Università Roma Tre

Sara Pezzini, channel A-L, course delivered in the First Semester: «Forms of fiction in Spain between the 17th and 20th centuries»

The course aims to analyse in a diachronic perspective some canonical texts of Spanish fiction and explore the evolution of the narrative voice and the point of view. The student will be led to have 1) a good knowledge of Spanish fiction from its beginnings to the present day through the reading and narratological analysis of the texts in the programme; 2) deepen the historical and cultural context to which the texts belong.

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

1. Cervantes, «Novelas ejemplares», Madrid, Cátedra ("Prólogo", "El celoso extremeño", "Rinconete y Cortadillo");
2. Mariano José de Larra, «Artículos de costumbres», Madrid, Cátedra (3 articles provided by the teacher);
3. Benito Pérez Galdós, «Tristana», Madrid, Cátedra; (compulsory edition);
4. Leopoldo Alas, “Clarín”, «Cuentos completos», Madrid, Cátedra (3 short stories provided by the teacher);
5. Pío Baroja, «El árbol de la ciencia», ed. I. Fox, Madrid, Cátedra; (compulsory edition);
6. C. Laforet, «Nada», ed. J. Teruel, Madrid, Cátedra; (compulsory edition);
7. J. Llamazares, «Luna de lobos», ed. M. Tomás-Valiente, Madrid, Cátedra

Critical texts and notions of literary history
1. G. Mancini-F. Guazzelli, "Cervantes", in: C. Samonà, G. Mancini, F. Guazzelli, A. Martinengo, "La letteratura Spagnola, I Secoli d'Oro", Milano, Rizzoli (BUR) o Milano, Sansoni-Accademia (ch. 9 and 10).
2. R. Rossi, "l'Otto-Novecento", in: Mario Di Pinto, Rosa Rossi, La letteratura spagnola dal Settecento ad oggi, Milano, Rizzoli (BUR) o Milano, Sansoni-Accademia (ch. 9, "Il Romanticismo", ch. 10, "La seconda metà dell'Ottocento, ovvero l'età del romanzo", ch. 11, "Una nuova letteratura, tra decadentismo e avanguardie", ch. 12, "Una grande letteratura fino alla guerra civile", ch. 13, "Trent'anni di dopoguerra")
3. D. Manera (a cura di), «Letteratura spagnola contemporanea», Pearson ("Narrativa", ch. 6 and 7);
4. M. Socrate, "Novelas ejemplares" in «Il riso maggiore di Cervantes», La Nuova Italia (provided by the teacher);
5. L. Chines, C. Varotti, «Che cos’è un testo letterario», Roma, Carocci (cap. 3);
6. Le introduzioni e le note delle edizioni indicate (cfr. “TEXTS”);
7. Other critical materials provided by the teacher.

History, memory, literature in Spain between the 19th and 20th centuries.

The program offers an itinerary consisting of works of drama and fiction that begins with one of the most famous romantic dramas and ends with a 1985 novel about the anti-Franco guerrillas. What strategies do playwrights and storytellers put into practice to recount the past, reflect on their country's problems, and remember the more or less famous victims of the violence of power? Each author or writer has his or her own language, rooted not only in his or her stylistic individuality and ideology, but also in the historical-cultural period in which he or she operates; and which should also be related to the peculiarities of the literary genre, drama or fiction, in which his or her work is framed. At the end of our journey we will have deepened our examination of some key-moments in the literary reflection on "Spain as a problem," and we will have approached some particularly poignant and evocative reworkings of the trauma of the civil war and the difficulties of life under the Franco dictatorship.

TEXTS
- A. García Gutiérrez, El trovador, ed. C. Ruiz Silva, Madrid, Cátedra;
- B. Pérez Galdós, La desheredada, ed. G. Gullón, Madrid, Cátedra;
- F. García Lorca, Mariana Pineda, ed. L. Martínez Cuitiño, Madrid, Cátedra;
- C. Laforet, Nada, ed. J. Teruel, Madrid, Cátedra;
- A. Buero Vallejo, Historia de una escalera, ed. V. Serrano, Madrid, Espasa (Austral Collection);
- J. Llamazares, Luna de lobos, ed. M. Tomás-Valiente, Madrid, Cátedra.
All editions indicated are mandatory.

CRITICISM AND HISTORY OF LITERATURE
1) History of literature: materials provided in pdf by the professor and made available in the Teaching Materials section of the Teaching Team.
2) The introductions and notes of the indicated editions (see "TEXTS" sections);
3) L. Chines, C. Varotti, Che cos'è un testo letterario, Roma, Carocci (chap. 3);
4) J.L. García Barrientos, Cómo se comenta una obra de teatro, Madrid, Síntesis.