For both curricula, the international one and the one focused on the teaching of Italian as a second language, graduates in Languages and Literatures for Teaching and Cultural Professions 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, with the achievement of a high level of proficiency in the first language and an improved level in the second language for the MULTIPLE curriculum or in the single foreign language chosen for the DIL 2 curriculum; 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. The course ‘Literatura española y patrimonio cultural: tradiciones, confluencias, manipulaciones / Spanish literature and cultural heritage: traditions, confluences and manipulations’ is one of the characterising activities of the Master degree. The course provides the advanced methodological and practical skills necessary for the analysis of Spanish literary texts and cultural phenomena, also from an interdisciplinary perspective. Thanks to the broad chronological horizon and the in-depth study of the intertextual, inter-artistic and/or intermedial dimension, it allows the knowledge acquired during the three-year course to be put to use through a critical-theoretical reflection on the problems of literature. It also enables students to refine their linguistic-communicative skills in Spanish. The student should be able to: analyse autonomously, and with a specialist approach, Spanish literary texts and cultural phenomena, also in their transcultural dimension; make inter-textual, inter-artistic and/or intermediate comparisons; draft and/or present short analytical essays to the class.
Requirements: 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.
Requirements: 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.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
The course aims to explore the forms and functions of humor in Spanish literature through a journey that spans from the Siglo de Oro to the 1940s. The itinerary will focus on significant moments in the comic tradition, with particular attention to the poetic and theatrical domains.
The course will begin with an introduction to several foundational theories of the comic (Freud, Bergson, Bakhtin), with the goal of providing students with the conceptual tools necessary for textual analysis.
The investigation will then focus on two main modes of laughter: the burlesque and the satirical. These will be analyzed in their rhetorical, stylistic, and ideological dimensions, in order to highlight the functions and mechanisms of comic expression across different texts, genres, and historical-cultural contexts.
2. Anthology of satirical and burlesque texts (Luis de Góngora, Lope de Vega, Francisco de Quevedo, Miguel de Cervantes, Conde de Villamediana) provided by the professor.
3. Calderón de la Barca, Peor está que estaba, ed. by S. Pezzini, Madrid, Iberoamericana Vervuert, 2024.
4. A "sainete" by Ramón de la Cruz (provided by the professor).
5. Selected "costumbrismo" texts, including critical "costumbrismo" (provided by the professor).
6. A "sainete" by Carlos Arniches (provided by the professor).
7. Jardiel Poncela, "Los ladrones somos gente honrada", in Carlotta Paratore, Tradurre l'umorismo, tradurre Jardiel Poncela, with full translation of Los ladrones somos gente honrada, Venice, Edizioni Ca' Foscari, 2023.
Open Access available at: https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/it/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-680-0/1-enrique-jardiel-poncela-e-los-ladrones-somos-gen/
REFERENCE CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
a) Arellano, Ignacio, “Convenciones y rasgos genéricos en la comedia de capa y espada”, Cuadernos de Teatro Clásico, 1, 1988, pp. 27–49.
b) Cacho Casal, Rodrigo, “El ingenio del arte: introducción a la poesía burlesca del Siglo de Oro”, Criticón, 2007, pp. 9–25. Available online: https://journals.openedition.org/criticon/8931
c) Ríos Carratalá, Juan A., “The Oasis of Humor and Post-War Spanish Theatre”, in Marcello, E. Elena (coord.), Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Edgar Neville. Spanish Humorists on Stage /2, Pisa, Edizioni ETS, 2023, pp. 7–33.
d) Vitse, Marc, “Burla e ideología en los entremeses”, in Los géneros menores en el teatro clásico español del Siglo de Oro (Jornadas de Almagro de 1987), ed. L. García Lorenzo, Madrid, Ministerio de Cultura, Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música, 1988, pp. 163–176.
e) Additional critical materials will be indicated and/or provided by the professor during the course.
Programme
Laughter in Spanish Literature: Paths between the Burlesque and the SatiricalThe course aims to explore the forms and functions of humor in Spanish literature through a journey that spans from the Siglo de Oro to the 1940s. The itinerary will focus on significant moments in the comic tradition, with particular attention to the poetic and theatrical domains.
The course will begin with an introduction to several foundational theories of the comic (Freud, Bergson, Bakhtin), with the goal of providing students with the conceptual tools necessary for textual analysis.
