Spanish Literature of the Renaissance

Code:

LLC083

Acronym:

LER

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Spanish Literature

Instance: 2021/2022 - 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
LLC	16	LLC - Monodisciplinary Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162
			3
		LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Two Foreign Languages)	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese and Spanish

Objectives

The main objectives of this course (UC) are:

-Introducing students to the knowledge of 16th century literature, its the most relevant authors and their literary contexts.  

- Situating this literary period within the historical context of the 16th century.

-Understanding the main features of this literature: authors, genres, themes, aesthetics.

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

Learning outcomes and competences

Considering that the contents of the syllabi intend to make students achieve the objectives listed above, at the end of the semester the students should be abble to:

1. identify and critically discuss the place, the meanings and the relevance of each author and texts studied;

2. relate the specific contents and literary forms of this fundamental period of Spanish Literature with the historical, ideological and cultural context of the 16th century and the european Renaissance, taking into account the continuities and changes in relation to medieval literary practices;

3. understand the role of the 16th Spanish literature in the subsequent literary evolution, specially in Spain, Europe and Hispanic world;

4. use solid theoretical knowledge and apply it to the critical analysis of literary texts.

Working method

Presencial

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

N/A

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, santa Teresa de Jesús and san Juan de la Cruz.

3. Renaissance Prose:
3.1. "Celestinesc genre": La Celestina.
3.2. Humanistic Prose: Alfonso de Valdés.
3.3. Picaresque Novel: Lazarillo de Tormes.
3.4. Other novelistic genres.

Mandatory literature

Blecua José Manuel 340; Poesia de la edad de oro. ISBN: 84-7039-427-4
Rico Francisco 340; Lazarillo de Tormes. ISBN: 84-376-0660-8 (Anonymous. Ed. by Francisco Rico or others. Different editions at FLUP library)
Rojas, Fernando de; La Celestina. ISBN: 84-376-0700-0 (different editions)

Complementary Bibliography

Agudo Venancio Luis; Fray Luis de Leon
Alborg Juan Luis; Historia de la literatura espanola. ISBN: 84-249-1483-X
Alonso Dámaso 1898-1990; La poesia de San Juan de la Cruz
Bataillon Marcel 1895-1977; Erasmo y Espana. ISBN: 84-375-0158-X
Bennassar Bartolomé; La Espana del siglo de oro. ISBN: 84-7423-200-7
Canavaggio Jean 300; Historia de la literatura espanola. ISBN: 84-344-7453-0
Cavillac Michel; Picaros y mercaderes en el Guzman de Alfarache. ISBN: 84-338-1962-3
Concha Vítor G. de la; El^arte literario de Santa Teresa
Lázaro Carreter Fernando; Cómo se comenta un texto literario
López Estrada Francisco; Siglos de oro. ISBN: 84-7423-139-6. vol. 2
Rico Francisco; El^sueno del humanismo. ISBN: 84-206-2754-2
Rico, Francisco; La novela picaresca y el punto de vista. ISBN: 84-322-0468-4
Rivers Elias L. 340; La poesía de Garcilaso
Ruffinatto Aldo; Las^dos caras del Lazarillo. ISBN: 978-84-7039-861-2
Vega Angel Custodio; La^poesia de Santa Teresa. ISBN: 84-220-0404-6

Comments from the literature

Other bibliography will be presented and discussed in the beginning of each point of the program and during the semester.

Teaching methods and learning activities

In this course students will have theoretical-practical sessions (lectures and seminars) in which interactivity will be fundamental. Classes will be taught in Spanish, although students are allowed to submit both class assignments/presentations and tests in Portuguese. They will also have support materials available on Moodle. 

The required readings for this course are: 

-A selection of poems available on Moodle
-La Celestina - Fernando de Rojas
-Lazarillo de Tormes


With the main objective of bringing students to the knowledge of sixteenth-century Spanish literature giving special attention to the transition between the Middle Ages and Renaissance, we shall briefly recall the main features of the Middle Ages, establishing links between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, both at an aesthetic level, through different art representations (literature, painting, sculpture), and at a socio-political, economic, religious and cultural level, encouraging interactivity among students, as these skills are part of the European culture.

Next, we will start dealing with the main literary genres of XVI century, starting with poetry: the petrarquismo of Garcilaso and the ascetic and mystic poetry through a critical analysis of the representative poems of Garcilaso, fray Luis de León, san Juan de la Cruz and santa Teresa de Jesús.

Since in the tests students are required to analyse a poetic text from the compulsory readings and due to the fact that not all students are familiar with this type of analysis, the approach to this part of the UC will consist of giving particular importance to practice in seminars. In addition, students will have the support materials available on Sigarra and will be able to look up the bibliography of the UC, especially CARRETER Lázaro Carreter, F. & Correa Calderón, E. (1981). Cómo se comenta un texto literario. Madrid: Cátedra.

Subsequently, we will start the study of the Renaissance Prose: "Celestinesc Genre", Humanistic Prose, Picaresque Novel and other novelistic genres. Throughout the lessons we will comment on La Celestina, Diálogo de las cosas ocurridas en Roma and Lazarillo de Tormes at a theoretical and practical level, starting from the analysis of representative excerpts.

This methodology will lead to the development of the skills mentioned in the objectives and will allow students to acquire a solid theoretical knowledge, applying it on the critical analysis of texts. In addition, the optional tasks (presentation of another literary work recommended by the teacher) will broaden their knowledge on this matter.

keywords

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

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Teste	80,00
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

Presence in 75% of the classes, with exceptions according to FLUP regulations.

Calculation formula of final grade

The type of assessment is "Distributed without final examination":

There are one or two written tests (16/20) to be performed in the classroom on scheduled dates at the beginning of the semester and an oral presentation (participation) of another literary work, text or bibliography (4/20) to be performed before the end of the semester.

Students who do not perform the tests and the oral presentation or do not pass the course may take a written test (20/20) in January.

Examinations or Special Assignments

N/A

Internship work/project

N/A

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to regulations of U.Porto/ FLUP.

Classification improvement

Only those students who have passed the subject in former years have the opportunity to improve (“melhoria”) the marks, by attending the writing tests and the oral presentation during the semester or a final written test at the end of the course.

Observations

ATTENTION: Aditional informations will be made available through “Documents” on Moodle.