Specialization Seminar: Spanish Studies

Year
1

Academic year
2021-2022

Code
02026017

Subject Area
Spanish Studies

Language of Instruction
Portuguese

Other Languages of Instruction
Spanish

Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face

Duration
SEMESTRIAL

ECTS Credits
10.0

Type
Elective

Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

Command of the Spanish language is recommended.

Teaching Methods

In each academic year, a list of compulsory-reading literary works will be selected. Classes will function in the form of seminar sessions, relying on the students’ active and permanent participation. Computer and audiovisual resources will be used. The students will have to present critical commentaries on texts distributed by the teacher and will also be required to write and present a final research paper.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this curricular unit, which will use a comparative perspective, the student will have acquired a critical view on the concepts of the modern and modernity, know the main works and authors from the period in question and understand the fundamental characteristics of modern literature, especially its rupture in regard to aesthetics movements of previous periods.

Work Placement(s)

Syllabus

The curricular unit aims to study issues related to Hispanic culture, literature and language, both in their European and Spanish-American aspects. The course will tend to the monograph, focusing on a specific period or theme defined annually, taking into account the concrete interests of the students.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Oral or written presentation of critical commentary on texts and other materials provided by the teacher: 30.0%
Research work: 70.0%

Bibliography

Soldevila Durante, I. (2001). Historia de la novela española (1936-2000). Madrid: Cátedra

Martínez Cachero, J. M. (1997). La novela española entre 1936 y el fin de siglo. Madrid: Castalia.

Sanz Villanueva, S. (1980). Historia de la novela social española (1942-1975). Madrid: Alhambra.

Yerro Villanueva, T. (1977). Aspectos técnicos y estructurales de la novela española actual. Pamplona: Ediciones Universidad de Navarra.

Villena, L. A. de (2000). Teorías y poetas: panorama de una generación completa en la última poesía española: 1980-2000. Barcelona: Pré-Textos.

Debicki, A. P. (1997). Historia de la poesía española del siglo XX: desde la modernidad hasta el presente. Madrid: Gredos.

Doménech R. F., & Peral Vega E. (Eds.). (2003). Historia del teatro español. Vol.2: Del siglo XVIII a la época actual. Madrid. Gredos.