Spanish Literature: Realism and ‘Modernismo’
Code: 100593 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2504012 Spanish and Chinese Studies: Language, Literature and Culture | OB | 3 |
| 2504386 English and Spanish Studies | OB | 3 |
| 2504388 Catalan and Spanish Studies | OB | 3 |
Contact
- Name:
- Montserrat Amores Garcia
- Email:
- montserrat.amores@uab.cat
Teaching groups languages
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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 in the language of the degree.
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
It is intended to offer an overview of the development of Spanish literature in its different genres from the Revolution of 1868 to the end of the first phase of the Restoration, in 1910. Therefore, the configuration of the essential aesthetic and literary movements of the period will be studied: the reception in Spain of Realism and Naturalism and its main productions during the seventies and eighties of the nineteenth century; the crisis of the end of the century and the reception, development and exhaustion of Modernism in the first decade of the twentieth. This overview will be completed with the detailed study of key works of the different tendencies.
The purpose of the subject is that students acquire a general knowledge of the literary dynamics of the period, in order to learn how to distinguish between texts arising from different aesthetic approaches, and exercise themselves in the analysis and commentary of texts and works of different genres, with the literary, social and political history of a specific period as a backdrop. Moreover, students must be familiar with the most important bibliography of the period, both in terms of editions of texts and studies. The aspects related to the gender perspective are taken into account in the content of the subject.
Competences
- Spanish and Chinese Studies: Language, Literature and Culture
- Apply knowledge of Spanish and Latin American literature to the identification of genes, movements, tendencies and styles.
- Comment on literary texts in Spanish and in Chinese, situate them historically and relate them to the literary trends to which they belong.
- Make changes to methods and processes in the area of knowledge in order to provide innovative responses to society's needs and demands.
- 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.
- Use techniques for compilation, organisation and use of information and documentation with precision.
Learning Outcomes
- Analyse a situation and identify its points for improvement.
- Comment on a text from the period of Realism or Modernism with the figures of thought and expression.
- Contextualise the literary production of the Realism and Modernism from an ideological and social viewpoint.
- Identify and analyse the main characteristics of literary genres from Spanish Realism and Modernism.
- Interpret literary works critically taking into account the relations between the different areas of literature and its relation to human, artistic and social areas.
- Present work in formats adapted to demands and personal styles, both individual and in small groups.
- Relate literary aspects of different works of Spanish literature from Realism and Modernism.
- Select and gather together the basic critical biography for the field of study with the main works and authors for the subject.
- Use the adequate terminology in the construction of an academic text.
Content
Mandatory readings
Leopoldo Alas, Clarín, La Regenta, ed de Rafael Rodríguez Marín, Castlaia (Castalia Didáctica, 62), Barcelona; ed. by Sergio Beser and Rebeca Martín, Crítica (Biblioteca Clásica, 10), Barcelona; ed. by Juan Oleza, Cátedra (Letras Hispánicas), Madrid; ed. by Gonzalo Sobejano, Castalia, Madrid.
AA.VV., Antología de la poesía modernista española prepared by the teachers of the subject.
Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Romance de lobos. Comedias bárbaras III, ed. by Ricardo Doménech, Espasa Calpe (Austral, 344), Madrid, 2006.
Activities and Methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| 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. | 60 | 2.4 | |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| These tutorials are programmed by the teacher, dedicated to correcting and commenting on problems at different levels of literary analysis. | 10.5 | 0.42 | |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| These activities include both time devoted to individual study and production of papers and analytical comments written, as well as oral presentations. | 75 | 3 |
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.
Assessment
Continous Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attendance and active participation in class | 10% | 0 | 0 | 2, 4, 5, 7 |
| Essay or text commentary. | 20% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 5, 6, 7 |
| First written text | 35 % | 1.5 | 0.06 | 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 5, 7 |
| Second written test | 35% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 5, 7 |
Continuous evaluation
In order to obtain a passing grade, it is compulsory to have completed all the course readings.
The evaluation of the course will be based on the following activities (the specific weight of each of them in the final grade is indicated in brackets):
1) A text commentary or the development of a topic related to the subject of the course. The teacher will provide on the first day of class the content of this test, which will be carried out in a session dedicated to that activity. [20%].
2) A written test on the subject taught during the first half of the course [35%], which will cover the topics related to the realism and its corresponding readings.
3) A second written test on the subject taught during the second half of the course [35%], which will cover the topics related to modernism and its corresponding readings.
4) Attendance and active participation in class [10%]. For its evaluation, the results of learning manifested in the classroom should be appreciated from some activities proposed by the teacher.
In the case of written expression, the student must write a correctly structured speech, with paragraphs with full content, coherent and well developed. Faults (spelling, syntax, punctuation errors, unnecessary repetitions, Anglicisms, Catalanisms, etc.) will deduct 0.25 points each; with more than ten faults the test will be graded Fail.
