Baroque Spanish Literature

Code:

LLC082

Acronym:

LEB

Instance: 2011/2012 - 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	77	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

Approach to Spanish literature from the 17th century and study of the most characteristic genres of this period through some texts of its main representative authors.

Program

1. Introduction to Baroque Literature.
2. Poetry in the 17th century: Luis de Góngora, Félix Lope de Vega, Francisco de Quevedo…
3. Theater in the 17th century: Félix Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Pedro Calderón de la Barca…
4. Prose in the 17th century: Miguel de Cervantes, Francisco de Quevedo, Baltasar Gracián…

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 sessions, practical sessions and 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		2012-07-14
	Trabalho escrito	35,00		2012-07-14
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	69	2012-07-14
	Total:	69,00

Eligibility for exams

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

Calculation formula of final grade

Assessment without optional classwork:
Written exam: 100% (maximum: 20 points out of 20).

Assessment with optional classwork:
Classwork: 20% (maximum: 4 points out of 20).
Written exam: 80% (maximum: 16 points out of 20).

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

Examinations or Special Assignments

Optional classwork: oral presentation on some of the literary works previously suggested.

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

Compulsory reading on which questions will be asked in the written exam:

- AA. VV., Poesía de la Edad de Oro II: Barroco (ed. de José Manuel Blecua), Madrid, Castalia, 1984. (Selection of poems by Lope de Vega, Luis de Góngora, Francisco de Quevedo, etc., made ​​by the teacher, which will be made ​​available to the students in the Sigarra).
- CALDERÓN DE LA BARCA, Pedro, La vida es sueño, Madrid, Cátedra, 1992.
- CERVANTES, Miguel de, Don Quijote de la Mancha (Primera parte del ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de La Mancha), Madrid, Espasa Calpe, 1998.

Note: The presented publications serve only as a guidance.

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 classwork 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).