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 literature (with a special focus on the prose) and an analysis of literary texts from the last two decades of the 20th century and the 21st century.
Thematic scope of the course:
1. Text in context, context in text. Selected categories of literary analysis;
2. Memory, Postmemory, and Intrahistory: Rafael Chirbes' "La buena letra";
3. Playing with the Canon: Parody, Satire, and Intertextuality: Antonio Muñoz Molina's "Carlota Fainberg";
4. Memory, Oblivion, and Intrahistory: Sara Mesa's "Mala letra";
5. Literary Essay: Vicente Luis Mora's "El lectoespectador," excerpts;
6. Playing with Genre - a Post-Truth Crime Fiction: Vicente Luis Mora's "Alba Cromm";
7. Engaged Poetry and the "Poetry of Normality": Poems by Selected Authors;
8. The Short Story and Its (Po)- Ethics:
a) "The Death of the (male) Author" (Barthes)... and the Life of the (female) Author. Autofiction in the Stories of Esther Tusquets;
b) Intimate Deconstructions - Stories by Quim Monzó;
c) The Fantastic and the Sociopolitical Context: Cristina Fernández Cubas, David Roas and Gemma Solsona Asensio (selected stories);
9. Literary Analysis of Patriarchy: Sara Mesa's "La familia";
10. Fairy-Tale Posthumanism?: Irene Solá's "Te di ojos y miraste las tinieblas";
11. Camp and Biopolitics: Putochinomaricón (Chenta Tsai Tseng) "Arroz tres delicias: sexo, raza, género."
Some of the texts analyzed in class concern sensitive content (violence, discrimination).
Type of course
Mode
Course coordinators
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 concludes with a written exam with open-ended questions. Sample questions will be provided during the course.
Active participation in half of the classes increases the final evaluation by half a grade, and active participation in at least three-quarters of the classes increases the final evaluation by one grade.
The maximum number of unexcused absences per semester is two. If the absence rate exceeds 50% (regardless of the reason), the student will not receive credit.
Practical placement
Does not apply.
Bibliography
Literature:
Chirbes, Rafael „La buena letra”, 1992;
Fernández Cubas, Cristina "La habitación de Nona", 2015, selected stories;
Mesa Sara "Mala letra", 2016;
Mesa, Sara „La familia”, 2022;
Monzó Quim „El porqué de las cosas”, 1993; selected stories;
Mora, Vicente Luis „Alba Cromm”, 2012;
Mora, Vicente Luis "El lectoespectador. Deslizamientos entre literatura e imagen”, 2012;
Muñoz Molina, Antonio "Carlota Fainberg", 1999;
Putochinomaricón „Arroz tres delicias: sexo, raza, género”, 2019;
Roas, David „Horrores cotidianos”, 2007, „Monstruario”, 2021, selected stories;
Solá, Irene "Te di ojos y miraste las tinieblas", 2023;
Solsona Asensio, Gemma „Casa volada”, 2019, 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;
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 (dostęp online);
Gregori i Gomis, Alfons "La dimensión política de lo real: el componente ideológico en la narrativa fantástica española y catalana”, 2015;
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;
Llorente, Marina i Salvi Marcella (coord.) "Activism through poetry. Critical Spanish Poems in Translation", 2017, Hamilton Books,;
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;
Sontag, Susan "Notas sobre lo camp", 2023 (1964), La Micro Ediciones;
Segarra, Marta „Humanimales”, 2022, Galaxia Gutenberg;
de Unamuno, Miguel "En torno al casticismo”, 1895 (fragments);
Materiały audiowizualne:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHdM7Wq6fe4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vozZ75L0C4k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtRxOEdMwXc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfY3oaNhp-A
Notes
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Term 2024L:
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