Graduates in Languages and Literatures for Teaching and Translation obtain advanced knowledge and understanding in all the subject areas of their training in order to
1) consolidate and develop their competence in European and American Studies, with particular attention to their literature of specialisation;
2) deepen their knowledge of the two foreign languages chosen, achieving a heightened competence in the language of specialization and an advancement in the second language;
3) reach enhanced awareness of the linguistic features of their language of specialisation, both from a diachronic and a synchronic perspective;
4) reach an adequate knowledge of the most advanced methodologies for the analysis of literary texts;
5) handle confidently the theoretical-practical tools for teaching and for translation.
Archivos de la memoria: literaturas, historia y política en Hispanoamérica / Memory archives: literatures, history, and politics in Latin America is one of the characterising modules of the programme. It provides students with advanced applied methodological skills for the analysis of Hispanic American countries literary phenomena and texts. The expanded chronological horizon of the selected bibliography will allow students to recognise the transcultural dimension of the texts and grasp the connections with historical and political issues. The unit also allows students to develop linguistic-communicative skills and the autonomous use of updated theoretical tools for a more deepened cultural and linguistic analysis of literary phenomena and texts, with a special focus on questions related to literature teaching and theories. Students will improve translation skills through translation exercises.
At the end of the module, students will be able to: autonomously analyse Hispanic American countries literary phenomena and texts in their transcultural, historical-political and cultural dimension; write and/or present to the class short analytical essays; read and translate literary texts; communicate the modules contents (advanced level); select and adapt texts to diverse teaching contexts.
Prerequisites: students enrolled in other degree programmes are allowed to select this module if they have gained at least 12 CFU in Spanish Literature in their bachelor’s degree, and can certify the attainment of a B2 level of Spanish.
Note: For LM37 students enrolled in the international learning programme “Estudios Ibéricos e Iberoamericanos” (Spanish – Hispanic-American Literature), this module can be selected as an associated subject (‘materia affine’) to their literature of specialisation.
1) consolidate and develop their competence in European and American Studies, with particular attention to their literature of specialisation;
2) deepen their knowledge of the two foreign languages chosen, achieving a heightened competence in the language of specialization and an advancement in the second language;
3) reach enhanced awareness of the linguistic features of their language of specialisation, both from a diachronic and a synchronic perspective;
4) reach an adequate knowledge of the most advanced methodologies for the analysis of literary texts;
5) handle confidently the theoretical-practical tools for teaching and for translation.
Archivos de la memoria: literaturas, historia y política en Hispanoamérica / Memory archives: literatures, history, and politics in Latin America is one of the characterising modules of the programme. It provides students with advanced applied methodological skills for the analysis of Hispanic American countries literary phenomena and texts. The expanded chronological horizon of the selected bibliography will allow students to recognise the transcultural dimension of the texts and grasp the connections with historical and political issues. The unit also allows students to develop linguistic-communicative skills and the autonomous use of updated theoretical tools for a more deepened cultural and linguistic analysis of literary phenomena and texts, with a special focus on questions related to literature teaching and theories. Students will improve translation skills through translation exercises.
At the end of the module, students will be able to: autonomously analyse Hispanic American countries literary phenomena and texts in their transcultural, historical-political and cultural dimension; write and/or present to the class short analytical essays; read and translate literary texts; communicate the modules contents (advanced level); select and adapt texts to diverse teaching contexts.
Prerequisites: students enrolled in other degree programmes are allowed to select this module if they have gained at least 12 CFU in Spanish Literature in their bachelor’s degree, and can certify the attainment of a B2 level of Spanish.
Note: For LM37 students enrolled in the international learning programme “Estudios Ibéricos e Iberoamericanos” (Spanish – Hispanic-American Literature), this module can be selected as an associated subject (‘materia affine’) to their literature of specialisation.
teacher profile teaching materials
In a first phase, the general concepts will be presented and the historical context reconstructed. Subsequently, the artistic products in the program will be analyzed.
- G. Bialet, Los sapos de la memoria, Córdoba, CB Ediciones, 2010.
- E. Perassi, “Costruendo memorie collettive: la dittatura argentina e la letteratura italiana”, in C. Cattarulla (a cura di), Argentina 1976-1983. Immaginari italiani, Roma, Nova Delphi, 2016, pp. 15-36.
