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2022/2023

Western Literary Tradition I

Code: 100253 ECTS Credits: 6
Degree Type Year Semester
2500245 English Studies OT 3 2
2500245 English Studies OT 4 2
2500248 Spanish Language and Literature OT 3 2
2500248 Spanish Language and Literature OT 4 2
2501801 Catalan and Spanish Studies OT 3 2
2501801 Catalan and Spanish Studies OT 4 2
2501902 English and Catalan Studies OT 3 2
2501902 English and Catalan Studies OT 4 2
2501907 English and Classics Studies OT 3 2
2501907 English and Classics Studies OT 4 2
2501910 English and Spanish Studies OT 3 2
2501910 English and Spanish Studies OT 4 2
2501913 English and French Studies OT 3 2
2501913 English and French Studies OT 4 2

Contact

Name:
Miriam Ruiz-Ruano Risquez
Email:
miriam.ruizruano@uab.cat

Use of Languages

Principal working language:
spanish (spa)
Some groups entirely in English:
No
Some groups entirely in Catalan:
No
Some groups entirely in Spanish:
No

External teachers

Dr. Alejandro Cantarero Salazar
Míriam Ruiz-Ruano Rísquez

Prerequisites

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 expression error that may be committed will lead to a score decrease in the final grade.

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. 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.

Objectives and Contextualisation

The subject intends:

1) to familiarize students with the notion of literary tradition and with the historical, geographical, cultural and ideological criteria that define the western, ancient and modern tradition (until 1800);

2) familiarize the students with the theoretical models and the practices that constitute the literary tradition;

3) familiarize students with a selection of works, authors and genres of some of the most representative traditions of ancient, medieval and modern Western literature through case studies;

4) improve the analytical and critical capacity of the students.

 

Competences

    English Studies
  • Analysing the formal, thematic, cultural and historical characteristics of the works of literary creation and reflection on literature of different languages and countries.
  • Demonstrating they know the basic theoretical foundations of the main methods and currents of literature and criticism.
  • Identifying the specific concepts and methods of each of the fields of comparatism.
  • Interpreting and assessing literary texts and explaining the process results.
  • Relating literary works from different countries, languages, periods and authors according to genres, topics, modalities and forms.
  • Students can apply the knowledge to their own work or vocation in a professional manner and have the powers generally demonstrated by preparing and defending arguments and solving problems within their area of study.
  • Students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their study area) to issue judgments that include reflection on important issues of social, scientific or ethical.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    Spanish Language and Literature
  • Analysing the formal, thematic, cultural and historical characteristics of the literary works and works of reflection on literature of different languages and countries.
  • Demonstrating they know the basic theoretical foundations of the main methods and currents of literature and criticism.
  • Identifying the specific concepts and methods of each of the fields of comparatism.
  • Interpreting and assessing literary texts and explaining the process results.
  • Relating literary works from different countries, languages, periods and authors according to genres, topics, modalities and forms.
  • Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
  • Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    Catalan and Spanish Studies
  • Analysing the formal, thematic, cultural and historical characteristics of the works of literary creation and reflection on literature of different languages and countries.
  • Demonstrating they know the basic theoretical foundations of the main methods and currents of literature and criticism.
  • Identifying the specific concepts and methods of each of the fields of comparatism.
  • Interpreting and assessing literary texts and explaining the process results.
  • Relating literary works from different countries, languages, periods and authors according to genres, topics, modalities and forms.
  • Students can apply the knowledge to their own work or vocation in a professional manner and have the powers generally demonstrated by preparing and defending arguments and solving problems within their area of study.
  • Students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their study area) to issue judgments that include reflection on important issues of social, scientific or ethical.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    English and Catalan Studies
  • Analysing the formal, thematic, cultural and historical characteristics of the works of literary creation and reflection on literature of different languages and countries.
  • Demonstrating they know the basic theoretical foundations of the main methods and currents of literature and criticism.
  • Identifying the specific concepts and methods of each of the fields of comparatism.
  • Interpreting and assessing literary texts and explaining the process results.
  • Relating literary works from different countries, languages, periods and authors according to genres, topics, modalities and forms.
  • Students can apply the knowledge to their own work or vocation in a professional manner and have the powers generally demonstrated by preparing and defending arguments and solving problems within their area of study.
  • Students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their study area) to issue judgments that include reflection on important issues of social, scientific or ethical.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    English and Classics Studies
  • Analysing the formal, thematic, cultural and historical characteristics of the works of literary creation and reflection on literature of different languages and countries.
  • Demonstrating they know the basic theoretical foundations of the main methods and currents of literature and criticism.
  • Identifying the specific concepts and methods of each of the fields of comparatism.
  • Interpreting and assessing literary texts and explaining the process results.
  • Relating literary works from different countries, languages, periods and authors according to genres, topics, modalities and forms.
  • Students can apply the knowledge to their own work or vocation in a professional manner and have the powers generally demonstrated by preparing and defending arguments and solving problems within their area of study.
  • Students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their study area) to issue judgments that include reflection on important issues of social, scientific or ethical.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    English and Spanish Studies
  • Analysing the formal, thematic, cultural and historical characteristics of the works of literary creation and reflection on literature of different languages and countries.
  • Demonstrating they know the basic theoretical foundations of the main methods and currents of literature and criticism.
  • Identifying the specific concepts and methods of each of the fields of comparatism.
  • Interpreting and assessing literary texts and explaining the process results.
  • Students can apply the knowledge to their own work or vocation in a professional manner and have the powers generally demonstrated by preparing and defending arguments and solving problems within their area of study.
  • Students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their study area) to issue judgments that include reflection on important issues of social, scientific or ethical.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    English and French Studies
  • Analysing the formal, thematic, cultural and historical characteristics of the works of literary creation and reflection on literature of different languages and countries.
  • Demonstrating they know the basic theoretical foundations of the main methods and currents of literature and criticism.
  • Identifying the specific concepts and methods of each of the fields of comparatism.
  • Interpreting and assessing literary texts and explaining the process results.
  • Relating literary works from different countries, languages, periods and authors according to genres, topics, modalities and forms.
  • Students can apply the knowledge to their own work or vocation in a professional manner and have the powers generally demonstrated by preparing and defending arguments and solving problems within their area of study.
  • Students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their study area) to issue judgments that include reflection on important issues of social, scientific or ethical.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Analysing literary texts using different concepts and methods of comparative literature.
  2. Argue about several issues and literary problems for the purpose of different works and the assessment of the results.
  3. Arguing about several issues and literary problems for the purpose of different works and the assessment of the results.
  4. Carry out a play for the development of a subject-related work.
  5. Carrying out a planning for the development of a subject-related work.
  6. Critically interpret literary works take into account the relationships between different areas of literature and its relationships with human, artistic and social areas.
  7. Critically interpret literary works, taking into account the relationships between the different areas within literature and their relationship to humanistic, artistic and social areas.
  8. Critically interpreting literary works taking into account the relationships between the different areas of literature and its relationships with human, artistic and social areas.
  9. Explaining the basic characteristics of comparative literary texts.
  10. Identify and explaining the basic structures of literary works.
  11. Identifying and explaining the basic structures of literary works.
  12. Identifying various literary elements and inserting them into different texts and discursive styles.
  13. Present works in formats tailored to the needs and personal styles, both individual and small group.
  14. Solve problems about writers, methods and currents of comparative literature, connecting them with knowledge of other humanistic disciplines.
  15. Solve problems related to the study of different literatures.
  16. Solving problems about authors and currents of comparative literature, connecting them with knowledge of other humanistic disciplines.
  17. Solving problems about writers, methods and currents of comparative literature, and connecting them with knowledge of other humanistic disciplines.
  18. Solving problems related to the study of different literatures.
  19. Submitting works in accordance with both individual and small group demands and personal styles.
  20. Summarising acquired knowledge about the origin and transformations experienced in its several fields of study.