The investigation will then focus on two main modes of laughter: the burlesque and the satirical. These will be analyzed in their rhetorical, stylistic, and ideological dimensions, in order to highlight the functions and mechanisms of comic expression across different texts, genres, and historical-cultural contexts.
Core Documentation
1. Miguel de Cervantes, "Entremés del viejo celoso";2. Anthology of satirical and burlesque texts (Luis de Góngora, Lope de Vega, Francisco de Quevedo, Miguel de Cervantes, Conde de Villamediana) provided by the professor.
3. Calderón de la Barca, Peor está que estaba, ed. by S. Pezzini, Madrid, Iberoamericana Vervuert, 2024.
4. A "sainete" by Ramón de la Cruz (provided by the professor).
5. Selected "costumbrismo" texts, including critical "costumbrismo" (provided by the professor).
6. A "sainete" by Carlos Arniches (provided by the professor).
7. Jardiel Poncela, "Los ladrones somos gente honrada", in Carlotta Paratore, Tradurre l'umorismo, tradurre Jardiel Poncela, with full translation of Los ladrones somos gente honrada, Venice, Edizioni Ca' Foscari, 2023.
Open Access available at: https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/it/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-680-0/1-enrique-jardiel-poncela-e-los-ladrones-somos-gen/
REFERENCE CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
a) Arellano, Ignacio, “Convenciones y rasgos genéricos en la comedia de capa y espada”, Cuadernos de Teatro Clásico, 1, 1988, pp. 27–49.
b) Cacho Casal, Rodrigo, “El ingenio del arte: introducción a la poesía burlesca del Siglo de Oro”, Criticón, 2007, pp. 9–25. Available online: https://journals.openedition.org/criticon/8931
c) Ríos Carratalá, Juan A., “The Oasis of Humor and Post-War Spanish Theatre”, in Marcello, E. Elena (coord.), Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Edgar Neville. Spanish Humorists on Stage /2, Pisa, Edizioni ETS, 2023, pp. 7–33.
d) Vitse, Marc, “Burla e ideología en los entremeses”, in Los géneros menores en el teatro clásico español del Siglo de Oro (Jornadas de Almagro de 1987), ed. L. García Lorenzo, Madrid, Ministerio de Cultura, Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música, 1988, pp. 163–176.
e) Additional critical materials will be indicated and/or provided by the professor during the course.
teacher profile teaching materials
The course aims to explore the forms and functions of humor in Spanish literature through a journey that spans from the Siglo de Oro to the 1940s. The itinerary will focus on significant moments in the comic tradition, with particular attention to the poetic and theatrical domains.
The course will begin with an introduction to several foundational theories of the comic (Freud, Bergson, Bakhtin), with the goal of providing students with the conceptual tools necessary for textual analysis.
The investigation will then focus on two main modes of laughter: the burlesque and the satirical. These will be analyzed in their rhetorical, stylistic, and ideological dimensions, in order to highlight the functions and mechanisms of comic expression across different texts, genres, and historical-cultural contexts.
2. Anthology of satirical and burlesque texts (Luis de Góngora, Lope de Vega, Francisco de Quevedo, Miguel de Cervantes, Conde de Villamediana) provided by the professor.
3. Calderón de la Barca, Peor está que estaba, ed. by S. Pezzini, Madrid, Iberoamericana Vervuert, 2024.
4. A "sainete" by Ramón de la Cruz (provided by the professor).
5. Selected "costumbrismo" texts, including critical "costumbrismo" (provided by the professor).
6. A "sainete" by Carlos Arniches (provided by the professor).
7. Jardiel Poncela, "Los ladrones somos gente honrada", in Carlotta Paratore, Tradurre l'umorismo, tradurre Jardiel Poncela, with full translation of Los ladrones somos gente honrada, Venice, Edizioni Ca' Foscari, 2023.
Open Access available at: https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/it/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-680-0/1-enrique-jardiel-poncela-e-los-ladrones-somos-gen/
REFERENCE CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
a) Arellano, Ignacio, “Convenciones y rasgos genéricos en la comedia de capa y espada”, Cuadernos de Teatro Clásico, 1, 1988, pp. 27–49.
b) Cacho Casal, Rodrigo, “El ingenio del arte: introducción a la poesía burlesca del Siglo de Oro”, Criticón, 2007, pp. 9–25. Available online: https://journals.openedition.org/criticon/8931
c) Ríos Carratalá, Juan A., “The Oasis of Humor and Post-War Spanish Theatre”, in Marcello, E. Elena (coord.), Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Edgar Neville. Spanish Humorists on Stage /2, Pisa, Edizioni ETS, 2023, pp. 7–33.
d) Vitse, Marc, “Burla e ideología en los entremeses”, in Los géneros menores en el teatro clásico español del Siglo de Oro (Jornadas de Almagro de 1987), ed. L. García Lorenzo, Madrid, Ministerio de Cultura, Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música, 1988, pp. 163–176.
e) Additional critical materials will be indicated and/or provided by the professor during the course.
