Università Roma Tre

The course aims to introduce students to contemporary Spanish literature (20th and 21st centuries), through the reading of some emblematic works and historical-cultural and literary study.

EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS
A) Historical, literary and cultural skills
- Spain between dictatorships, a republican experiment and attempts at a democratic rebirth;
- Evolutionary lines of Spanish society between the early decades of the twentieth century and the present era;
- Evolutionary lines of Spanish culture between Modernism and postmodernity.

B) Methodological skills
- Methods of approach to historical, social and cultural phenomena;
- Methods of approach to literary phenomena;
- Methods of analysis of the literary text (novel and theater).

• M. de Unamuno, Nebbia, Milano, BUR (disponibile anche in e-book);
• F. García Lorca, Nozze di sangue, edizione di E. Pittarello, Venezia, Marsilio;
• A. Buero Vallejo, Storia di una scala, Firenze, Le Lettere;
• J. Cercas, Soldati di Salamina, Guanda (disponibile anche in e-book).

"Amor y desamor": the declinations of love in Spanish literature from "La Celestina" to Bécquer. Students will be introduced to the study of Spanish culture and literature through a critical reading of the works indicated. In particular, the course aims to explore the presence and the different declinations of love in Spanish literature, between ages and literary genres, through the reading, commentary and analysis of some canonical texts.

N.B. Students with a surname starting with a letter between A and L (=canale A-L) will take the course with Prof. Pezzini in the FIRST SEMESTER. Students in "canale M-Z" will take the course with Prof. Resta in the SECOND SEMESTER.

TEXTS (the editions indicated are part of the examination programme):

1. F. de Rojas, "La Celestina", introduzione di C. Samonà, Milano, BUR;
2. Garcilaso de la Vega, "Egloga I" (provided by teachers);
3. Lope de Vega, "El caballero de Olmedo", traduzione, introduzione e note di F. Antonucci in "Il teatro dei secoli d’oro", a cura di M. Grazia Profeti, Milano, Bompiani, 2014, pp. 689-889 (provided by teachers).
4. G. A. Béquer, "El monte de las ánimas":
https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/el-monte-de-las-animas/html/c9646750-a0fa-11e1-b1fb-00163ebf5e63_2.html#I_0_ (traduzione «Il monte delle anime» in La croce del diavolo e altre leggende, a cura di Chiarcossi, G. Lobera F., Milano 2007, pp. 48-59).

CRITICISM AND LITERARY HISTORY

1. M. Grazia Profeti, L’età d’oro della letteratura spagnola: Il Cinquecento, La Nuova Italia, 1998 (parti indicate dalle docenti) - capitolo 4 (La narrativa), capitolo 8 (Miguel de Cervantes, pp. 471-570); M. Grazia Profeti, L’età d’oro della letteratura spagnola: Il Seicento, La Nuova Italia, 1998 (parti indicate dalle docenti), Il romanzo picaresco (pp. 453-489 + il Buscón da 377 a 387);

2. Le introduzioni alle edizioni obbligatorie delle opere indicate alla sezione TESTI;

3. Cesare Segre, “Analisi concettuale della I Egloga di Garcilaso” (messo a disposizione dalla docenti);

4. Altri materiali critici e/o di supporto messi a disposizione dalle docenti.

"Amor y desamor: the declinations of love in Spanish literature from La Celestina to Bécquer".
The student will be introduced to the study of Spanish culture and literature through a critical reading of the indicated works. In particular, the course aims to explore the presence and the different declinations of love in Spanish literature, between ages and literary genres, through the reading, commentary and analysis of some canonical texts.

N.B. Students with a surname starting with a letter between A and L (=channel A-L) will take the course with Prof. Pezzini in the FIRST SEMESTER. Students in channel M-Z will take the course with Prof. Resta in the SECOND SEMESTER.

TEXTS (to be prepared in full; where a specific edition is required, it is the one required for exam preparation):

1. F. de Rojas, La Celestina, introduzione di C. Samonà, Milano, BUR (compulsory edition);
2. Garcilaso de la Vega, Egloga I (provided by the teachers);
3. Lope de Vega, El caballero de Olmedo, traduzione, introduzione e note di F. Antonucci in Il teatro dei secoli d’oro, a cura di M. Grazia Profeti, Milano, Bompiani, 2014, pp. 689-889 (compulsory edition provided by teachers).
4. G. A. Béquer, El monte de las ánimas available here:
https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/el-monte-de-las-animas/html/c9646750-a0fa-11e1-b1fb-00163ebf5e63_2.html#I_0_ (traduzione «Il monte delle anime» in La croce del diavolo e altre leggende, Chiarcossi, G. Lobera F. (a cura di), Milano 2007, pp. 48-59).