History of Spanish Literature

Teacher(s)

Castilleja Diana (coordinator); Lints Joëlle;

Language

Spanish

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

At the end of the course, the student must be able to identify the principal authors and their context as well as explain the contents of the most representative works from each period.

Content

The course proposes a general and historical overview of the Spanish literary heritage from the Middle Ages up to the present day, through the texts, authors and schools or movements which constitute this heritage.

1. Origin of Castilian Literature
2. Middle Ages
3. Renaissance
4. Golden Age (Siglo de Oro)
5. Neoclassicism
6. Romanticism
7. Realism / Naturalism
8. Generation of '98

Teaching methods

Lectures on the history of Spanish literature.
Text analyses involving active student participation in addition to numerous preparatory or complementary readings prior to the class sessions.
Identification of the texts in the work of an author, a literary movement, comments, analysis, text interpretation.
Personal assignments

Evaluation methods

During the Q2 term: tests, presentations 20%
At the end of the course: written examination 60% and oral examination 20 %
Unless otherwise stated, the use of generative AI is of course forbidden for any activity subject to evaluation.

Other information

Any modification (content, evaluation, schedule, etc.) will be communicated by Moodle.

Bibliography

Ce cours s'appuie sur un choix de nombreux extraits littéraires rassemblés pour la plupart dans un syllabus.

* Syllabus.
* Textes, extraits filmiques et auditifs.
* Castilleja Diana (2008). L'essai : perspectives théoriques et l'exemple hispano-américain. Paris : L'Harmattan.

Faculty or entity

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