Baroque Spanish Literature

Code:

LLC082

Acronym:

LEB

Instance: 2015/2016 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LLC	13	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	1	-	6	52	162
			2
			3

Teaching language

Espanhol

Objectives

The main objectives of this course (UC) are:

-Provide students with access to the knowledge of seventeenth-century Spanish literature, with a strong focus on the transition between the Renaissance and Baroque.

-Situate and understand this literary period within the historical context of the 17th century, specially in Iberian Peninsula and Europe.

-Understand the main features of this literature: authors, genres, themes, aesthetics (particularly conceptismo).

-Critically analyse representative texts of the genres and of the most significant authors of this period.

Learning outcomes and competences

All the contents of the syllabus are framed in order to allow  students to achieve the objectives listed above, bearing in mind the development of the following skills and competences:

- Capacity to contextualise and relate the literary contents of this crucial period of Spanish literature  to the historical, ideological and cultural setting of the seventeenth century, establishing links with the Renaissance period.

- To know hows to identify the mais caracteristics and contributions os Spanish literature (authors, literary genres, themes and aesthetics, particularly conceptivismo) for the literary, esthetic and cultural development in Europe; 

 - To provide students with the tools required for critical analysis, specially about authors ant texts in the syllabus, and to relating them with the literary and cultural context in that period.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

non applicable

Program

1. Introduction to Baroque Literature.

2. Prose in the 17th century and the special role of Miguel de Cervantes: from the 1st part of Don Quijote de la Mancha (1605) to the Novelas Ejemplares (1613) 

3. Theatre in the 17th century:

-Félix Lope de Vega
-Tirso de Molina
-Pedro Calderón de la Barca

2. Poetry in the 17th century:

-Luis de Góngora
-Francisco de Quevedo
-Félix Lope de Vega

Mandatory literature

Cervantes, Miguel de, 1547-1616; Don Quijote de la Mancha. ISBN: 84-08-05549-6
Cervantes, Miguel de, 1547-1616; Novelas ejemplares. ISBN: 84-376-0223-8
Lope de Vega, 1562-1635; El^arte nuevo de hacer comedias en este tiempo
Lope de Vega, 1562-1635; Fuente ovejuna. ISBN: 84-376-0273-4
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681; La vida es sueno. ISBN: 84-7039-700-1
Tirso de Molina, 1584?-1648; El burlador de Sevilla. ISBN: 84-376-0094-4
Gongora, Luis de; Obras completas
Lope de Vega, 1562-1635; Poesía selecta. ISBN: 84-376-0440-0

Complementary Bibliography

ALONSO, D. ; Obras Completas (vols. V, VI y VII dedicados a Góngora) , Gredos, 1982
ARELLANO, I.; Convención y recepción: estudios sobre el teatro del Siglo de Oro., Gredos, 1999
DÍEZ BORQUE, J. M. ; Historia del teatro en España, I., Taurus, 1983
LARA GARRIDO, J.; Relieves poéticos del Siglo de Oro. De los textos al contexto, Universidad de Málaga, 1999
LÁZARO CARRETER, F. y CORREA CALDERÓN, E.; Cómo se comenta un texto literario, Cátedra, 1981
MARAVALL, J. A.; Teatro y literatura en la sociedad barroca, Crítica, 1990
OROZCO DÍAZ, E.; Cervantes y la novela del Barroco, Universidad de Granada, 1992
PONCE CÁRDENAS, J.; Góngora y la poesía culta del siglo XVII, Ediciones del Laberinto, 2001
RILEY, E. C.; Introducción al Quijote, Crítica, 1990
ALBORG, Juan Luis (ed.); Historia de la literatura española, Gredos, 1992-1996. ISBN: 84-249-1483-X
CANAVAGGIO, Jean (dir.); Historia de la literatura española, Ariel, 1994-1995. ISBN: 84-344-7453-0
MENÉNDEZ PELÁEZ, Jesús (coord.); Historia de la literatura española. II. Renacimiento y Barroco, Everest, 1993
PEDRAZA, F. y RODRIGUEZ, M.; Manual de literatura española. Barroco, CENLIT, 1981
WARDROPPER, Bruce W. (ed.); Siglos de oro : barroco, Crítica, 1983-1992. ISBN: 84-7423-193-0
BLECUA, José Manuel (ed.); Poesia de la edad de oro II: Barroco, Castalia, 1984. ISBN: 84-7039-427-4

Comments from the literature

Students may give priority to other editions of the cumpulsory readings, notably in the collections of Crítica (Barcelona), Cátedara or Castalia (Madrid)

Teaching methods and learning activities

In this course students will attend theoretical-practical, interactive sessions (lectures and seminars). Classes will be taught in Portuguese, but the texts of compulsory lecture will be in spanish. Support materials will be made available as well on IS.

The required readings for this course are:

- Miguel de Cervantes"Primera Parte del ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de La Mancha" and "La gitanilla" (in Novelas Ejemplares);

- "El arte nuevo de hacer comedias" and "Fuenteovejuna" de Lope de Vega;

-"La vida es sueño"- Calderón de la Barca;

-A selection of poems available on Sigarra.

With the main objective of acquainting students with seventeenth-century Spanish literature, with a focus on the transition between the Renaissance and Baroque, we will define the concept of "Siglo de Oro " and we shall briefly recall the main features of the Renaissance period, establishing links between the Renaissance and the Baroque, both at an aesthetic level, through different art representations (literature, painting, sculpture), and at a socio-political, economic, religious and cultural levels, encouraging interactivity among students, as these skills are part of the European culture. Next, we will explain the concept of "baroque" and its reflection in the arts of the 17th century, relating the artistic and, in particular, the literary phenomenon to the Spanish crisis of this historical period.

The second literary genre to be dealt with in this course is prose, particularly the most universal romance of Spanish Literature: Don Quijote de La Mancha of Cervantes. The Primera parte del ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de La Mancha (compulsory reading) will be approached at a theoretical and practical level, starting from the analysis of representative excerpts.

Subsequently, we will start the study of the Baroque theatrical phenomenon: the creation of the "comedia nueva" of Lope de Vega, the "Lopesco" theatre of Tirso de Molina and the improvements of Calderón de la Barca.
We will offer comments on Fuenteovejuna, El burlador de Sevilla, and in particular La vida es sueño (compulsory reading) at a theoretical and practical level, starting from the analysis of representative excerpts.
We will proceed with an introduction to the main literary genres of the 17th century, starting with poetry: the lyric renewal of Góngora and the discussion on "Gongorina" poetry through a critical analysis of the representative poems of Góngora, Quevedo and Lope de Vega.

This methodology aims at the development of the skills mentioned in the objectives and will allow students to acquire a solid theoretical knowledge, applying it to the critical analysis of texts.
In addition, we will stimulate the active participation of students to provide them the capacity of synthesis and communication.

keywords

Humanities > Literature > European literature > Romance literatures > Spanish literature

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	30,00
Teste	70,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	108,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

N/A

Calculation formula of final grade

The type of assessment is "Distributed without final examination". 
There are two writen tests (35% each) and the participation (through presentation/discussion of texts or bibliography) in class will have a weight of 30%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Non applicable

Internship work/project

Non applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the law in force at FLUP.

Classification improvement

According to the law in force at FLUP.

Observations

ATTENTION: De documents of this course and, eventually, other material will be available on the information system of FLUP, through individual authtentication