Spanish Literature: Enlightenment to Romanticism
Code: 106358 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2504211 Spanish Language and Literature | OB | 2 | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- Montserrat Amores Garcia
- Email:
- montserrat.amores@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- spanish (spa)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- Yes
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.
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 aims to offer an overview of Spanish literature at the beginning of modernity, from the mid-18th century to the mid-19th century. Special attention will be paid to the description and development of the main stages of literature and its literary and aesthetic currents.
Special attention will be given to the description of the different currents and aesthetic tendencies that intersect with the stages called Enlightenment and Romanticism, concerning the historical period in which they have developed. For this reason, the focus will be mainly on the reading and analysis of some of the fundamental texts of those stages, periods, movements, or trends.
Competences
- Act with ethical responsibility and respect for fundamental rights and duties, diversity and democratic values.
- Demonstrate the ability to work autonomously and in teams in order to achieve the planned objectives in multicultural and interdisciplinary contexts.
- Develop arguments applicable to the fields of Hispanic literature, literary theory, Spanish language and linguistics, and evaluate their academic relevance.
- Identify the most significant periods, traditions, trends, authors and works in Spanish-language literature in their historical and social context.
- Recognise the main theories, themes and genres of literature in the different Spanish-speaking countries.
- 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.
- Use digital tools and specific documentary sources to gather and organise information.
- Use the methodology and concepts of literary analysis taking into account sources and contexts.
Learning Outcomes
- Analyse the features of the literary genres of the Spanish Enlightenment and Romanticism.
- Assess, through the analysis of literary productions, the prejudices and discriminations that may be included in actions or projects, in the short or long term, in relation to certain people or groups.
- Comment on a text taking into account the figures of thought and expression.
- Contextualise historically, socially and ideologically the literary production of 19th century Spanish poetry and theatre.
- Contextualise historically, socially and ideologically the literary production of the Enlightenment and Romanticism.
- Critically interpret bibliography.
- Critically interpret literary works taking into account their historical and social context.
- Elaborate summaries or reviews of academic works.
- Examine the features of 19th-century Spanish poetry and theatre.
- Justify the characteristics of the texts and literary periods under study in different types of academic writing (written exams, academic papers, summaries and reviews).
- Recognise the principles of the discipline of study and its main sources.
- Use appropriate terminology in the construction of an academic text.
- Use digital tools to obtain, classify, interpret and analyse relevant data related to the study of Spanish language and literature.
- Use the appropriate terminology in the construction of an academic text and in the transmission of their knowledge.
- Use traditional sources to obtain, classify, interpret and analyse relevant data related to the study of Spanish language and literature.
- Write and present academic works.
Content
1. Crosscurrents in eighteenth century Spanish literature: Rococo, Enlightenment, Neoclassicism, Enlightened Sensibility.
2. The prose in the Enlightenment, between the essay and the novel.
* Required reading: Cartas marruecas. Noches lúgubres by José Cadalso.
3. General features of neoclassical theater: from heroic tragedy to sentimental comedy and comedy of manners. The popular theater.
4. Enlightened poetry: didacticism and sentimentality.
* Required reading: Anthology of eighteenth–century poetry.
5. The reception of European Romanticism in Spain.
6. Romantic poetry: from Espronceda to Bécquer.
* Required reading: El estudiante de Salamanca by José de Espronceda.
7. The prose during Romanticism: historical novel, Costumbrism and fantastic tales.
8. The romantic drama.
* Required reading: Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino by Ángel de Saavedra, Duque de Rivas.
Mandatory readings
* José Cadalso, Cartas marruecas. Noches lúgubres, by Emilio Martínez Mata y estudio preliminar de Nigel Glendinning, Barcelona, Crítica (Biblioteca Clásica); Cartas marruecas. Noches lúgubres, ed. by Joaquín Arce, Cátedra (Letras Hispánicas).
* Poesía española del siglo XVIII, edition by teacher.
* José de Espronceda, El estudiante de Salamanca. El diablo mundo, ed. by Robert Marrast, Madrid, Castalia (Classics Castalia, 81), 1978.
* Angel of Saavedra, Duke of Rivas, Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino, ed. by Miguel Ángel Lama and preliminary study of Ermanno Caldera, Barcelona, Crítica (Biblioteca Clásica, 91); Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino, ed. by Alberto Sánchez, Cátedra (Letras Hispánicas), Don Álvaro, ed. by Enrique Baltanás, Alianza.
Methodology
The learning of this subject by the students is distributed as follows:
Directed activities. These activities are divided into master classes and seminars and classroom practices led by the faculty, in which theoretical explanation is combined with discussion of all types of texts.
Supervised activities. These tutorials are programmed by the teacher, dedicated to correcting and commenting on problems at different levels of literary analysis.
Autonomous activities. These activities include both time devoted to individual study and production of papers and analytical comments written, as well as oral presentations.
Evaluation activities. The evaluation of the subject will be carried out through written tests.
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 | |||
| Master classes and classroom practices | 60 | 2.4 | 1, 5, 4, 9, 14, 11, 12 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutorials | 12 | 0.48 | 13, 15, 6, 7, 12, 2 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Individual study and production of papers and analytical comments written | 75 | 3 | 1, 5, 4, 9, 14, 11, 2 |
Assessment
In order to apply for the passing it is compulsory to have completed all the course readings.
The evaluation of the subject will be based on the following activities (the specific weight of each one of them is indicated in brackets in the final note):
1) The delivery of text comment or paper related to the taught subject that are agreed with the teacher [20%].
2) A written test on the subject taught during the first half of the course [40%], which will cover the subjects related to Enlightenment.
3) A second written test on the subject taught in the second half of the course [40%], which will cover the topics related to Romanticism.
In the case of written expression, it's understood that the student will write paragraphs with full content. Obviously, spelling, and syntactic errors, punctuation and speech structure will be taken into account. 0,25 points will be deducted for each error. A test with more than 10 errors will be directly suspended.
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. According to the uses of the bibliographic documentation, the student must state the authorship of each quote and the use of third-party materials. Any submission of non-original material without properly indicating its origin will automatically result in a failure rating (0), without possibility of re-evaluation. 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.
The review of the tests will be carried out during an interview previously agreed with the teacher (Moodle).
Students can apply for resit of the course if they suspend only one of the three evaluation activities indicated (paper and exams) and have a minimum overall grade of 3.5.
The result of the resit will substitute the note of the suspended test to calculate the final grade of the subject.
The student who does not perform any of the activities or tests will be considered "Not evaluated". The preparation of an activity implies the student's will to be evaluated in the subject.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active participation in class | 10% | 0 | 0 | 1, 3, 5, 4, 16, 8, 9, 14, 13, 15, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 2 |
| Written tests | 90% | 3 | 0.12 | 1, 3, 5, 4, 16, 8, 9, 14, 13, 15, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 2 |
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Albiach Blanco, María-Dolores (2011), Historia de la literatura española. 4. Razón y sentimiento (1692-1800), Barcelona, Crítica.
Alborg, Juan Luis (1980), Historia de la literatura española, IV: El romanticismo, Madrid, Gredos.
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Álvarez Barrientos, Joaquín (1991), La novela del siglo XVIII, Madrid, Júcar.
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Websites
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes: www.cervantesvirtual.com
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
José Cadalso
José de Espronceda
Leandro Fernández de Moratín
Tomás de Iriarte
Juan Meléndez Valdés
Ángel de Saavedra, Duque de Rivas
Félix María de Samaniego
Software
Moodle, TEAMS.