Spanish Literature of the Renaissance

Code:

LLC083

Acronym:

LER

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

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	1	Study Plan-Applied Languages: Translation	3	-	6	52	162
LLC	45	Joint Language Plan - English/Spanish	3	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-German/Spanish	3	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-French/Spanish	3	-	6	52	162
		Single Language Plan-Spanish	2	-	6	52	162
			3
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage (Spanish)	3	-	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 Spanish literature in the 16th century.

Program

1. Introduction to Renaissance Literature.
2. Poetry in the 16th century:
2.1. First Renaissance Poetry: Garcilaso de la Vega.
2.2. Second Renaissance Poetry:: Fray Luis de León.
2.3. Ascetic and Mystic Literature: San Juan de la Cruz and Santa Teresa de Jesús.
3. Renaissance Prose:
3.1. "Celestinesco" Genre.
3.2. Humanistic Prose: Juan and Alfonso de Valdés.
3.3. Picaresque Novel: Lazarillo de Tormes.
3.4. Novel of Chivalry.
3.5. Pastoral Novel.
4. Theater in the 16th century: typology of dramatic genres.

Mandatory literature

ALBORG, Juan Luis; Historia de la literatura española, Editorial Gredos, 1992-1996. ISBN: 84-249-1483-X
BLECUA, José Manuel (ed.); Poesía de la Edad de Oro I: Renacimiento, Castalia, 1984. ISBN: 84-7039-427-4
DELICADO, Francisco; La lozana andaluza, Castalia, 1984. ISBN: 84-7039-369-3
MENÉNDEZ PELÁEZ, Jesús; Historia de la literatura española. II. Renacimiento y Barroco, Everest, 1993
RICO, Francisco (ed.); Lazarillo de Tormes, Cátedra, 1997. ISBN: 84-376-0660-8
RICO, Francisco; Historia y crítica de la literatura española. Vol. 2. Siglos de Oro: Renacimiento, Crítica, 1980. ISBN: 84-7423-139-6. (vol. 2)
VALDÉS, Alfonso de; Diálogo de las cosas ocurridas en Roma, Cátedra, 1994. ISBN: 84-376-1123-7

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		2011-02-12
	Trabalho escrito	31,00		2011-02-12
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	73	2011-02-12
	Total:	73,00

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 about theatre from the 16th century (available in "documents") and resolution of a complete reading worksheet on a literary work. Students should choose one of the following:
- La lozana andaluza
- Diálogo de las cosas ocurridas en Roma

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).