Baroque Spanish Literature

Code:

LLC082

Acronym:

LEB

Instance: 2010/2011 - 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
LA	0	Study Plan - Applied Languages: Business Relations	2	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan-Applied Languages: Translation	3	-	6	52	162
LLC	84	Joint Language Plan - English/Spanish	2	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-German/Spanish	2	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-French/Spanish	2	-	6	52	162
		Single Language Plan-Spanish	1	-	6	52	162
			2
			3
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage (Spanish)	2	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) with Spanish	2	-	6	52	162
			3
LRI	0	Study Plan - Minor in Spanish Studies	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

Espanhol

Objectives

Students must get familiar with some particular aspects of Baroque Spanish Literature, taking a special look over the work of Miguel Cervantes.

Program

1. Introduction to Baroque Literature.
2. Poetry in the 17th century: Góngora, Lope de Vega and Quevedo.
3. Theater:
3.1. Lope de Vega.
3.2. Calderón de la Barca.
3.3. Scenography and Baroque Sacramental Party.
4. Miguel de Cervantes. Novelty in Quijote (Del ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha). Reading and textual analysis.
5. Introduction to part two of Quijote (Del ingenioso caballero Don Quijote de la Mancha).

Mandatory literature

ALBORG, Juan Luis (ed.); Historia de la literatura española, Gredos, 1992-1996. ISBN: 84-249-1483-X
BLECUA, José Manuel (ed.); Poesia de la edad de oro II: Barroco, Castalia, 1984. ISBN: 84-7039-427-4
CALDERÓN DE LA BARCA, Pedro; La vida es sueño, Castalia, 1994. ISBN: 84-7039-700-1
CANAVAGGIO, Jean (dir.); Historia de la literatura española, Ariel, 1994-1995. ISBN: 84-344-7453-0
CERVANTES, Miguel de; Del ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de La Mancha (primera parte), Akal, 1991. ISBN: 84-7600-462-1
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

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical / practical sessions. Theoretical exposition, reading and textual analysis.

keywords

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

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Exame	2,00		2011-07-15
	Trabalho escrito	35,00		2011-07-15
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	69	2011-07-15
	Total:	69,00

Eligibility for exams

Class attendance minimum of 75% of the lessons, except in the predicted cases.

Calculation formula of final grade

Mandatory assignments for all students 10% (maximum: 2 points out of 20).
Written exam: 90% (maximum: 18 points out of 20).

Students who do not hand in the mandatory assignments are not allowed the possibility to apply for the final exam.

ATTENTION: For more detailed information consult the “Documents” (Programme).

Examinations or Special Assignments

Mandatory assignments: personal and individual summary of an article/s about Baroque Spanish Literature (available in "documents") and resolution of a complete reading worksheet on a literary work.

Written exam: Answering a theorethical question/s and textual analysis. Under no circumstances are students allowed to consult documents during the exam. Only a pen and paper are permitted.

ATTENTION: For more detailed information consult the “Documents” (Programme).

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the law in force at FLUP.

Classification improvement

According to the law in force at FLUP.

Observations

Classes are taught in spanish, although students may write the exams and even present their assignments/tasks either in portuguese or spanish,being given the chance to choose the language they are more comfortable with.

ATTENTION: For more detailed information consult the “Documents” (Programme).