Università Roma Tre

Female models and types in Spanish literature: a journey through time and literary genres.
Women and love, women and violence, women and stereotypes, women and the search for personal and sexual freedom... Since the end of the Middle Ages, unforgettable, paradigmatic female types have emerged in Spanish literature: we will study some of them, over a very wide time span, which will give us the opportunity to dwell on some major moments of cultural change. Furthermore, the variety of genres considered (theatre, fiction, poetry) will also allow us to begin to familiarise ourselves with the specific languages and techniques of these literary forms.

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

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

- F. de Rojas, La Celestina, introduzione di C. Samonà, Milano, BUR (compulsory edition);
- P. Calderón de la Barca, La dama duende, traduzione, introduzione e note di F. Antonucci in Il teatro dei secoli d’oro, II, a cura di M. Grazia Profeti, Milano, Bompiani, 2015, pp. 11-241 (compulsory edition made available by the teachers);
- E. Pardo Bazán, “El indulto”, “El encaje roto”, “Las medias rojas” (“L’indulto”, “Il pizzo strappato”, “Le calze rosse”), original and translation in: E. Pardo Bazán, Il pizzo strappato. Racconti sulla violenza contro le donne, a cura di Valentina Nider, Venezia, Marsilio, 2021, (compulsory edition);
- F. García Lorca, “Lucía Martínez”, “Romance de la pena negra”, “La casada infiel” (texts made available by the teachers).

Female models and types in Spanish literature: a journey through time and literary genres.

Women and love, women and violence, women and stereotypes, women and the search for personal and sexual freedom... Since the end of the Middle Ages, unforgettable, paradigmatic female types have emerged in Spanish literature: we will study some of them, over a very wide time span, which will give us the opportunity to dwell on some major moments of cultural change. In addition, the variety of genres considered (drama, fiction, poetry) will also allow us to begin to familiarize ourselves with the specific languages and techniques of these literary forms.

N.B. Students with a last name beginning with a letter between A and L (=channel A-L) will take the course with Prof. F. Antonucci in the SECOND SEMESTER. Students in channel M-Z will take the course with Prof. Resta in the FIRST SEMESTER.

TEXTS
1) F. de Rojas, La Celestina, introduction by C. Samonà, Milan, BUR (mandatory edition);
2) P. Calderón de la Barca, La dama duende, translation, introduction and notes by F. Antonucci in: The Theater of the Golden Ages, II, edited by M. Grazia Profeti, Milan, Bompiani, 2015, pp. 11-241 (mandatory edition made available by professors).
3) E. Pardo Bazán, "El indulto," "El encaje roto," "Las medias rojas" ("The Pardon," "The Torn Lace," "The Red Stockings," in original and translation in: E. Pardo Bazán, The Torn Lace. Tales of violence against women, edited by Valentina Nider, Venice, Marsilio, 2021, mandatory edition).
4) F. García Lorca, "Lucía Martínez," "Romance de la pena negra," "La casada infiel" (texts made available by professors).

CRITICISM AND NOTIONS OF LITERARY HISTORY
1. Carlos Alvar, José Carlos Mainer, Rosa Navarro, History of Spanish Literature, Vol. I: The Middle Ages and the Golden Age, Turin, Einaudi (part 2 only, "The Golden Age" up to p. 341);
2. Introductions to the mandatory editions of the works indicated in the TEXTS section;
3. F. Antonucci, Calderón de la Barca, Rome, Salerno editrice, chapters 1, 10;
4. F. Antonucci, The Spanish literary twentieth century: paths, Pisa, ETS, units 4-5;
5. Other critical and/or supporting materials made available by the professors.

Female models and types in Spanish literature: a journey through time and literary genres.
Women and love, women and violence, women and stereotypes, women and the search for personal and sexual freedom... Since the end of the Middle Ages, unforgettable, paradigmatic female types have emerged in Spanish literature: we will study some of them, over a very wide time span, which will give us the opportunity to dwell on some major moments of cultural change. Furthermore, the variety of genres considered (theatre, fiction, poetry) will also allow us to begin to familiarise ourselves with the specific languages and techniques of these literary forms.

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

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

- F. de Rojas, La Celestina, introduzione di C. Samonà, Milano, BUR (compulsory edition);
- P. Calderón de la Barca, La dama duende, traduzione, introduzione e note di F. Antonucci in Il teatro dei secoli d’oro, II, a cura di M. Grazia Profeti, Milano, Bompiani, 2015, pp. 11-241 (compulsory edition made available by the teachers);
- E. Pardo Bazán, “El indulto”, “El encaje roto”, “Las medias rojas” (“L’indulto”, “Il pizzo strappato”, “Le calze rosse”), original and translation in: E. Pardo Bazán, Il pizzo strappato. Racconti sulla violenza contro le donne, a cura di Valentina Nider, Venezia, Marsilio, 2021, (compulsory edition);
- F. García Lorca, “Lucía Martínez”, “Romance de la pena negra”, “La casada infiel” (texts made available by the teachers).