The activities, practices and works presented in the course must be original and plagiarism, total or partial, of other people's materials published in any support will not be admitted under any circumstances. The person enrolled in the course must explain conveniently, according to the uses of bibliographic documentation, the authorship of all quotations and the use of other people's materials. The eventual presentation of non-original material without adequately indicating its origin will automatically result in a failing grade (0), with no possibility of recovery. In case the student carries out any type of irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade of a given evaluation act (plagiarism, unacknowledged use of AI...), this will be graded with 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that may result from it. In case several irregularities are verified in the evaluation acts of the same subject, the final grade of this subject will be 0.
The review of the tests will take place in an interview previously agreed with the teacher, who will inform the students (Moodle) of the date of review of the grades.
Students who, once the weighted average of the various tests has been made, do not obtain a grade equal to or higher than 4.9, may be submitted to the recovery, provided they meet the following requirements:
a) To have completed the first three evaluation activities (two tests on the syllabus and readings [35% + 35%] and the text commentary or development of the topic provided by the teacher [20%]).
b) To have obtained, at least, an average of 3.5 in the continuous evaluation of the course.
c) To have passed at least one of the two tests on the syllabus and compulsory readings [35%]. If the final average grade is between 3.5 and 4.8, but the student has failed both tests on the syllabus and readings [35% + 35%], he/she will not be able to take the recovery.
d) Under no circumstances can the whole course be made up.
The result of the make-up test will replace the grade of the failed test to calculate the final grade of the course.
Not taking any or only one of the activities or tests will be considered "Not evaluable". The completion of two activities implies the willingness to be evaluated in the subject.
Single evaluation
In order to obtain a passing grade, it is compulsory to have completed all the course readings.
The evaluation of the course will be based on the following activities (the specific weight of each of them in the final grade is indicated in brackets):
1) A text commentary or the development of a topic related to the subject of the course. The teacher will provide on the first day of class the content of this test, which will be carried out in a session dedicated to that activity. [30%].
2) A written test on the material taught during the first half of the course [35%], which will cover the topics related to the Realism and its corresponding readings.
3) A second written test on the material taught during the second half of the course [35%], which will cover the topics related to Modernism and its corresponding readings.
The same recovery system will be applied as for the continuous evaluation.
For the rest of the considerations about the correctness of the written expression, plagiarism, the revision, recovery of the tests and the grade of "Not evaluable", the rules of the continuous evaluation will be applied.
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ARBONA, Guadalupe y Paloma Falconi (eds.), Vasijas de barro. La figura del sacerdote en la literatura contemporánea, Madrid, Encuentro, 2014.
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FRAU, Juan, Poética del folletín. La fórmula del relato inacabable, Sevilla, Editorial Universidad de Sevilla, 2018.
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Sitios en internet
«Realismo y Naturalismo» (Aula de Letras)[http://www.auladeletras.net/material/real.pdf]
Mercedes Laguna González, «El Naturalismo en la novela española», Lindaraja [http://www.filosofiayliteratura.org/Lindaraja/literatura.htm]
Biblioteca Miralles (Biblioteca de la Literatura Española del Siglo XIX) [http://www.bibliotecamiralles.org/]
Leopoldo Alas (Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes) [http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/bib_autor/Clarin/]
Emilia Pardo Bazán(Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes) [http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/bib_autor/pardo_bazan/index.shtml]
José María de Pereda (Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes) [http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/bib_autor/pereda/]
Juan Valera (Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes) [http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/bib_autor/valera/]
Proyecto Filosofía en Español(contiene una buena biblioteca de textos del fin de siglo). [http://www.filosofia.org/]
Ángel Ganivet (1865-1898) (blog dedicado al escritor granadino). [http://www.angelganivet.blogspot.co/]
Rubén Darío, El Modernismo y otros textos críticos (Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes) [http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/01371963766703757432257/index.htm]
Fin de siglo: poesía modernista [http://www.spanisharts.com/books/literature/modernismo.htm]
Fundación Zenobia-Juan Ramón Jiménez [http://www.fundacion-jrj.es/]
Juan Ramón Jiménez (Centro Virtual Cervantes). [http://cvc.cervantes.es/literatura/escritores/jrj/default.htm]
Juan Ramón Jiménez(Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes) [http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/bib_autor/juanramonjimenez/]
«Pío Baroja, todavía» (Guipuzkoakultura.net) [http://piobaroja.gipuzkoakultura.net/index-es.php]
El teatro deValle-Inclán [http://www.spanisharts.com/books/literature/tvinclan.htm]
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El Pasajero. Revista de Estudios sobre Ramón del Valle-Inclán [http://www.elpasajero.com]
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Software
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Language list
| Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 2 | Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
| (TE) Theory | 1 | Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
| (TE) Theory | 2 | Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |