Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500248 Spanish Language and Literature | OT | 3 | 0 |
2500248 Spanish Language and Literature | OT | 4 | 0 |
2504012 Spanish and Chinese Studies: Language, Literature and Culture | OT | 4 | 0 |
By obtaining the minimum of credits in basic training subjects, students have demonstrated to have acquired the basic competences and they will be able to express themselves orally and in writing. For this reason, any spelling and expression errors that may be committed will lead to a score decrease in the final grade.
It is also expected that students know the general rules of submission of an academic work. However, students could apply the specific rules that the teacher of the subject may indicate to them, if they deem it necessary. It is recommended, for a better understanding (although not determinant), having attended any of the subjects of "Hispano-American Literature".
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. Any submission of non-original material without properly indicating its origin will automatically result in a failure rating (0).
"Texts of Hispanic-American literature" is a subject that works chronologically as a continuation of "Hispanic-American Literature II". The corpus of studies focuses on cultural productions (narrative, essay and audiovisual works) from the second half of the 20th century and the 21st century (specifically from the late eighties to the present days), from different countries in Latin America, accompanied by theoretical-critical readings.
The focus of the subject is on the link among literature, society and identity, so the course seeks to give students contemporary Hispanic American readings that allow them to problematize about representation and identity from different perspectives: on the one hand, at the thematic level, globalization, postcolonial and new subjectivities / sexualities; and on the other, and at the discursive level, metaliterature, self-affection, parody / pastiche, irony. For this, different genres will be considered (fictional, testimonial / documentary, chronicle).
OBJECTIVES
- Expand and deepen the knowledge of recent Hispanic-American cultural productions through the reading of essays, narrative texts (fiction, autofictions, testimony, chronicles), audiovisual works.
- Develop analytical and interpretation capacities based on the reading of the works, which allow students to reflect on the links among literature, society and identity.
- Develop writing and speaking skills, through the elaboration of reports / essays, literary reviews...
Topic I: What do we do with the boom? Symptoms of postmodernity
*Manifiesto del Crack, Miguel Ángel Palou, Eloy Urroz, Ignacio Padilla, Ricardo Chávez Castañeda y Jorge Volpi.
Topic II: History, memory, posmemory and Latin American testimony
*Beatriz Sarlo: “Posmemoria, reconstrucciones”
Topic III. Violence and organized crime: murder-for-hire, narcotraffic and feminicide
*Sayak Valencia: “Capitalismo gore”
Tema IV: Why keep talking about women's literature?
Tema V: Oblique's forms
The learning of this subject by the students is distributed as follows:
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Classes | 50 | 2 | 8, 12, 3, 10, 13, 17, 23, 22, 24 |
Evaluation activities | 5 | 0.2 | 8, 12, 3, 10, 13, 17, 23, 22, 24 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Preparation of classes and papers, study | 75 | 3 | 8, 12, 3, 10, 13, 17, 23, 22, 24 |
The evaluation will consist of the preparation of two exams given in class on the indicated date and the writing of a critical essay to be delivered in the form and within the time limit. The reading of the proposed texts, classes attendance, critical skills, reading of bibliography as well as the proper use of the basic academic codes (oral and written) will be evaluated.
The exams will consist of the critical commentary of a literary or theoretical text based on the two blocks of the subject. Students can bring to the exam any material they want (books, bibliography, notes etc)
Exam I: linked to topics I-III. 33%
Exam II: linked to units III to V. 33%
The work will consist of the writing of a brief essay, on topics covered in class, which supplements their content. Each topic will be previously agreed with the teacher. The exam has a weight of 33%.
In order to pass the subject it is necessary to have taken the two exams, have produced the presentation and submitted the paper. An average of 5 must be obtained among all the activities and the minimum grade of each activity must be 3.5. The score required for the average must be equal to or greater than 3.5 points. Students will be considered "not evaluable" if they have not carried out at least one of the works. To opt for the average of the subject, all the parts with a grade lower than 5 must be recovered
The total or partial plagiarism will automatically result in a failure rating for the entire subject. O,25 points will be deducted for each spelling error. A test counting more than 10 errors will result in a failure rating. Students will be eligible for re-evaluation as long as they have taken the exams, produced the presentation and submitted the paper.
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the 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.
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.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Critic Work | 33% | 16 | 0.64 | 8, 2, 1, 12, 3, 4, 5, 7, 6, 9, 10, 11, 14, 21, 13, 17, 26, 25, 15, 16, 23, 18, 20, 19, 22, 24 |
Exam I | 33% | 2 | 0.08 | 8, 2, 1, 12, 3, 4, 5, 7, 6, 9, 10, 11, 14, 21, 13, 17, 26, 25, 15, 16, 23, 18, 20, 19, 22, 24 |
Exam II | 33% | 2 | 0.08 | 8, 12, 3, 10, 13, 17, 23, 22, 24 |
Mandatory readings
Bolaño, Roberto, Estrella distante, Barcelona: Anagrama.
Enríquez, Mariana: Los peligros de fumar en la cama, Barcelona. Anagrama.
_Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego: Bareclona, Anagrama.
Méndoza, Élmer: Balas de plata, Barcelona: Tusquets.
Meruane, Lina:Fruta podrida, México: FCE.
Rivera Garza, Cristina: Nadie me verá llorar, Barcelona: Tusquets
Schewblin, Samanta:Distancia de rescate.
Vallejo, Fernando, La virgen de los sicarios, Debolsillo.
Zambra, Alejandro: Formas de volver a casa, Barcelona: Anagrama.
Basic bibliography
Ana María Amar y Sánchez, Luis F. Avilés (eds.) (2015), Representaciones de la violencia en América Latina: genealogías culturales, formas literarias y dinámicas del presente, Madrid: Iberoamericana/Vervuert..
Fuguet, Alberto y Gómez, Sergio (1996), "Prólogo. Presentación del País McOndo", McOndo. Una antología de la nueva literatura hispanoamericana. Barcelona, Gijalbo-Mondadori. Disponible en <http://www.marcosymarcos.com/macondo.htm>.
Sarlo, Beatriz (2005), "Posmemoria, reconstrucciones", en Tiempo pasado. Cultura de la memoria y giro subjetivo. Una discusión. Buenos Aires, S. XXI, pp. 125-157.
Valencia triana, Sayak (2010), Capitalismo gore: narcomáquina y performance de género. Disponible en <http://hemisphericinstitute.org/hemi/es/e-misferica-82/triana
VVAA (2009), Diccionario de Estudios culturales latinoamericanos. México, Siglo XXI. Disponible en <http://elpaginaslibres.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/diccionario-de-estudios-culturales-latinoamericanos.pdf>
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