Content


Contents


Methodology

The course is divided into several units.
Each unit will last approximately two or three sessions. With the exception of the first one, a general introduction to the study of European literary tradition, each unit will study a major theme or genre of the Western literary and artistic tradition.Each block will count on a group of texts (or selection) of mandatory readings that the students must have read before attending the respective classes. The readings of each block will be analyzed by the teachers during the sessions in a generic framework that could allow the student to understand the particularity of a discourse or case within its tradition.

 

 

 

 
 

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.

Activities

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Lectures 80 3.2 1, 9, 12, 11, 10, 15, 18
Type: Supervised      
Presentations 30 1.2 1, 9, 12, 11, 10, 15, 18
Type: Autonomous      
Essay 40 1.6 1, 9, 12, 11, 10, 15, 18

Assessment

The aim is to carry out a global evaluation that allows to determine the students' skills at different levels (assimilation of the contents taught in class, written expression, argumentative capacity, etc.). The subject will be evaluated on the basis of exams, commentaries and practical sessions. The latter may consist of a brief writing, a text comment or a review.

1) Exams and commentary: a partial exam of the first part of the subject and a final exam of the second part is expected. The evaluation will include: a) a text commentary on some of the mandatory readings b) questions of synthesis and interpretation of the contents taught in class. The ability to respond clearly, orderly and adequately to the question asked will be valued.

2) Practical sessions (continuous evaluation): The type of practical activity (review / text comment / synthesis of academic articles) will be established by each teacher at the beginning of each block. In the correction of the practical activities will be evaluated the writing of the students both on a formal level (syntax, expression, vocabulary, etc.) and content (ideas, arguments, etc).

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 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.

 

Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Exam 1-2 and Critifcal Essay 1-2 20% (exam 1), 15% (exam 2), 15 % (essay 1), 15% (essay 2) 0 0 1, 3, 2, 5, 4, 9, 12, 11, 10, 8, 6, 7, 19, 13, 15, 18, 17, 16, 14, 20
Short essay 1 (15%) and 2 (15%) 15% i 15% 0 0 1, 9, 12, 11, 10, 15, 18

Bibliography

Anselmi, Gian Mario, Mapas de literatura europea y mediterránea, Barcelona, 2002.

Auerbach, Erich, Mimesis: la representación de la realidad en la literatura occidental, México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1942.

Curtius, E. R., Literatura europea y Edad Media latina, México, 1983.

Grafton, A., G. W. Most y S. Settis, The Classical Tradition, Cambridge (Mass.), Harvard University Press, 2010.

Highet, G., La tradición clásica, México, 1949.

Lida de Malkiel, M. R., La tradición clásica en España, Barcelona, 1975.

Kallendorf, Craig W., A Companion to the Classical Tradition, Blackwell, 2007.

Panofsky, Erwin, Estudios sobre iconología, Madrid: Alianza, 1971.

Reynolds, Leighton D., y Nigel G. Wilson, Copistas y filólogos, Madrid, Gredos, 1995.

Warburg, Aby, El Renacimiento del paganismo. Aportaciones a la historia cultural del Renacimiento europeo, Madrid, Alianza, 1965.

Software

None