Spanish Literature 2
A.Y. 2019/2020
Learning objectives
The course is reserved for second year students of the Spanish Literature course and it is dedicated to the study of the Golden Ages. It proposes an introduction to the historical and literary context of the Baroque culture, with anthological readings of the most significant texts and a critical focus on XVIIth century poetry, the Quijote and the genre of the short story.
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding: historical and literary context of the Golden Ages; main authors and literary movements in the XVII century; notions of literary theory.
Applying knowledge and understanding: reading and critical commentary of poems of the Baroque age, a selection of Quijote and six short stories; understanding of historic, cultural, and social implications of literary texts; ability to place authors, movements and works in their context; ability to recognise and explain affinities and differences among literary texts; ability to recognise and explain differences among literary genres; ability to recognise discursive strategies and explaining the effects on the meaning of a text.
Applying knowledge and understanding: reading and critical commentary of poems of the Baroque age, a selection of Quijote and six short stories; understanding of historic, cultural, and social implications of literary texts; ability to place authors, movements and works in their context; ability to recognise and explain affinities and differences among literary texts; ability to recognise and explain differences among literary genres; ability to recognise discursive strategies and explaining the effects on the meaning of a text.
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
The course, entitled La época áurea de la literatura española (The Golden Age of Spanish Literature), is divided into three units which will be carried out in sequence:
A: Introducción a la literatura del Siglo de Oro (Introduction to the Golden Age literature)
B: Cervantes y el mundo del Quijote (Cervantes and the world of Don Quixote)
C: La ejemplaridad de la novela corta (The exemplariness of the short stories).
In Unit A we will begin to learn about the cultural coordinates and the themes treated between the end of the sixteenth century and the Baroque period through the anthological reading of significant texts (in particular from Góngora's and Quevedo's works). In Unit B we will study the extremely rich world of Quixote, critically examining the motifs and the writing techniques of Cervantes's work. Finally, in Unit C, we will focus on some short stories and novellas by Cervantes, Sebastián Mey and María de Zayas, examining the "exemplariness" declared by their authors.
The course program is valid until February 2021. From the summer session 2021 only the program 2020-21 will be valid.
A: Introducción a la literatura del Siglo de Oro (Introduction to the Golden Age literature)
B: Cervantes y el mundo del Quijote (Cervantes and the world of Don Quixote)
C: La ejemplaridad de la novela corta (The exemplariness of the short stories).
In Unit A we will begin to learn about the cultural coordinates and the themes treated between the end of the sixteenth century and the Baroque period through the anthological reading of significant texts (in particular from Góngora's and Quevedo's works). In Unit B we will study the extremely rich world of Quixote, critically examining the motifs and the writing techniques of Cervantes's work. Finally, in Unit C, we will focus on some short stories and novellas by Cervantes, Sebastián Mey and María de Zayas, examining the "exemplariness" declared by their authors.
The course program is valid until February 2021. From the summer session 2021 only the program 2020-21 will be valid.
Prerequisites for admission
The course, held entirely in Spanish, the materials and the examination bibliography require good linguistic skills as well as knowledge of literary history, use of terminology and critical analysis acquired in previous courses.
Teaching methods
The course adopts the following teaching methods: lectures; reading and commenting of excerpts from the works in the program; lectures by invited speakers; student reports (optional).
Teaching Resources
The course site is on the platform Ariel (https://mrossols2.ariel.ctu.unimi.it), where you will find texts, anthologies and critical materials provided by the teacher. For each unit of the course, specific critical essays on individual works or authors or on general questions will be made available. This is the list of compulsory readings for the various didactic units and the reference editions:
Unit A
- Anthological selections and critical materials collected in ARIEL.
- Lina Rodríguez Cacho, Manual de Historia de la Literatura española, 1. Siglos XIII al XVII, Castalia, Madrid, 2016, pp. 181-194, 361-433.
Unit B
- Anthological selections and critical materials collected in ARIEL.
− Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quijote de la Mancha, ed. Florencio Sevilla y Elena Varela, Castalia (Castalia Didáctica), Madrid, 2017 (2 vols.). As an alternative, ed. Cátedra, o Castalia, o Crítica; ed. dirigida por F.Rico, Barcelona: Crítica, 1998, http://cvc.cervantes.es/literatura/clasicos/quijote/ [Part 1 (1605): Prólogo; cap. 1,2,3,7, 8, 12-14, 21, 23-24, 27, 28-29, 36, 37-41. Part 2 (1615) : Aprobaciones, Prólogo y Dedicatoria, 10, 19-21, 22-23, 40-41, 40-45, 72-74].
- Lina Rodríguez Cacho, Manual de Historia de la Literatura española, 1. Siglos XIII al XVII, Castalia, Madrid, 2016, pp. 269-360.
Unit C
- Anthological selections and critical materials collected in ARIEL.
