Einaudi, 1985 (pp. 5-131).

Critical bibliography for further reading:
- Francisco Rico (coord.), Historia crítica de la Literatura Española, 9 vols. y sus suplementos, Barcelona: Ariel, 1980-2000. (tomos 6-9).
- Gabriele Morelli, Danilo Manera, Letteratura spagnola del Novecento. Dal modernismo al postmoderno, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2007 (pp. 1-279).
- Jordi Gracia, Domingo Ródenas, Historia de la literatura española. 7. Derrota y restitución de la modernidad 1939-2010, Barcelona, Crítica, 2011.
- José Carlos Mainer (coord.), Historia de la literatura española, 6. Modernidad y nacionalismo 1900-1939, Barcelona, Crítica, 2010.
- Maria Grazia Profeti (a cura di), L’età contemporanea della letteratura spagnola. Il Novecento, Milano, La Nuova Italia, 2001.

Specific didactic materials will be at hand during the course.

The teaching includes an oral exam as a method of assessment. The interview aims to verify the general knowledge and text analysis skills acquired during the course and consists of three questions (a general topic to develop, a text commentary, and a brief definition of concepts). The approximate duration of the exam will be around 20 minutes. Active participation of the student in the lessons is appreciated.

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Assessment Grid (regardless of attendance mode):
28-30L: mastery of the topics covered in lectures and manuals; ability to prioritize information; use of appropriate technical terminology;
26-27: good knowledge of the topics covered in lectures and, to a lesser extent, in manuals; fair ability to organize information and present it orally; familiarity with technical terminology;
24-25: not always in-depth knowledge of the topics covered in lectures and manuals; orderly oral presentation but not always correct use of technical terminology;
22-23: often superficial knowledge of the topics covered in lectures and manuals; unclear oral presentation and lacking in technical terminology;
18-21: occasionally incomplete knowledge of the topics covered in lectures and manuals; confused oral presentation with little use of technical terminology.

Lecture-based course that also utilizes educational modules available on the university's e-learning platform moodle.unive.it with texts and other multimedia materials.