20th Century Catalan Literature I
Code: 100679 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2501801 Catalan and Spanish Studies | FB | 1 | 1 |
| 2501902 English and Catalan Studies | FB | 1 | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- Víctor Martinez Gil
- Email:
- victor.martinez@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Teachers
- Josep Sanz Datzira
Prerequisites
There is no previous requirement in order to take this course.
Objectives and Contextualisation
Propaedeutic course. Introductory overview of Catalan literary movements throughout the 20th century and their relationship with current cultural movements. The training objective of this course is the acquisition of the skills to contextualize the great movements and currents of 20th century Catalan literature in the context of universal literary traditions. In addition, students will gain familiarity with the fundamental bibliography of the period and with the reading strategies that will allow them to elaborate a critical discourse.
Competences
- Catalan and Spanish Studies
- Apply concepts, resources and methods of analysis literary Catalan literature considering the context of periodization of Western literary history.
- Assess so rigorously argued and the main trends and authors and most representative works of Catalan literature.
- Critically analyze Catalan literature regarding the historical circumstances in which it falls.
- Develop critical thinking and reasoning and knowing how to communicate effectively both in your mother tongue and in other languages.
- Develop historical studies on Catalan literary tradition and interpretive analysis on trends, genres and authors of Catalan literature.
- Interpret literary texts from cross philological bases (stylistic, linguistic, etc.) and comparisons.
- Respect the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
- 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 have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
- English and Catalan Studies
- Apply concepts, resources and methods of analysis literary Catalan literature considering the context of periodization of Western literary history.
- Assess so rigorously argued and the main trends and authors and most representative works of Catalan literature.
- Critically analyze Catalan literature regarding the historical circumstances in which it falls.
- Develop critical thinking and reasoning and knowing how to communicate effectively both in your mother tongue and in other languages.
- Develop historical studies on Catalan literary tradition and interpretive analysis on trends, genres and authors of Catalan literature.
- Interpret literary texts from cross philological bases (stylistic, linguistic, etc.) and comparisons.
- Respect the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
- 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 have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply the tools and know consult the specific documentary sources.
- Comment on literary texts, apply the acquired tools and take into account the historical and sociocultural context.
- Commenting on literary texts, applying the acquired tools and taking into account the historical and sociocultural context.
- Critically interpret literary works take into account the relationships between different areas of literature and its relationships with human, artistic and social areas.
- Critically interpreting literary works taking into account the relationships between the different areas of literature and its relationships with human, artistic and social areas.
- Describe the historical context of contemporary Catalan literature and literary works related with its historical and cultural context.
- Develop critical texts about the main trends and authors and most representative works of contemporary Catalan literature, write essays and original domain of the relevant literature, authors and works of the contemporary period.
- Develop effective written work and oral presentations and adapted to the appropriate register.
- Expose knowledge about the history, art and other cultural movements.
- Identify relationships between literature and history, art and other cultural movements.
- Identify the key elements of the Western cultural tradition from the nineteenth century to the present
- Identify the main and secondary ideas and express them with linguistic correctness.
- Identifying the key elements of the Western culture from the 19th century to the present.
- Identifying the main and secondary ideas and expressing them with linguistic correctness.
- Identifying the relationships of literature with history, art or other cultural movements.
- Interpret texts in depth and provide arguments for critical analysis.
- Interpret the Western cultural tradition from the nineteenth century and up to the present, and recognize text in a contemporary shots of the Western tradition.
- Maintain an attitude of respect for the opinions, values, behaviors and practices of others.
- Master oral and written expression in Catalan.
- Producing a written text that is grammatically and lexically correct.
- Producing an oral text that is grammatically and lexically correct.
- Recognize literary texts from bases and comparative philology, apply them to texts by contemporary Catalan literature and write analyzes of contemporary Catalan language literary texts.
- Strengthen the capacity of reading, interpretation and critical analysis of literary texts and language.
- Use information in accordance with scientific ethics.
- Write interpretive essays on historical and contemporary Catalan literary tradition, and argue and present overviews on the phenomena of contemporary Catalan literature.
Content
1. The concepts of period and literary movement
1.1. Theoretical approaches to literary history
1.2. The movements of contemporary Catalan literature in literary histories
2. Emergence and development of Modernisme
2.1. The definitions of the movement
2.2. Modernisme and the contemporary Catalan literary field
2.3. Aesthetic and ideological diversity
3. Emergence and development of Noucentisme
3.1. The definitions of the movement
3.2. Translation policies
4. The avant-garde
4.1. Definition of literary avant-garde
4.2. The Catalan avant-garde
4.3. The avant-garde and literary periods
5. The interwar literary movements (1920s and 1930s)
5.1. The plurality of movements
5.2. Literary ideas and groups of authors
6. War, postwar period and exile
6.1. Historical circumstances and literary movements
6.2. Literary ideas and groups of authors
7. The Catalan literary system during Historical Realism
8. Postmodernity and postmodernism
8.1. Definitions of the postmodern period
8.2. Generational debates in Catalan literature
8.3. Literary trends and cultural market
8.4. Postmodernity and 21st century literature
Methodology
The subject is distributed in theoretical sessions and reading seminars that can be flipped classroom. The theoretical sessions have a panoramic and contextualizing character and include the commentary of criticism and theoretical texts. The reading sessions prepare the student for oral presentations. Tutorials are applied to follow up on written assignments.