- Miguel de Cervantes, Novelas ejemplares, ed. Cátedra o Castalia (El amante liberal, La fuerza de la sangre, El celoso extremeño).
- Sebastián Mey, Fabulario, ed. Liguori (Prólogo, 18. La mujer ahogada y su marido, 38. El emperador y su hijo, 43. El león enamorado, 49. El caballero leal a su señor. 51. La porfía de los recién casados, 53. La prueba de bien querer, 55. El médico y su mujer).
- María de Zayas, Novelas amorosas y ejemplares, Cátedra (Al que leyere. 5. La fuerza del amor. 10. El jardín engañoso).
Exam program for non-attending students:
Unit A
- Anthological selections and critical materials collected in ARIEL.
- Lina Rodríguez Cacho, Manual de Historia de la Literatura española, 1. Siglos XIII al XVII, Castalia, Madrid, 2016, pp. 181-194, 361-433.
Choose one of the following anthologies:
- Arellano, Ignacio (ed.), Poesía del Siglo de Oro (Antología), Editex, Madrid, 2009;
- López-Casanova, Arcadio (ed.), Poesía de los Siglos de Oro, Castalia, Madrid, 1999 [12L.I. S5.B. 118];
- Jauralde Pou, Pablo (ed.), Antología de la poesía española del Siglo de Oro: siglos XVI-XVII, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1999 [12L.I. S5.011.A. 0472];
- Rosso, Maria, La poesia spagnola dei secoli d'oro: antologia di motivi tematici con una cornice intertestuale, CELID, Torino 1996 [12L.I. S5.B. 0153].
Unit B
- Anthological selections and critical materials collected in ARIEL.
− Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quijote de la Mancha, ed. Florencio Sevilla y Elena Varela, Castalia (Castalia Didáctica), Madrid, 2017 (2 vols.). Alternatively, ed. Cátedra, o Castalia, o Crítica; ed. dirigida por F.Rico, Barcelona: Crítica, 1998, http://cvc.cervantes.es/literatura/clasicos/quijote/ [Parte 1 (1605): Prólogo; cap. 1,2,3,7, 8, 12-14, 21, 23-24, 27, 28-29, 36, 37-41. Parte 2 (1615) : Aprobaciones, Prólogo y Dedicatoria, 10, 19-21, 22-23, 40-41, 40-45, 72-74].
- Lina Rodríguez Cacho, Manual de Historia de la Literatura española, 1. Siglos XIII al XVII, Castalia, Madrid, 2016, pp. 269-360.
- Márquez Villanueva, Francisco, Personajes y temas del Quijote, Barcelona, Bellaterra, 2011 (Madrid, Taurus, 1975 [12L.I. S4.D. 0077]).
Unit C
- Anthological selections and critical materials collected in ARIEL.
- Miguel de Cervantes, Novelas ejemplares, ed. Cátedra o Castalia (El amante liberal, La fuerza de la sangre, El celoso extremeño).
- Sebastián Mey, Fabulario, ed. Liguori (Prólogo, 18. La mujer ahogada y su marido, 38. El emperador y su hijo, 43. El león enamorado, 49. El caballero leal a su señor. 51. La porfía de los recién casados, 53. La prueba de bien querer, 55. El médico y su mujer).
- María de Zayas, Novelas amorosas y ejemplares, Cátedra (Al que leyere, 5. La fuerza del amor, 10. El jardín engañoso).
- Ferreras, Juan Ignacio, La novela en el siglo XVII, Taurus, Madrid, 1988 [12L.I. S4.B31. 007];
- Palomo, María del Pilar, La novela cortesana. Forma y estructura, Planeta, Barcelona, 1976 [12L.I. S4.E. 0295].
Unit A
- Anthological selections and critical materials collected in ARIEL.
- Lina Rodríguez Cacho, Manual de Historia de la Literatura española, 1. Siglos XIII al XVII, Castalia, Madrid, 2016, pp. 181-194, 361-433.
Unit B
- Anthological selections and critical materials collected in ARIEL.
− Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quijote de la Mancha, ed. Florencio Sevilla y Elena Varela, Castalia (Castalia Didáctica), Madrid, 2017 (2 vols.). As an alternative, ed. Cátedra, o Castalia, o Crítica; ed. dirigida por F.Rico, Barcelona: Crítica, 1998, http://cvc.cervantes.es/literatura/clasicos/quijote/ [Part 1 (1605): Prólogo; cap. 1,2,3,7, 8, 12-14, 21, 23-24, 27, 28-29, 36, 37-41. Part 2 (1615) : Aprobaciones, Prólogo y Dedicatoria, 10, 19-21, 22-23, 40-41, 40-45, 72-74].
- Lina Rodríguez Cacho, Manual de Historia de la Literatura española, 1. Siglos XIII al XVII, Castalia, Madrid, 2016, pp. 269-360.
Unit C
- Anthological selections and critical materials collected in ARIEL.
