The course aims at providing students with an introduction to Spanish literary movements between the late 19th century crisis and the Civil war, through a critical and historical reading of the most important authors with particuar attention to the genre of “Poesía pura”.
Itineraries of the “Poesía pura”.
Part I (Lezioni): Literature, history, society
References:
- Fausta Antonucci, Il Novecento letterario spagnolo: percorsi, Pisa, ETS, 2004.
- Mario Di Pinto - Rosa Rossi, La letteratura spagnola dal Settecento ad oggi, Milano, BUR, chapter XI (“Una nuova letteratura, tra Decadentismo e Avanguardie”) and XII (“Una grande letteratura fino alla Guerra Civile”).
- Guy Hermet, Storia della Spagna nel Novecento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1999, Chapters 1-6.
Optional reference:
- Maria Grazia Profeti (a cura di), L'età contemporanea della letteratura spagnola: il Novecento, Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 2001, pp. 1-309.
Part II (Esercitazioni): Texts
Texts:
- Juan Ramón Jiménez, Platero y yo (Recommended edition: by Michael P. Predmore, Madrid, Cátedra. Recommended translation: Platero e io, by C. Bo, Firenze, Passigli)
- Federico García Lorca, Bodas de sangre (Recommended edition: by A. Josephs e J. Caballero, Madrid, Cátedra. Recommended translation: Nozze di sangue, by V. Bodini Torino, Einaudi)
- Poetry anthology*
* A handout with poems analysed during classes along with critical approaches will be made avaible to students.
Critical reference:
- Vittorio Bodini, I poeti surrealisti spagnoli, (saggio introduttivo), Torino, Einaudi, 1988, t. I, pp. XLV-LXXXI.
All texts are avaible at the university libraries. Students may use translated texts as help to their study of texts in Spanish.
Oral exam in italian. Attending students can take a written test in substitution of Part I. The examination of Part II consists in reading, translating and properly commenting a text fragment. An intermediate liguistic competence in Spanish is requested (Level B1).