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.
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 | |||
| Discussion of theoretical, critical and literary texts | 29 | 1.16 | 3, 2, 6, 19, 13, 11, 14, 12, 15, 10, 5, 4, 17, 16, 18, 23, 22, 24 |
| Teacher's exhibition of program points and contextualization of readings | 15.5 | 0.62 | 3, 2, 6, 13, 11, 15, 10, 5, 4, 17, 16, 18, 23, 24 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Mentoring. Supervision of exercises | 10 | 0.4 | 3, 2, 7, 13, 11, 14, 12, 15, 10, 5, 4, 17, 18, 23, 22, 24 |
| Oral presentation of readings of theoretical and critical texts | 13 | 0.52 | 3, 2, 21, 19, 9, 13, 11, 14, 12, 15, 10, 5, 4, 17, 16, 18, 8, 25, 24 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Collective written commentary on theoretical, critical and literary texts | 25 | 1 | 1, 3, 2, 6, 19, 7, 9, 13, 11, 14, 12, 15, 10, 5, 4, 17, 16, 18, 23, 8, 22, 25, 24 |
| Personal study | 35 | 1.4 | 1, 13, 11, 15, 10, 5, 4 |
| Sources and documentary resources | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 13, 11, 15, 10, 17, 24 |
Assessment
Activities
Two exercises-questionnaire, in the middle and at the end of the course, about theoretical aspects of the subject: 10%
Adequate participation in activities (comments, exhibitions): 10%
Oral presentation about a theoretical article of those proposed in the bibliography: 20%
Final written test of the studied contents: 40%
Group work about the relationship between Catalan literary movements and international movements (literary but also cultural and artistic in general): 20%
At the end of each evaluation activity information of the procedure and date of qualifications review will be provided (via Moodle).
The final grade of the evaluation is the average grade of each activity (0 for unperformed activities). In order to pass the course, a minimum overall grade of 5 must be obtained. Students will obtain a Not assessed/Not submitted course grade unless they have submitted more than 30% of the assessment items.
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 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.
Recovery
In order to do the recovery the student must have been previously evaluated in a set of activities that amounts to at least two-thirds of the total qualification of the course.
Recovery can be done only if the overall grade is between 3.5 and 4.9. Recovery will be done with a final test and group work is excluded. The maximum reassessment grade is 5.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adequate participation in activities | 10% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 3, 2, 20, 21, 19, 9, 13, 11, 14, 12, 15, 10, 5, 4, 16, 18, 8, 22, 24 |
| Final written test of the studied contents | 40% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 3, 2, 20, 6, 19, 9, 13, 11, 14, 12, 15, 10, 5, 4, 17, 16, 18, 23, 22, 25, 24 |
| Group work about the relationship between Catalan literary movements and international movements | 20 % | 2.5 | 0.1 | 1, 3, 20, 6, 19, 7, 9, 13, 14, 15, 5, 17, 16, 18, 23, 8, 22, 25, 24 |
| Oral presentation about a theoretical article of those proposed in the bibliography | 20 % | 1 | 0.04 | 1, 21, 19, 7, 9, 14, 10, 16, 18, 8, 22, 24 |
| Two exercises-questionnaire about theoretical aspects of the subject | 10% | 1 | 0.04 | 1, 3, 2, 20, 6, 19, 7, 13, 11, 14, 12, 15, 10, 5, 4, 17, 16, 18, 23, 8, 22, 25, 24 |
Bibliography
1. Theoretical studies
Bourdieu, Pierre, Las reglas del arte. Génesis y estructura del campo literario, Barcelona: Anagrama, 2010.
Even-Zohar, Itamar, Polisistemas de cultura, 2007 https://www.tau.ac.il/~itamarez/works/papers/trabajos/polisistemas_de_cultura2007.pdf. Works in several languages: https://www.tau.ac.il/~itamarez/ez-publications.htm and in Catalan: https://www.tau.ac.il/~itamarez/works/papers/trabajos/index.html
Gutiérrez Carbajo, Francisco, Movimientos y épocas literarias, Madrid: UNED, 2002.