- Miguel de Cervantes, Novelas ejemplares, ed. Cátedra o Castalia (El amante liberal, La fuerza de la sangre, El celoso extremeño).
- Sebastián Mey, Fabulario, ed. Liguori (Prólogo, 18. La mujer ahogada y su marido, 38. El emperador y su hijo, 43. El león enamorado, 49. El caballero leal a su señor. 51. La porfía de los recién casados, 53. La prueba de bien querer, 55. El médico y su mujer).
- María de Zayas, Novelas amorosas y ejemplares, Cátedra (Al que leyere. 5. La fuerza del amor. 10. El jardín engañoso).
Exam program for non-attending students:
Unit A
- Anthological selections and critical materials collected in ARIEL.
- Lina Rodríguez Cacho, Manual de Historia de la Literatura española, 1. Siglos XIII al XVII, Castalia, Madrid, 2016, pp. 181-194, 361-433.
Choose one of the following anthologies:
- Arellano, Ignacio (ed.), Poesía del Siglo de Oro (Antología), Editex, Madrid, 2009;
- López-Casanova, Arcadio (ed.), Poesía de los Siglos de Oro, Castalia, Madrid, 1999 [12L.I. S5.B. 118];
- Jauralde Pou, Pablo (ed.), Antología de la poesía española del Siglo de Oro: siglos XVI-XVII, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1999 [12L.I. S5.011.A. 0472];
- Rosso, Maria, La poesia spagnola dei secoli d'oro: antologia di motivi tematici con una cornice intertestuale, CELID, Torino 1996 [12L.I. S5.B. 0153].
Unit B
- Anthological selections and critical materials collected in ARIEL.
− Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quijote de la Mancha, ed. Florencio Sevilla y Elena Varela, Castalia (Castalia Didáctica), Madrid, 2017 (2 vols.). Alternatively, ed. Cátedra, o Castalia, o Crítica; ed. dirigida por F.Rico, Barcelona: Crítica, 1998, http://cvc.cervantes.es/literatura/clasicos/quijote/ [Parte 1 (1605): Prólogo; cap. 1,2,3,7, 8, 12-14, 21, 23-24, 27, 28-29, 36, 37-41. Parte 2 (1615) : Aprobaciones, Prólogo y Dedicatoria, 10, 19-21, 22-23, 40-41, 40-45, 72-74].
- Lina Rodríguez Cacho, Manual de Historia de la Literatura española, 1. Siglos XIII al XVII, Castalia, Madrid, 2016, pp. 269-360.
- Márquez Villanueva, Francisco, Personajes y temas del Quijote, Barcelona, Bellaterra, 2011 (Madrid, Taurus, 1975 [12L.I. S4.D. 0077]).
Unit C
- Anthological selections and critical materials collected in ARIEL.
- Miguel de Cervantes, Novelas ejemplares, ed. Cátedra o Castalia (El amante liberal, La fuerza de la sangre, El celoso extremeño).
- Sebastián Mey, Fabulario, ed. Liguori (Prólogo, 18. La mujer ahogada y su marido, 38. El emperador y su hijo, 43. El león enamorado, 49. El caballero leal a su señor. 51. La porfía de los recién casados, 53. La prueba de bien querer, 55. El médico y su mujer).
- María de Zayas, Novelas amorosas y ejemplares, Cátedra (Al que leyere, 5. La fuerza del amor, 10. El jardín engañoso).
- Ferreras, Juan Ignacio, La novela en el siglo XVII, Taurus, Madrid, 1988 [12L.I. S4.B31. 007];
- Palomo, María del Pilar, La novela cortesana. Forma y estructura, Planeta, Barcelona, 1976 [12L.I. S4.E. 0295].
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam consists of an oral interview, at least partially in Spanish, in which the teacher will ask questions aimed at ascertaining both general theoretical knowledge (relating to the cultural age, literary genres and methodological tools, according to the topics presented in class ), both the ability to analyze and frame the texts (the works and the anthological selections included in the course). In the evaluation, the ability to highlight the relationships between works, thematic analogies and ideological differences will be appreciated. The diligence in speaking Spanish will be taken into account.
The final grade is expressed in thirtieths, and the student has the right to refuse it (in this case it will be verbalized as "withdrawn").
International or Erasmus incoming students are invited to contact the teacher promptly. The examination procedures for students with disabilities and / or with DSA must be agreed with the teacher, in connection with the competent Office.
The final grade is expressed in thirtieths, and the student has the right to refuse it (in this case it will be verbalized as "withdrawn").
International or Erasmus incoming students are invited to contact the teacher promptly. The examination procedures for students with disabilities and / or with DSA must be agreed with the teacher, in connection with the competent Office.
Unita' didattica A
L-LIN/05 - SPANISH LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica B
L-LIN/05 - SPANISH LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica C
L-LIN/05 - SPANISH LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours