Spanish Literature 2

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.

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.