Programme
Laughter in Spanish Literature: Paths between the Burlesque and the SatiricalThe course aims to explore the forms and functions of humor in Spanish literature through a journey that spans from the Siglo de Oro to the 1940s. The itinerary will focus on significant moments in the comic tradition, with particular attention to the poetic and theatrical domains.
The course will begin with an introduction to several foundational theories of the comic (Freud, Bergson, Bakhtin), with the goal of providing students with the conceptual tools necessary for textual analysis.
The investigation will then focus on two main modes of laughter: the burlesque and the satirical. These will be analyzed in their rhetorical, stylistic, and ideological dimensions, in order to highlight the functions and mechanisms of comic expression across different texts, genres, and historical-cultural contexts.
Core Documentation
1. Miguel de Cervantes, "Entremés del viejo celoso";2. Anthology of satirical and burlesque texts (Luis de Góngora, Lope de Vega, Francisco de Quevedo, Miguel de Cervantes, Conde de Villamediana) provided by the professor.
3. Calderón de la Barca, Peor está que estaba, ed. by S. Pezzini, Madrid, Iberoamericana Vervuert, 2024.
4. A "sainete" by Ramón de la Cruz (provided by the professor).
5. Selected "costumbrismo" texts, including critical "costumbrismo" (provided by the professor).
6. A "sainete" by Carlos Arniches (provided by the professor).
7. Jardiel Poncela, "Los ladrones somos gente honrada", in Carlotta Paratore, Tradurre l'umorismo, tradurre Jardiel Poncela, with full translation of Los ladrones somos gente honrada, Venice, Edizioni Ca' Foscari, 2023.
Open Access available at: https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/it/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-680-0/1-enrique-jardiel-poncela-e-los-ladrones-somos-gen/
REFERENCE CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
a) Arellano, Ignacio, “Convenciones y rasgos genéricos en la comedia de capa y espada”, Cuadernos de Teatro Clásico, 1, 1988, pp. 27–49.
b) Cacho Casal, Rodrigo, “El ingenio del arte: introducción a la poesía burlesca del Siglo de Oro”, Criticón, 2007, pp. 9–25. Available online: https://journals.openedition.org/criticon/8931
c) Ríos Carratalá, Juan A., “The Oasis of Humor and Post-War Spanish Theatre”, in Marcello, E. Elena (coord.), Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Edgar Neville. Spanish Humorists on Stage /2, Pisa, Edizioni ETS, 2023, pp. 7–33.
d) Vitse, Marc, “Burla e ideología en los entremeses”, in Los géneros menores en el teatro clásico español del Siglo de Oro (Jornadas de Almagro de 1987), ed. L. García Lorenzo, Madrid, Ministerio de Cultura, Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música, 1988, pp. 163–176.
e) Additional critical materials will be indicated and/or provided by the professor during the course.
teacher profile teaching materials
The course aims to explore the forms and functions of humor in Spanish literature through a journey that spans from the Siglo de Oro to the 1940s. The itinerary will focus on significant moments in the comic tradition, with particular attention to the poetic and theatrical domains.
The course will begin with an introduction to several foundational theories of the comic (Freud, Bergson, Bakhtin), with the goal of providing students with the conceptual tools necessary for textual analysis.
The investigation will then focus on two main modes of laughter: the burlesque and the satirical. These will be analyzed in their rhetorical, stylistic, and ideological dimensions, in order to highlight the functions and mechanisms of comic expression across different texts, genres, and historical-cultural contexts.
2. Anthology of satirical and burlesque texts (Luis de Góngora, Lope de Vega, Francisco de Quevedo, Miguel de Cervantes, Conde de Villamediana) provided by the professor.
