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Latin American Literature 2

A.Y. 2022/2023
9
Max ECTS
60
Overall hours
SSD
L-LIN/06
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
The course offers an articulated knowledge of the general problems of Hispanic American literature, with particular attention to intercultural aspects and the dynamics of identity construction. The main aim is to provide the student with an overview, diachronic and synchronic, of the main literary currents that have addressed the problem of otherness, also through the methodologies and tools of literary analysis (genres, themes, structures and styles).
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding: the student acquires a good ability to read texts, critical and literary, in language, knows how to interpret and contextualize them, deepens the theories and methodologies of the discipline. Applied skills: the student is able to use the main tools of text analysis as well as to recognize genres, themes, structures and styles, identifies with certainty the main historical and cultural implications of the reference texts. He is also able to revise independently the disciplinary contents acquired.

Lesson period: Second semester

Lessons timetable

Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi

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Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Responsible
Scarabelli Laura
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
Spectres of the Fantastic in Hispano-American Literature (XX-XXI Centuries)

This three-part course aims to trace the modes and forms of the 'Hispano-American fantastic' between the 20th and 21st centuries. After analysing the main theories on the genre, we will focus on those narratives that use the 'unusual' to subvert the public imagination, destabilising its truths, altering and contaminating the amnesic and flat surface of the languages of globalisation and visualising its dark side, made of ghosts and spectres.
We will therefore explore the most significant moments of 'lo raro' writing in Latin America in the XXI century, tracing its main genealogies and filiations.
Prerequisites for admission
The course is held in Italian and Spanish. The examination materials and bibliography, on the other hand, will be entirely in Spanish and presuppose skills in literary history, use of terminology and critical analysis acquired in previous courses (Hispanic American Literature 1).
Teaching methods
The course adopts the following teaching methods: frontal lectures; readings and commentary on the works in the program; seminar lessons.
Teaching Resources
LE VOCI DEI MAESTRI
María Luisa Bombal, La amortajada
Horacio Quiroga, Selezione di racconti
Julio Cortázar, Selezione di racconti
Juan Rulfo, Pedro Páramo

SCRITTURE DE LO RARO NEL XXI SECOLO
Mariana Enríquez, Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego
Samanta Schweblin, Siete casas vacías
Nona Fernández, 10 de julio
Giovanna Rivero, Tierra fresca de su tumba
Liliana Colanzi, Nuestro mundo muerto

MATERIALE CRITICO
n. 9 (2020) della rivista Orillas
http://orillas.cab.unipd.it/orillas/it/orillas-n-9-2020/
n. 10 (2021) della rivista Orillas
http://www.orillas.net/orillas/index.php/orillas
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam consists of an individual interview, which includes questions asked by the teacher, interactions between teacher and student and the analysis and commentary of one or more passages taken from the works in the program. The interview lasts about 20 minutes and can be held in Italian or Spanish, at the student's choice. The interview aims to verify the knowledge of the texts studied, the contextualization ability of authors and works, the ability to analyze the text, the ability in the exposition, the precision in the use of specific terminology, the ability of critical and personal reflection on the proposed themes. Finally, it will take into account, if done in Spanish, language skills. The final grade is expressed in thirtieth, and the student has the right to reject it (in which case it will be recorded as "withdrawn"). For the students attending the course, there will be in partial tests, at the end of the different modules.
Other information:
International students or Erasmus incoming students are invited to contact the teacher of the course in advance.
Examination procedures for students with disabilities and/or DSA must be agreed with the teacher, in agreement with the competent office.
Unita' didattica A+B
L-LIN/06 - LATIN AMERICAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES - University credits: 6
Lessons: 40 hours
Professor: Scarabelli Laura
Unita' didattica C
L-LIN/06 - LATIN AMERICAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Professor: Pleitez Vela Tania Raquel
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