Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500248 Spanish Language and Literature | FB | 1 | 2 |
2501801 Catalan and Spanish | FB | 1 | 2 |
2501910 English and Spanish | FB | 1 | 2 |
2504012 Spanish and Chinese Studies: Language, Literature and Culture | FB | 1 | 2 |
This subject requires a command of oral and written expression in Spanish equivalent to that obtained at the end of bachelor studies. Therefore the ability to express correctly verbally and in writing is essential.
In regards to writing, it's understood that the student will write paragraphs with full content. Obviously, spelling errors, punctuation and speech structure will be taken into account. O,25 points will be deducted for each error.
Activities, practical sessions and papers submitted in the course must be original and under no circumstances will the total or partial plagiarism of third-party materials published on any medium be admitted.
With regards to the uses of the bibliographic documentation, the student must state the authorship of each quote and the use of third-party materials.
Any submission of non-original material without properly indicating its origin will automatically result in a failure rating (0).
It is also expected that the student knows the general rules of submission of an academic work. However, the student could apply the specific rules that the teacher of the subject may indicate to him, if he deems it necessary.
"Introduction to Spanish Literature II" forms part of the 30 basic training credits of the first year of the Spanish Language and Literature Degree, which the student attends along with other Spanish language subjects and methodology of the study of Spanish Philology. In addition, in that first course the student obtains a further 30 credits of cross-disciplinary basic subjects: Latin, Introduction to linguistics, Comparative Literature, Major Topics in History and Major Topics in Philosophy.
Among the basic training objectives, the student is required to acquire a solid and broad-based knowledge of the stages and the periodization of Spanish literature, thedevelopment of the main genres and authors, through careful reading of selected literary texts. On the other hand, students will apply their acquired specific competences in the realization of speeches, both oral and written, related to the area of Spanish literature by using the methods, concepts and literary theories they have acquired.
The subject aims to offer an overview of Spanish literature from the eighteenth century to present. Special attention will be paid to the description and development of the main stages of literature and its literary and aesthetic currents, focusing on the reading and analysis of some ofthe fundamental texts of those stages, periods, movements or trends.
Schedule of the course
1 The Spanish Enlightenment literature.
1.1. Aesthetic currents and their development in poetry, prose and theater of the 18thcentury.
1.2. The theatrical polemics: from Luzán to Leandro Fernández de Moratín.
Mandatory reading: La comedia nueva, by Leandro Fernández de Moratín.
2. Spanish literature from romanticism to realism.
2.1. European romanticism and its development in Spanish literature.
2.2. The romantic prose. Mariano José de Larra and romantic journalism.
Mandatory reading: Anthology of Larra' articles.
2.3. The poetry of the 19th century: from Espronceda to Bécquer.
Mandatory reading: Rimas by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer.
2.4. The Spanish narrative of the Restoration. Realism and naturalism: Benito Pérez Galdós.
Mandatory reading: La desheredada, by Benito Pérez Galdós.
3. Contemporary Spanish literature: the 20th century.
3.1. The Spanish theater, from modernism to the avant-garde. The avant-garde theatre of the twenties and the esperpentos of Valle-Inclán.
Mandatory reading: Martes de carnaval, by Ramón María del Valle-Inclán.
Mandatory readings
Fernández de Moratín, Leandro, La comedia nueva, ed. Jesús Pérez Magallón, Crítica, Barcelona, 2001. Another edition: ed. John Dowling, Castalia (Classics Castalia), Madrid, 1987.
Larra, Mariano José de, Fígaro, ed. by Alejandro Pérez Vidal, Crítica, Barcelona, 1997 (selection indicated by the teacher).
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Rimas, ed. José Carlos Torres, Castalia (Classics Castalia), Madrid, 1993.
Pérez Galdós, Benito, La desheredada, ed.Germán Gullón, Càtedra (Letras Hispánicas, 502), Madrid, 2000.
Valle-Inclán, Ramón María del, Martes de Carnaval, ed. Manuel Aznar Soler, Renacimiento, Sevilla, 2019.
The learning of this subject by the students is distributed as follows:
- Directed activities (35%). These activities are divided into master classes and seminars and classroom practices led by the faculty, in which the theoretical explanation is combined with the discussion of all types of texts.
- Supervised activities (10%). These tutorials are programmed by the teacher, dedicated to correcting and commenting on problems at different levels of literary analysis.
- Autonomous activities (50%). These activities include both time devoted to individual study and possible preparation of reviews, papers and analytical comments written, as well as oral presentations.
- Evaluation activities (5%). The evaluation of the subject can be carried out through oral presentations and written tests.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Master classes and classroom practices | 56.5 | 2.26 | 2, 8, 17, 30, 27 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutorials | 15 | 0.6 | 8 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Individual study and preparation of papers, analytical comments and presentations. | 75 | 3 | 1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 7, 6, 26, 11, 9, 10, 8, 12, 17, 13, 22, 18, 20, 19, 21, 15, 14, 24, 23, 30, 27 |
The assessment of the subject will be based on the following activities (the specific weight of each one of them is indicated in brackets in the final note):
1. An exam, which can be done in the form of a final exam at the end of May [50%], or by means of two midterm exams, the first one taking place in March [25%] and the second at the end of May [25] %]. The first midterm exam will deal with the first three mandatory readings, while the second midterm exam will deal with the last two mandatory readings. Students who choose to attend the first midterm exam in March will not be able to take the final exam in May.
2. Two text comments, one related to the first part of the subject (Enlightenment and Romanticism) and the other related to the second (Realism, Modernism and Avant-gardes) [20%].
3. A monographic paper on some of the mandatory readings, whose subject will be proposed by the teacher [30%].
In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
The revision of the tests will be done in an interview previously agreed with the teacher.
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation inthe grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
The student who does not perform more of the 30% of activities or tests will be considered "Not evaluated".
Reassessment
1. The student must attend all the evaluable tests in order to be reassessed.
2. Students who have failed their comments, exams and papers will not be able to be reassessed. To qualify for the reassessment, it will be necessary to have passed one of the three tests.
3. Should the students have attended the two midterm exams, it will be considered that the final grade of their exam is the average of the two midterm scores.
4. Reassessment will be possible only with a score of 3.5 or higher both in the exams and in the monographic work.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Course work | 30% | 0.5 | 0.02 | 1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 7, 6, 26, 11, 9, 10, 8, 12, 16, 17, 13, 22, 18, 20, 19, 21, 15, 14, 24, 23, 30, 29, 27, 25, 28 |
Text comments | 20 % | 0.5 | 0.02 | 1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 7, 6, 26, 11, 9, 10, 8, 12, 16, 17, 13, 22, 18, 20, 19, 21, 15, 14, 24, 23, 30, 29, 27, 25, 28 |
Written tests | 50% | 2.5 | 0.1 | 1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 7, 6, 26, 11, 9, 10, 8, 12, 16, 17, 13, 22, 18, 20, 19, 21, 15, 14, 24, 23, 30, 29, 27, 25, 28 |
Handbooks and other reference books
XVIII Century
ALBIAC BLANCO, María Dolores, Historia de la literatura española. 4. Razón y sentimiento (1692-1800), dirigida por José-Carlos Mainer, Barcelona, Crítica, 2015.
AGUILAR PIÑAL, Francisco, Introducción al siglo XVIII (en R. de la Fuente, ed., Historia de la literatura española, vol. 25), Madrid, Júcar, 1991.
ÁLVAREZ BARRIENTOS, Joaquín, Ilustración y Neoclasicismo en las letras españolas, Madrid, Síntesis («Historia de la Literatura Universal. Literatura Española», 18), 2005.
CARNERO, Guillermo (coord.), Siglo XVIII (I y II), Tomo 6 y 7 de la Historia de la literatura española, dirigida por Víctor García de la Concha, Madrid, Espasa Calpe, 1995.
CASO GONZALEZ, J.M., Ilustración y Neoclasicismo, Tomo 4 de Historia y crítica de la literatura española, Barcelona, Crítica, 1983.
GIES, David T. y SEBOLD, Russell P., Ilustración y Neoclasicismo. Primer Suplemento, Tomo 4/1 de la Historia y crítica de la literatura española, Barcelona, Crítica, 1992.
XIX century
ALONSO, Cecilio, Historia de la literatura española. 5. Hacia una literatura nacional (1800-1900), dirigida por José-Carlos Mainer, Barcelona, Crítica, 2015.
CARNERO, Guillermo (coord.), Siglo XIX (I), Tomo 8 de la Historia de la literatura española, dirigida por Víctor García de la Concha, Madrid, Espasa Calpe, 1996.
ROMERO TOBAR, Leonardo (coord.), Siglo XIX (II), Tomo 9 de la Historia dela literatura española dirigida por Víctor García de la Concha, Madrid, Espasa Calpe, 1998.
ZAVALA, Iris (coord.), Romanticismo y realismo, tomo 5 de Historia y crítica de la literatura española, Barcelona, Crítica, 1982.
---, Romanticismo y realismo. Primer suplemento, tomo 5/1 de Historia y crítica de la literatura española, Barcelona, Crítica, 1994.
XX Century
GARCÍA DE LA CONCHA, V. (ed.), Época contemporánea: 1914-1939, tomo 7 de la Historia y crítica de la literatura española, Barcelona, Crítica, 1984.
GRACIA, Jordi (ed.), Los nuevos nombres: 1975-2000. Primer suplemento, tomo 9/1 de la Historia y crítica de la literatura española, Barcelona, Crítica, 2000.
GRACIA, Jordi y RÓDENAS DE MOYA, Domingo, Historia de la literatura española. 7. Derrota y restitución de la Modernidad (1939-2000), Barcelona, Crítica, 2011.
MAINER, J.C., La edad de plata (1902-1939). Ensayo de interpretación de un proceso cultural, Madrid, Cátedra, 19812a.
---, (ed.), Modernismo y 98, tomo 6 de la Historia y crítica de la literatura española, Barcelona, Crítica, 1979. ---, (ed.), Modernismo y 98. Primer suplemento, tomo 6/1 de la Historia y crítica de la literatura española,
Barcelona, Crítica, 1994.
---, Historia de la literatura española. 6. Modernidad y nacionalismo (1900-1939), dirigida por José-Carlos Mainer, Barcelona, Crítica, 2010.
SÁNCHEZ VIDAL, Agustín (ed.), Época contemporánea: 1914-1939. Primer suplemento, tomo 7/1 de la Historia y crítica de la literatura española, Barcelona, Crítica, 1995.
SANZ VILLANUEVA, S.; Literatura actual en Historia de la literatura española, Vol. VI, Barcelona, Ariel, 1984. --- (ed.), Época contemporánea: 1939-1975. Primer suplemento, tomo 8/1, de Historia y crítica de la literatura
española, Barcelona, Crítica, 1999.
VILLANUEVA,Darío (ed.), Los nuevos nombres: 1975-1990, tomo 9 de la Historia y crítica de la literatura española, Barcelona, Crítica, 1992.
YNDURÁIN, D. (ed.), Época contemporánea: 1939-1980, tomo 8, de Historia y crítica de la literatura española, Barcelona, Crítica, 1980.
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