Università Roma Tre

The course aims to introduce students to some key moments in the reflection of intellectuals and writers on the problems of Spanish history and Spain itself seen as a problematic reality. The chosen texts range from the journalistic article (Larra), to poetry (Machado), to theatre (Valle-Inclán), but the most important part is reserved for the novel, which will allow us to observe both its formal evolution (from the realism of Galdós to the ‘relato real’ of Cercas, passing through the pseudo-autobiographical narration of Laforet) and the different approaches to the problematic that is the theme of our course.

TESTI LETTERARI:
Mariano José de Larra, “Vuelva Ud. mañana”, “El castellano viejo” (available in open access at: https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/portales/mariano_jose_de_larra/obra-visor/vuelva-usted-manana--0/html/ ; https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/el-castellano-viejo--0/html/ );
Benito Pérez Galdós, Doña Perfecta, ed. I. J. López, Madrid, Cátedra;
Antonio Machado, Campos de Castilla (“A orillas del Duero”, “Por tierras de España”), electronic edition by P. Jauralde Pou available in open access at: https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra/campos-de-castilla-1158141/;
Ramón M. del Valle-Inclán, Los cuernos de don Friolera (en: Martes de Carnaval. Esperpentos, ed. J. Rubio Jiménez, Madrid, Espasa-Calpe);
Carmen Laforet, Nada, ed. J. Teruel, Madrid, Cátedra;
Javier Cercas, El monarca de las sombras, Barcelona, Debolsillo.

STORIA LETTERARIA E METODOLOGIA:
Rosa Rossi, “L’Otto-Novecento”, in: M. Di Pinto – R. Rossi, La letteratura spagnola dal Settecento ad oggi, BUR o Sansoni-Accademia, chapters from 9 to 13.
F. Antonucci, Il Novecento letterario spagnolo: percorsi, Pisa, ETS (unità 1, 7);
L. Chines – C. Varotti, Che cos’è un testo letterario, Roma, Carocci (cap. 3);
The introductions to the recommended editions of Doña Perfecta, Los cuernos de don Friolera, Nada.