Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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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 |
2503998 Catalan Philology: Literary Studies and Linguistics | OT | 4 | 2 |
2504211 Spanish Language and Literature | OT | 3 | 2 |
2504211 Spanish Language and Literature | OT | 4 | 2 |
2504212 English Studies | OT | 3 | 2 |
2504212 English Studies | OT | 4 | 2 |
2504235 Science, Technology and Humanities | OT | 4 | 2 |
2504380 English and Catalan Studies | OT | 3 | 2 |
2504380 English and Catalan Studies | OT | 4 | 2 |
2504386 English and Spanish Studies | OT | 3 | 2 |
2504386 English and Spanish Studies | OT | 4 | 2 |
2504393 English and French Studies | OT | 3 | 2 |
2504393 English and French Studies | OT | 4 | 2 |
2504394 English and Classics Studies | OT | 3 | 2 |
2504394 English and Classics Studies | OT | 4 | 2 |
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 spelling and expression errors 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. Any submission of non-original material without properly indicating its origin will automatically result in a failure rating (0).
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 would be highly desirable -albeit in no way demanding- that the students had a clear interest in theoretical and literary texts prior to 1900.
OBJECTIVES AND CONTEXTUALIZATION
The course is a historical and thematic overview through the main ideas that have shaped the western way of thinking, defining, explaining and evaluating literature from classical Greece to positivism and impressionistic criticism of the second half of the nineteenth century.
The subject combines the presentation of theoretical contents (about historical periods, authors and concepts) with the reading and commentary of the main texts of ancient, medieval and modern literary thought.
CONTENTS
Preliminary: the great models of literary thought throughout history
1. Mímesis: poetics of classical antiquity
2. Hermeneutics: classical and medieval theories of interpretation
3. Ancient and modern: classicist poetics of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
4. Taste: artistic judgment, the sublime and the emancipation of art in the eighteenth century
5. Expression: the concept of genius, romantic poetics and modern subjectivity.
6. Context: positivist scientificism and impressionist reaction
The course follows the pattern of continued learning, with seminary-type classes.
The primary texts are submitted to discussion in class, and they will be interrogated based on the general historical and critical contents. Students must commit to read and reflect on the texts prior to the discussions in class, which will be led by the professor.
This form of learning is evaluated through three written essays.
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 | |||
Lecture sessions, seminar and/or practical sessions | 52.5 | 2.1 | |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutorials & e-mail consultations | 15 | 0.6 | |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Individual work (reading, studying, writing course's papers) | 82.5 | 3.3 | 16, 13, 45, 44, 36, 52 |
Students must deliver 3 medium-length written essays (between 3.000 and 4.000 words).
Each essay accounts for 30% of the final grade. The remaining 10% will be evaluated according to active participation in the seminar sessions.
The 3 essays are compulsory, and only 2 of them can be submitted to recovery. In order to pass the course, all 3 essays need to obtain at least a C+.
Students are allowed to voluntarily hand in a critical review of any of the works of the course’s general bibliography.
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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Paper 1 | 30% | 0 | 0 | 1, 3, 2, 7, 6, 4, 5, 8, 9, 17, 30, 29, 27, 28, 12, 10, 35, 19, 20, 21, 18, 53, 55, 24, 26, 22, 23, 25, 16, 13, 15, 14, 50, 32, 49, 31, 33, 56, 41, 48, 43, 42, 37, 47, 40, 46, 38, 39, 11, 45, 44, 36, 34, 52, 51, 54 |
Paper 2 | 30% | 0 | 0 | 1, 3, 2, 7, 6, 4, 5, 8, 9, 17, 30, 29, 27, 28, 12, 10, 35, 19, 20, 21, 18, 53, 55, 24, 26, 22, 23, 25, 16, 13, 15, 14, 50, 32, 49, 31, 33, 56, 41, 48, 43, 42, 37, 47, 40, 46, 38, 39, 11, 45, 44, 36, 34, 52, 51, 54 |
Paper 3 | 30% | 0 | 0 | 1, 3, 2, 7, 6, 4, 5, 8, 9, 17, 30, 29, 27, 28, 12, 10, 35, 19, 20, 21, 18, 53, 55, 24, 26, 22, 23, 25, 16, 13, 15, 14, 50, 32, 49, 31, 33, 56, 41, 48, 43, 42, 37, 47, 40, 46, 38, 39, 11, 45, 44, 36, 34, 52, 51, 54 |
Seminars' sessions participation | 10% | 0 | 0 | 1, 3, 2, 7, 5, 8, 9, 17, 30, 27, 28, 19, 20, 21, 53, 55, 24, 26, 22, 23, 25, 16, 18, 32, 33, 56, 41, 48, 43, 42, 37, 47, 40, 46, 38, 39, 45, 44, 36, 34, 52, 54 |
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