3. Calderón de la Barca, Peor está que estaba, ed. by S. Pezzini, Madrid, Iberoamericana Vervuert, 2024.
4. A "sainete" by Ramón de la Cruz (provided by the professor).
5. Selected "costumbrismo" texts, including critical "costumbrismo" (provided by the professor).
6. A "sainete" by Carlos Arniches (provided by the professor).
7. Jardiel Poncela, "Los ladrones somos gente honrada", in Carlotta Paratore, Tradurre l'umorismo, tradurre Jardiel Poncela, with full translation of Los ladrones somos gente honrada, Venice, Edizioni Ca' Foscari, 2023.
Open Access available at: https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/it/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-680-0/1-enrique-jardiel-poncela-e-los-ladrones-somos-gen/
REFERENCE CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
a) Arellano, Ignacio, “Convenciones y rasgos genéricos en la comedia de capa y espada”, Cuadernos de Teatro Clásico, 1, 1988, pp. 27–49.
b) Cacho Casal, Rodrigo, “El ingenio del arte: introducción a la poesía burlesca del Siglo de Oro”, Criticón, 2007, pp. 9–25. Available online: https://journals.openedition.org/criticon/8931
c) Ríos Carratalá, Juan A., “The Oasis of Humor and Post-War Spanish Theatre”, in Marcello, E. Elena (coord.), Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Edgar Neville. Spanish Humorists on Stage /2, Pisa, Edizioni ETS, 2023, pp. 7–33.
d) Vitse, Marc, “Burla e ideología en los entremeses”, in Los géneros menores en el teatro clásico español del Siglo de Oro (Jornadas de Almagro de 1987), ed. L. García Lorenzo, Madrid, Ministerio de Cultura, Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música, 1988, pp. 163–176.
e) Additional critical materials will be indicated and/or provided by the professor during the course.
Programme
Laughter in Spanish Literature: Paths between the Burlesque and the SatiricalThe course aims to explore the forms and functions of humor in Spanish literature through a journey that spans from the Siglo de Oro to the 1940s. The itinerary will focus on significant moments in the comic tradition, with particular attention to the poetic and theatrical domains.
The course will begin with an introduction to several foundational theories of the comic (Freud, Bergson, Bakhtin), with the goal of providing students with the conceptual tools necessary for textual analysis.
The investigation will then focus on two main modes of laughter: the burlesque and the satirical. These will be analyzed in their rhetorical, stylistic, and ideological dimensions, in order to highlight the functions and mechanisms of comic expression across different texts, genres, and historical-cultural contexts.
Core Documentation
1. Miguel de Cervantes, "Entremés del viejo celoso";2. Anthology of satirical and burlesque texts (Luis de Góngora, Lope de Vega, Francisco de Quevedo, Miguel de Cervantes, Conde de Villamediana) provided by the professor.
3. Calderón de la Barca, Peor está que estaba, ed. by S. Pezzini, Madrid, Iberoamericana Vervuert, 2024.
4. A "sainete" by Ramón de la Cruz (provided by the professor).
5. Selected "costumbrismo" texts, including critical "costumbrismo" (provided by the professor).
6. A "sainete" by Carlos Arniches (provided by the professor).
7. Jardiel Poncela, "Los ladrones somos gente honrada", in Carlotta Paratore, Tradurre l'umorismo, tradurre Jardiel Poncela, with full translation of Los ladrones somos gente honrada, Venice, Edizioni Ca' Foscari, 2023.
Open Access available at: https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/it/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-680-0/1-enrique-jardiel-poncela-e-los-ladrones-somos-gen/
REFERENCE CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
a) Arellano, Ignacio, “Convenciones y rasgos genéricos en la comedia de capa y espada”, Cuadernos de Teatro Clásico, 1, 1988, pp. 27–49.
b) Cacho Casal, Rodrigo, “El ingenio del arte: introducción a la poesía burlesca del Siglo de Oro”, Criticón, 2007, pp. 9–25. Available online: https://journals.openedition.org/criticon/8931
c) Ríos Carratalá, Juan A., “The Oasis of Humor and Post-War Spanish Theatre”, in Marcello, E. Elena (coord.), Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Edgar Neville. Spanish Humorists on Stage /2, Pisa, Edizioni ETS, 2023, pp. 7–33.
d) Vitse, Marc, “Burla e ideología en los entremeses”, in Los géneros menores en el teatro clásico español del Siglo de Oro (Jornadas de Almagro de 1987), ed. L. García Lorenzo, Madrid, Ministerio de Cultura, Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música, 1988, pp. 163–176.
e) Additional critical materials will be indicated and/or provided by the professor during the course.