20710215 - Spanish Literature I

One of the main aims of this Course of Study is to provide students with advanced knowledge of two foreign literatures related to the two languages of their choice, paying special attention to intercultural and transcultural dynamics. The course also aims at refining their ability to interpret cultural phenomena, using the tools and methodologies of literary, cultural and historical analysis. Spanish Literature I is among the core courses of the "Foreign Literatures" area. It introduces to the knowledge and understanding of Spanish literary culture through the reading of representative texts, analysed with particular attention to intercultural and transcultural dynamics; students will also acquire basic tools of literary, cultural and historical analysis. They will be able, at the end of the module, to read and understand literary texts in translation and in the original language, being able to identify their formal and structural peculiarities; they will be able to relate these texts to the historical and cultural context of reference, and will possess the communicative skills necessary for the re-elaboration and transmission of acquired disciplinary content.
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Mutuazione: 20710215 Letteratura spagnola I in Lingue e letterature per la comunicazione interculturale L-11 R Per LMLC e altri CDS TRECCA SIMONE

Programme

The course aims to introduce students to the study of Spanish theatre, through the reading of some classical and contemporary works and an in-depth historical, cultural and literary study.

Core Documentation

• P. Calderón de la Barca, La vita è un sogno, edizione di F. Antonucci, Venezia, Marsilio;
• F. García Lorca, Nozze di sangue, edizione di E. Pittarello, Venezia, Marsilio;
• J. Sanchis Sinisterra, Ay, Carmela!, a cura di Simone Trecca, Roma, Nova Delphi Libri;
• B. Ortiz de Gondra, La famiglia Gondra. Una storia basca, Salerno, D’Amato.


Attendance

Students intending to take the examination as frequent attenders are strongly advised to actually attend, in order to acquire the necessary skills and to carry out the in itinere activities that, if successful, may result in partial exemptions. For non-attending students, a specific syllabus is envisaged, which the student must agree upon in a compulsory interview at least two months before the call in which he/she intends to take the exam, in order to be registered by the lecturer on the appropriate teaching platform.

Type of evaluation

For attending students, the acquisition of ‘Historical-literary and cultural competences’ will be verified during the oral examination; the acquisition of ‘Methodological competences’ will be evaluated both through in itinere verification activities and during the oral examination through analysis and commentary on the texts in the syllabus. For non-attending students, the acquisition of all the competences will be verified during the oral examination, which will take place on the dates of the examination dates.