Jameson, Fredric, El Posmodernismo o la lógica cultural del capitalismo avanzado, Barcelona [etc.]: Paidós, 2002.
Lyotard, Jean-François, La condició postmoderna. Informe sobre el saber, Barcelona: Angle, 2004.
Taylor, Victor E.; Winquist, Charles E., Enciclopedia del posmodernismo, Madrid: Síntesis, 2002.
Wellek, René; Warren, Austin, Teoría literaria, Madrid: Gredos, 2009 [19531].
2. History of Catalan literature
AV, Història de la literatura catalana, 4 vol., Barcelona: Edicions 62 / Orbis, 1984.
Bordons, Glòria; Subirana, Jaume (ed.), Literatura catalana contemporània, Barcelona: Edicions de la Universitat Oberta / Proa, 1999.
Bou, Enric (dir.), Noudiccionari62 de la literatura catalana, Barcelona:Edicions 62, 2000.
Bou, Enric (dir.), Panorama crític de la literatura catalana.Segle XX, vol. V i VI, Barcelona: Vicens Vives, 2010 and 2009.
Broch, Àlex (dir.), Diccionari de la literatura catalana, Barcelona: Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2008.
Carbó, Ferran; Simbor, Vicent, Literatura catalana del siglo XX, Madrid: Síntesis, 2005.
Castellanos, Jordi (ed.), Guia de literatura catalana contemporània, Barcelona: Edicions 62, 1973.
Castellanos, Jordi & Marrugat, Jordi (dir.), Història de la literatura catalana. Literatura contemporània II. Modernisme. Noucentisme. Avantguardes, Barcelona: Enciclopèdia Catalana / Barcino / Ajuntament de Barcelona, 2020.
Castellanos, Jordi & Marrugat, Jordi (dir.), Història de la literatura catalana. Literatura contemporània III. Del 1922 al 1959, Barcelona: Enciclopèdia Catalana / Barcino / Ajuntament de Barcelona, 2021.
Fuster, Joan, Literatura catalana contemporània, Barcelona: Curial, 1972.
Malé, Jordi, Història de les històries de la literatura catalana, EDIUOC, PID_00167451: http://openaccess.uoc.edu/webapps/
Massot i Muntaner, Josep, «La historia de la literatura catalana als Països Catalans», dins Escriptors i erudits contemporanis, Barcelona: PAM, 1996, p. 273-281.
Molas, Joaquim (dir.), Història de la literatura catalana. Part moderna, vols. VIII, IX, X i XI, Barcelona: Ariel, 1986-1988.
Molas, Joaquim, «Sobre la periodització en les històries generals de la literatura catalana», dins Sobre la construcció de la literatura catalana, Palma: Lleonard Muntaner, 2010, p. 73-93.
Romero Muñoz, Carlos, «Breve historia de las historias de la literatura catalana», Rassegna iberistica, núm. 17, September 1983, p. 3-34.
3. Catalan literary movements (20th-21st centuries)
Modernisme and Noucentisme
AV, «El Modernisme. Un entusiasme», Serra d’Or, núm. 135, December 1970: http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/portales/serra_dor/obra-visor/any-xii-num-135-desembre-1970/html/
Castellanos, Jordi, «Modernisme i Noucentisme», L’Avenç, núm. 25, March 1980, p. 26-51.
Castellanos, Jordi, «El Noucentisme: ideologia i estètica», dins Aulet, Jaume (dir.), El Noucentisme. Cicle de conferències fet a la Institució cultural del CIC de Terrassa curs 1984/85, Barcelona: PAM, 1987, p. 19-39.
Castellanos, Jordi, El Modernisme. Selecció de textos, Barcelona: Les Naus d’Empúries, 1988.
Castellanos, Jordi, «Modernitat, Modernisme i la invenció de la història de la literatura catalana», dins Panyella, Ramon (ed.), Concepcions i discursos sobre la modernitat en la literatura catalana dels segles XIX i XX, Lleida: GELCC / Punctum, 2010, p. 223-245.
Marfany, Joan Lluís, «Modernisme i noucentisme, amb algunes consideracions sobre el concepte de moviment cultural», Els Marges, núm. 26, 1982, p. 31-42: https://www.raco.cat/index.php/Marges/article/view/108221
Marfany, Joan-Lluís, Aspectesdel Modernisme, Barcelona: Curial, 1984.
Molas, Joaquim, «Segona història del Modernisme», dins Garcia i Espuche, Albert (dir.), El Modernisme, Barcelona: Olimpíada Cultura / Lunwerg, vol. I, 1990, p. 27-31.
Murgades, Josep, «Assaig de revisió del noucentisme», Els Marges, núm. 7, 1976, p. 35-53: https://www.raco.cat/index.php/Marges/article/view/98702
Panyella, Vinyet, Cronologia del Noucentisme (Una eina), Barcelona: PAM, 1996.
Peran, Martí (dir.), El Noucentisme. Un projecte de modernitat, Barcelona: Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1994.
Vallcorba, Jaume, Noucentisme, mediterraneisme i classicisme, Barcelona: Quaderns Crema, 1994.
Avant-garde and interwar movements
AV, «Les avantguardes a Catalunya (1914-1936)», L’Avenç, núm. 19, September 1979, p. 17-48.
AV, Els anys vint en els Països Catalans (Noucentisme / Avantguarda), Barcelona: PAM, 1997.
AV, Avantguardes a Catalunya 1906-1939, Barcelona: Fundació Caixa de Catalunya / Olimpíada Cultural Barcelona'92, DL 1992.
Malé, Jordi, Les idees literàries al període d’entreguerres. Antologia de textos, Lleida: Pagès, 2011.
Malé, Jordi; Borràs, Laura (ed.), Poètiques catalanes del segle XX,Barcelona: UOC,2008.
Molas, Joaquim, La literatura d’avantguarda (1916-1938), Barcelona: Antoni Bosch, 1983.
War, postwar period and exile
AV, Literatura de la guerra civil. Memòria i ficció, Lleida: Institut d’Estudis Ilerdencs, 2002.
Campillo, Maria (ed.), Llegir l’exili, Barcelona: L’Avenç, 2011.
Guillamon, Julià, El dia revolt. Literatura catalana de l’exili, Barcelona: Empúries, 2008.
Molas, Joaquim, La literatura de postguerra, Barcelona: Dalmau, 1966.
Samsó, Joan, La cultura catalana: entre la clandestinitat i la represa pública (1929-1951), 2 vol., Barcelona: PAM, 1994.
Vall, Xavier, L’existencialisme en la literatura catalana durant el franquisme, Catalonia, núm. 7, 2010: https://crimic-sorbonne.fr/img/pdf/vall.pdf
Historical realism
Castellet, Josep M.; Molas, Joaquim, Poesia catalanadelsegle XX, Barcelona:Edicions 62, 1963.
Vallverdú, Marta, «El Realisme Històric. L’agitació cultural dels anys seixanta», L’Avenç, núm. 385, November 2012, p. 28-43.
Postmodernity and postmodernism
Broch, Àlex, Literaturacatalana dels anys setanta, Barcelona: Edicions 62, 1980.
Broch, Àlex, Literatura catalana dels anys vuitanta, Barcelona: Edicions 62, 1991.
Guillamon, Julià, La ciutat interrompuda, Barcelona: Anagrama, 2019 [20011].
Marrugat, Jordi, «L’escriptor català i la societat postfranquista. Models de relació de l’escriptor català amb la seva societat des de la fi del franquisme fins als nostres dies», I i II, Revista de Catalunya, núm. 234, 2007, p. 9-41 i núm. 235, 2008, p. 9-32.
Marrugat, Jordi, Aspectes de la poesia catalana de la postmodernitat, Barcelona: PAM, 2013, esp. p. 13-93.
Martínez-Gil, Víctor, «El lloc de la literatura en la societat postmoderna», dins Culla i Clarà, Joan B. (dir.), Història Política, Societat i Cultura dels Països Catalans, vol. XII. Barcelona: Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1999: p. 314-323.
Martínez-Gil, Víctor, «Els escriptors com a intel·lectuals postmoderns», dins Panyella, Ramon; Marrugat, Jordi (ed.), L’escriptor i la seva imatge. Contribució a la història dels intel·lectuals en la literatura catalana contemporània, Barcelona: L’Avenç, 2006, p. 299-322.
Muntaner, Maria, et al. (ed.), Poètiques de ruptura, Palma: Lleonard Muntaner, 2008.
Orja, Joan, Fahrenheit 212. Una aproximació a la literatura catalana recent, Barcelona: La Magrana, 1989.
Pi de Cabanyes, Oriol; Graells, Guillem-Jordi, La generació literàriadels 70. 25 escriptors nascuts entre 1939-1949, Barcelona: Institució de les Lletres Catalanes, 2004 [19711].
Rourera, Jordi, «Del nyap il·legible a la novel·la execrable. La “polèmica Carner” i altres manifestacions antinoucentistes dels Imparables», Els Marges, núm. 81, 2007, p. 107-20: https://www.raco.cat/index.php/Marges/article/view/142110
Webography
Traces. Bases de dades de llengua i literatura catalanes:http://traces.uab.cat/
lletrA. La literatura catalana a Internet-UOC: https://lletra.uoc.edu/
Associació d’escriptors en llengua catalana:https://www.escriptors.cat/autors
Short literary works will be proposed to be read during the course.
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