- N. Vaisman, “Postmemoria y memoria desaparecida en dos obras de la posdictadura argentina”, in J. Blejmar, S. Mandolessi, M.E. Perez, El pasado inasequible. Desaparecidos, hijos y combatientes en el arte y la literatura del nuevo milenio, Buenos Aires, Eudeba, 2018, pp. 185-202.
- A. Longoni, L. Verzero, “Mi vida después. Itinerario de un teatro vivo. Entrevista con Lola Arias”, Cása de las Américas – Revista Conjunto, n. 162, enero-marzo 2012.
- S. Nanni, “Testimonio y ficción en ámbito escolar y judicial: Los sapos de la memoria de G. Bialet”, in G. Nuzzo (a cura di), Letteratura testimoniale e costruzione della storia, Salerno, Oèdipus, 2019, pp. 355-372.
- S. Nanni, “Post-memorias entre pasado y futuro: Mi vida después, de Lola Arias”, in Orillas, numero monografico su “Los escenarios de la post-memoria en el teatro hispánico último (2000-2018)”, S. Trecca (a cura di), n. 8, 2019, pp. 407-425.
Programme
The course aims to show students the artistic and literary reworking of political violence in Argentina during the years of military dictatorship (1976-1983), as presented in some recent artistic products (novels, plays, photographic exhibitions). In a perspective that places Argentinian authoritarianism within a broader Latin American framework, the works will be analyzed through tools and methodologies related to Trauma Studies and testimonial literature.In a first phase, the general concepts will be presented and the historical context reconstructed. Subsequently, the artistic products in the program will be analyzed.
Core Documentation
- L. Arias, Mi vida después y otros textos, Buenos Aires, Reservoir Books, 2016.- G. Bialet, Los sapos de la memoria, Córdoba, CB Ediciones, 2010.
- E. Perassi, “Costruendo memorie collettive: la dittatura argentina e la letteratura italiana”, in C. Cattarulla (a cura di), Argentina 1976-1983. Immaginari italiani, Roma, Nova Delphi, 2016, pp. 15-36.
- N. Vaisman, “Postmemoria y memoria desaparecida en dos obras de la posdictadura argentina”, in J. Blejmar, S. Mandolessi, M.E. Perez, El pasado inasequible. Desaparecidos, hijos y combatientes en el arte y la literatura del nuevo milenio, Buenos Aires, Eudeba, 2018, pp. 185-202.
- A. Longoni, L. Verzero, “Mi vida después. Itinerario de un teatro vivo. Entrevista con Lola Arias”, Cása de las Américas – Revista Conjunto, n. 162, enero-marzo 2012.
- S. Nanni, “Testimonio y ficción en ámbito escolar y judicial: Los sapos de la memoria de G. Bialet”, in G. Nuzzo (a cura di), Letteratura testimoniale e costruzione della storia, Salerno, Oèdipus, 2019, pp. 355-372.
- S. Nanni, “Post-memorias entre pasado y futuro: Mi vida después, de Lola Arias”, in Orillas, numero monografico su “Los escenarios de la post-memoria en el teatro hispánico último (2000-2018)”, S. Trecca (a cura di), n. 8, 2019, pp. 407-425.
Reference Bibliography
Reference texts MODULE A - Tzetan Todorov, Gli abusi della memoria, Milano, Meltemi, 2018. - I. Moretti, I figli di Plaza de Mayo, Milano, Sperling & Kupfer, 2002. - F. Caporale, Desaparecidos. Note a margine di tre processi, Bologna/Roma, QuduLibri/24marzo Onlus, 2014.Type of delivery of the course
The course will take place in frontal teaching mode, held remotely, via audio-video conference with the use of Microsoft Teams software.Attendance
Attendance at lessons is optional.Type of evaluation
The student must submit - at least ten days before the oral exam - a final report. The report, of about 10 pages and agreed in advance with the professor, will focus on the topics covered during the lessons. The final check of the learning will be made through a final oral test of about 30 minutes, held remotely, via audio-video conference with the use of Microsoft Teams software. The interview will consist of three questions all related to the examination program and aimed at verifying the level of effective understanding of the contents of the course. The final grade will take into account the quality of the final report and the oral test.