Contemporary Spanish Literature

Code:

LLC080

Acronym:

LEC

Instance: 2014/2015 - 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	1	LA - Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162
			3
LLC	37	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	1	-	6	52	162
			2
			3

Teaching language

Espanhol

Objectives

Objectives:

1) Key points of the Spanish Literature in the 20th century.

2) To get know and to analyze the work of renown Spanish authors of this period.

3) To establish relations between literature and other contemporary art forms.

4) To characterize the dependency of today’s literature with the nuances and meanings of ideas and political powers.

5) To get familiar with the interesting and fertile Spanish artistic movement of the pre-civil war period.

With all of this, we pretend to help the student to understand and comprehend the social, intellectual and artistic evolutions that conform to the Spain of today.

 

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the subject, the student should reach  a wide knowledge of the most distinguished Spanish literary and cultural references of the XX century, and should apply this knowledge, as well as his own critical point of view, to the analysis of literary texts studied in class.

 

Working method

Presencial

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

 

 

Program

I. The Spanish literature before the Civil War: 1900-1936.

1. The end of the century’s generation.

2.  The nineteenth century and the vanguards.

3. The poetic group of 27.

4. The Federico García Lorca theatre.

II. The Spanish literature after 1936.

5. The theatre, from 1936 to 1975.

6. The novel, from 1936 to 1975.

7. Juan Marsé: Últimas tardes con Teresa (1966).

8. The poetry, between 1936 and 1975.

9. Approach to the Spanish literature from 1975 to nowadays.

Mandatory literature

VVAA; Antología del grupo poético del 27, Madrid: Ediciones Cátedra, 1989. ISBN: 84-376-053-7
GARCÍA LORCA, Federico; Bodas de sangre, Cátedra (Col. Letras hispánicas), 2000. ISBN: 84-376-0560-1
MARSÉ, Juan; Últimas tardes con Teresa, DEBOLSILLO, 2003. ISBN: 9788497594035

Complementary Bibliography

GRACIA, Jordi e Domingo Ródenas; Historia de la literatura española: 7. Derrota y restitución de la modernidad 1939 – 2010, Barcelona: Crítica, 2011. ISBN: 978-84-9892-122-9
MAINER, José Carlos; Historia y crítica de la literatura española: Modernismo y 98, Barcelona: Crítica, 1980. ISBN: 84-7423-108-6
MAINER, José Carlos; Historia de la literatura española: 6. Modernidad y nacionalismo 1900 – 1939, Barcelona: Crítica, 2010. ISBN: 978-84-9892-06-80
PEDRAZA, Felipe B. e Milagros Rodríguez Cáceres; Las épocas de la literatura española, Barcelona: Ariel, 2006. ISBN: 84-344-2502-5

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical/practical.

 

keywords

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

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	80,00
Prova oral	20,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	106,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

According to the criteria in force at FLUP.

 

Calculation formula of final grade

Written test – 80% - Research eassys – 20%

Examinations or Special Assignments

It is important for the students enrolled in this subject to carefully read the file denominated “Evaluación LEC 2014-15” that can be found at the document section, folder “Evaluación de la asignatura”. In this file, one can find a detailed description of the tests and essays that have to be done, as well as the punctuation for each component.

 

Internship work/project

If necessary.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

If necessary.

 

Classification improvement

According to the criteria in force at FLUP.

 

Observations

The classes will be lectured in Spanish, even though the student might write the exams or present the essays in Portuguese or Spanish, choosing the language in which he feels more confortable.