Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2503998 Catalan Philology: Literary Studies and Linguistics | OB | 3 | 1 |
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This subject offers an overview of medieval narrative (chivalric romance and sentimental prose) against the backdrop of European developments in the late middle ages. Focus will be on a minutious reading of Tirant lo Blanc (1464) and one of its main sources (Joan Roís de Corella's mythological writings). Both language analysis and critical interpretation are of paramount importance. The relationship between these texts and the classical tradition (either in the original or in translation) is also examined.
At the end of the course, students are expected (a) to have a general knowledge of all relevant authors and genres, (b) to have a good grasp of how a literary tradition is built up, and (c) to be able to produce accurate commentaries on any of the works included in the syllabus after having consulted the relevant bibliography.
1. An overview of medieval narrative (12th-14th c.). The chivalric romance: from its birth to the Arthurian Vulgate.
2. Sentimental romance: genre and sources. Translations, literacy and cultural changes in the late Middle Ages. Italian prose writing: Boccaccio. The Història de Frondino i Brisona and Mossèn Gras's Tragèdia de Lançalot. Joan Roís de Corella's prose: myth and the rewriting of Ovid; autobiographical fiction in his Tragèdia de Caldesa.
3. Chivalry in the late Middle Ages. Medieval chronicles and classical historiography. Jacob Xalabín. París e Viana. Curial e Güelfa: sources and genre.
4. Joanot Martorell and Tirant lo Blanc. Date, printings and translations. Joanot Martorell's life: chivalry, court, and literary culture. A close reading of Tirant lo Blanc: Tirant in England; Tirant in Sicily and Rhodes; Tirant at Constantinople: historical and true-to-life episodes; love cunning and military strategy; prose-writing models. Tirant as a crusader. The hero's death.
5. Jaume Roig's Espill: overview and interpretation. Religious and sentimental prose before the printing press.
Lectures will provide the historical context of the developments of medieval Catalan narrative as well as the necessary background for the study of its major novels, Tirant lo Blanc in particular. Classroom seminars will endow him with the ability to analyse a specific aspect of any of these works and to comment on previous critical studies.
The calendar will be available on the first day of class. Students will find all information on the Virtual Campus: the description of the activities, teaching materials, and any necessary information for the proper follow-up of the subject. In case of a change of teaching modality for health reasons, teachers will make readjustments in the schedule and methodologies.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lectures | 25 | 1 | 10, 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 2, 6, 15, 19 |
Seminars (reading and debating) | 20 | 0.8 | 10, 1, 3, 11, 5, 7, 8, 9, 2, 16, 6, 15, 20 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Essay writing and oral delivery | 10 | 0.4 | 10, 17, 1, 4, 3, 11, 13, 5, 14, 7, 8, 9, 2, 16, 6, 12, 15, 19, 20, 18 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Research (bibliography), study and use of the Campus Virtual | 20 | 0.8 | 10, 17, 1, 4, 3, 11, 13, 5, 14, 7, 8, 9, 2, 16, 6, 12, 15, 19, 20, 18 |
Students' own reading of selected texts | 50 | 2 | 1, 4, 9, 2, 6, 15, 19 |
Students will be assessed by means of (a) written exams, (b) individual essays, and (c) oral presentations (in the classroom). The final qualification will result from the following proportion: (a) 50%, (b) 40%, (c) 10%. All course assignments must be submitted in due time.
Students will receive (via Moddle) prior notice of the date and all relevant information concerning their right to review any assessment item with their teacher.
A final mark between 3.5 and 4.9 is required to opt for reassessment. Reassessment may include a written exam and/or submitting again an essay which had not reached the pass mark (5). Students who pass the reassessment will obtain a 5.0 mark.
Any impropriety (such as plagiarism) that may be conducive to substantially alter the assessment of any item will result in a 0 mark for any such item, irrespectively of other disciplinary measures. Were such improper practices to take place repeatedly, the final mark for the subject concerned will be 0.
In the event that 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.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Essay writing | 40% | 20 | 0.8 | 10, 17, 1, 4, 3, 11, 13, 5, 14, 7, 8, 9, 2, 16, 6, 12, 15, 19, 20, 18 |
Oral presentation of a textual commentary | 10% | 2 | 0.08 | 10, 17, 1, 4, 3, 11, 13, 5, 14, 7, 8, 9, 2, 16, 6, 12, 15, 19, 20, 18 |
Written exam | 50% | 3 | 0.12 | 10, 1, 4, 3, 11, 13, 5, 7, 8, 9, 2, 6, 12, 15, 19, 20 |
-Badia, Lola (dir.), Literatura medieval, 3 vols, dins Àlex Broch (dir.), Història de la literatura catalana, I-III (Barcelona: Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2013-2015).
-Riquer, Martí de, Història de la literatura catalana: part antiga, 3 vols. (Barcelona: Ariel, 1964); també en 4 vols. (Barcelona: Planeta, 1984).
-Riquer, Martí de, Aproximació al "Tirant lo Blanc" (Barcelona: Quaderns Crema, 1990).
-Riquer, Martí de, "Tirant lo Blanc", novela de historia y de ficción (Barcelona: Sirmio, 1992).
-Pujol, Josep, La memòria literària de Joanot Martorell: Models i escriptura en el "Tirant lo Blanc" (Barcelona: Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat, 2002).
-Beltran, Rafael, Tirant lo Blanc (Madrid: Síntesis, 2006).
-Badia, Lola, "En les baixes antenes de vulgar poesia: Corella, els mites i l'amor", dins el seu De Bernat Metge a Joan Roís de Corella (Barcelona: Quaderns Crema, 1988).
Editions Joan Roís de Corella's works:
-Joan Roís de Corella, Obra profana, ed. Jordi Carbonell (València: Tres i Quatre, 1983); Tragèdia de Caldesa i altres proses, ed. Marina Gustà, pròleg de Francisco Rico (Barcelona: Eds. 62 I La Caixa, 1980); Proses mitològiques, ed. Josep Lluís. Martos (València-Barcelona: PAM, 2001) [el text d'aquesta edició és accessible també a www.narpan.net/ben/indexcorella.htm]
Editions of Tirant lo Blanc [lectura obligatòria]:
-Joanot Martorell, Tirant lo Blanc i altres escrits de J.M., ed. Martí de Riquer (Barcelona: Ariel, 1990, amb reedicions posteriors); el mateix text, sense el pròleg de Riquer, a Barcelona: Eds. 62 I La Caixa (MOLC), 2 vols., i Barcelona: Eds. 62, 2016. Altres edicions: ed. Albert Hauf (València: Tirant lo Blanch, 2004); ed. Víctor Labrado (Barcelona: La Magrana, 2010).
Edition of Jaume Roig's Espill:
-Jaume Roig, Espill, ed. Antònia Carré (Barcelona: Quaderns Crema, 2006).
Links
-Portal Tirant lo Blanc: www.lluisvives.com/portal/tirant/
-Narpan. Cultura i literatura de la baixa edat mitjana: www.narpan.net