Università Roma Tre

The course will bring students to learn essentials about Spanish culture and literature of the XVIth and XVIIth century; guided by the professor, students will also develop applied abilities in analyzing literary texts.

Teaching material (To be studied for the finals)
TEXTS
- F. de Rojas, La Celestina, Milano, Rizzoli (BUR) (also available in e-book);
- Lazarillo de Tormes, Milano, Rizzoli (also available in e-book);
- Lope de Vega, Il cane dell’ortolano, ed. bilingue, Napoli, Liguori;
- Pedro Calderón de la Barca, La vita è un sogno, ed. bilingue a cura di F. Antonucci, Venezia, Marsilio;
- Garcilaso de la Vega, Poesie, bilingual ed. by M. Di Pinto, Napoli, Liguori (also available as a e–book);
- Luis de Góngora, Le solitudini e altre poesie, bilingual ed. by N. von Prellwitz, Milano, Rizzoli (BUR); - Miguel de Cervantes, Don Chisciotte. Primera parte, ed. Francisco Rico, (the first three chapters must be read in Spanish, in any Spanish edition).

CRITICAL ESSAYS
- G. Grilli, La scena originaria. Identità e classicità della letteratura spagnola, “Iberica”, Roma,
Nuova Cultura;
- C. Guillén, Sapere e conoscere, “Dialogoi. Studi Comparatistici”, Roma, Aracne;
- Introductions to the editions indicated;
- Other critical essays will be indicated by the teachers during the course.

3) ESSENTIALS OF LITERARY HISTORY:
- C. Alvar, J.C. Mainer, R. Navarro, Storia della letteratura spagnola, Einaudi, primo volume (parts on “L’età d’oro”, foreign students must ask teacher for an alternative reference book).