Spanish Literature Studies: text and context II 3305-BLH2-1U
“Spanish Literature Studies II – Text and Context” provides an overview of the most important trends in Spanish literary prose texts (and their analysis) with a special focus on the last two decades of the 20th century and the 21st century.
Thematic scope of the course:
1. Text in a context, context in a text. Selected categories of literary analysis.
2. Do we need a canon? “El canon español”
3. Memory, postmemory and intrahistory: Rafael Chirbes “La buena letra”
4. Genre literature: why we like crime stories (and not necessarily their parodies): Antonio Muñoz Molina “Beltenebros”, Vicente Luis Mora “Alba Cromm”
5. Literary essay: Marta Sanz “Monstruas y centauras”
6. The short story and its (po)et(h)ics:
a) Autofiction in the stories of Esther Tusquets
b) Contemporary (anti)fairy tales of Esther Tusquets, Quima Monzó and Gemma Solsona Asensio
c)The fantastic and the terrifying in the socio-political context: Antonio Muñoz Molina, Gemma Solsona Asensio and David Roas
7. Narrating the crisis: Lucía Etxebarría "Amor, curiosidad, prozac y dudas", Marta Sanz "Clavícula", Pablo Gutierrez "Cabezas cortadas", Sara Mesa "La familia", Putochinomaricón (Chenta Tsai Tseng) "Arroz tres delicias: sexo, raza, género" (novels to choose from)
8. Not only human...: Irene Solá "Canto yo y la montaña baila" from the perspective of posthumanism
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Learning outcomes
The student knows and understands: the subject and methodological specificity of Hispanic literary studies, which he/she is able to develop creatively and apply in professional activity; has in-depth knowledge of terminology and methodology in the field of the theory of prose genres; knows and understands the connections between literary studies and other fields of the humanities and social sciences; has in-depth knowledge of the research and achievements of centers dealing with the study of contemporary Spanish literature.
(K_W01, K_W02, K_W04, K_W05, K_W06).
The student is able to: use acquired research skills, including critical analysis of literary texts, especially literary Spanish prose; synthesize research ideas and perspectives, select methods of analysis and interpretation; develop and present the results of this analysis, allowing for creative solutions to complex problems in the field of Hispanic literary studies; independently acquire knowledge of contemporary literary prose and expand their skills in researching it, and undertake autonomous actions aimed at developing skills and managing their own professional career; use acquired skills in understanding and creating oral and written texts using terminology appropriate to literary studies (K_U01, K_U02, K_U03).
The student is ready to cooperate in a group displaying different roles in it (K_K01).
Assessment criteria
The course ends with a written exam.
For those who actively participate in every class, there will be a possibility of passing the exam by preparing a project dedicated to one of the discussed texts.
The acceptable number of unexcused absences is 2 x 1.5 hours during the semester.
Practical placement
Does not apply.
Bibliography
Literature:
Chirbes, Rafael „La buena letra”, 1992;
Etxebarría, Lucía „Amor, curiosidad, prozac y dudas”, 1997;
Gutiérrez, Pablo „Cabezas cortadas”, 2018;
Mesa, Sara „La familia”, 2022;
Monzó Quim „El porqué de las cosas”, 1993; selected stories;
Mora, Vicente Luis „Alba Cromm”, 2012;
Muñoz Molina, Antonio „Beltenebros”, 1989;
Muñoz Molina, Antonio „Nada del otro mundo”, 1993, selected stories;
Putochinomaricón „Arroz tres delicias: sexo, raza, género”, 2019;
Roas, David „Horrores cotidianos”, 2007, „Monstruario”, 2021, selected stories;
Sanz, Marta „Clavícula”, 2017;
Sanz, Marta „Monstruas y centauras”, 2018;
Solá, Irene „Canto yo y la montaña baila”, 2019;
Solsona Asensio, Gemma „Casa volada”, 2019, „Brujas blancas, hadas negras”, 2021, selected stories;
Tusquets, Esther „Carta a la madre y cuentos completos”, 2009, selected stories;
Complementary and theoretical literature:
Becerra Mayor, David; Arias, Raquel; Sanz, Marta; Rodríquez, Julio „Qué hacemos con la literatura”, 2013, Akal;
Becerra Mayor, David „La guerra civil como moda literaria”, 2015, Editorial Clave Intelectual;
Bloom, Harold „El canon occidental: la escuela y los libros de todas las épocas”, 1994 (fragments);
Colmeiro, José „La novela policíaca española: teoría e historia crítica”, 1994, Editorial Anthropos;
Gallardo- Saborido, Emilio J.; Geršak, Urša; Šabec, Maja (eds.) „Literatura en práctica. Retos profesionales de lectura, traducción y edición en la era digital. Manual y cuaderno de actividades”, 2024 (accesible online);
Gómez Montero, Javier (coord.) „Memoria literaria de la Transición española”, 2007, Editores: Iberoamericana Vervuert;
Gregori i Gomis, Alfons „La dimensión política de lo real: el componente ideológico en la narrativa fantástica española y catalana”,
Hirsch, Marianne „La generación de la posmemoria: escritura y cultura visual después del Holocausto”, 2015; Carpe Noctem;
Hutcheon, Linda „Ironía, sátira, parodia. Una aproximación pragmática a la ironía”, 1981
Kundera, Milan „Los testamentos traicionados”, 1993 (fragments);
Mora, Vicente Luis „Singularidades: ética y poética de la literatura española actual”, 2006, Bartleby Editores;
Piglia, Riccardo „Tesis sobre el cuento”, 1986;
Roas, David „Tras los límites de lo real. Una definición de lo fantástico”, 2011, Editorial Páginas de Espuma;
Segarra, Marta „Humanimales”, 2022, Galaxia Gutenberg;
Torrente Balleste, Gonzalo „El Quijote como juego”, 1975 (fragments);
de Unamuno, Miguel „En torno al casticismo”, 1895 (fragments);
Audiovisual sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHdM7Wq6fe4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vozZ75L0C4k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtRxOEdMwXc
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