Study of Literary Texts in Spanish: Rural Life and Literary Representation

lrom2840  2024-2025  Louvain-la-Neuve

Study of Literary Texts in Spanish: Rural Life and Literary Representation
5.00 credits
22.5 h
Q1

This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2024-2025
Teacher(s)
Language
Spanish
Prerequisites
Language : Spanish
an introductory knowledge of Spanish literature and a good proficiency in Spanish (advanced level, B2  in terms of the Common European reference framework).
Main themes
The course consists of a comprehensive study of Spanish literary texts. Philological, linguistic, contextual information, etc will allow students to deepen their understanding of the works. Some theoretical and methodological considerations and critical use of the secondary literature on the works will allow them to produce their own reading and interpretation.
Learning outcomes

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

1 At the end of the course, students will be able to develop a deeper interpretation, verbatim, methodologically and theoretically based, on one or more work (s ) .Major (s) of Spanish literature , which has ( have ) the subject of the course. There also will be able to develop an epistemological reflection about the critical corpus on the work in question.
 
Content
In the last decade, there has been a proliferation of texts (narrative, poetic, essayistic) that stage and problematize life in the countryside', a field that would have become 'empty' (del Molino) after the massive migrations to the city brought about by the Franco regime. The course aims to put this recent trend in Spanish literature into perspective by presenting a historical overview which, through the analysis of some key texts, highlights the evolution of the representation of Spanish rural life and the literary, social and political implications of such a thematic choice. 
Teaching methods
Based on contextual information that students will find in the compulsory readings and synthesize in great part by themselves, the course will articulate analyses of narrative works. Group discussion based on questions previously exchanged will be privileged.
Evaluation methods
Continuous assessment includes two compulsory written tasks that are formatively assessed (/2). The final test is an oral examination (/18).
Other information
Teaching material : Secondary literature linked to the topic of the course. Reading of the selected literary works and of critical studies.
Bibliography
Lecturas obligatorias
- Antología de textos literarios y críticos
- Olga Merino, La forastera , Madrid, Alfaguara, 2020.
- Miguel Delibes, El disputado voto del Señor Cayo, Barcelona, Destino, 1979.
- Lara Moreno, Por si se va la luz, Barcelona, Lumen, 2013.
Faculty or entity


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