Module Identifier |
SP20720 |
Module Title |
ROMANTICISM AND REALISM |
Academic Year |
2003/2004 |
Co-ordinator |
Professor Robert G Havard |
Semester |
Intended for use in future years |
Next year offered |
N/A |
Next semester offered |
N/A |
Other staff |
Professor Gwynne Edwards, Dr Rob Stone, Roger S Mills |
Pre-Requisite |
(Normally) Eligibility for entry to Level 2 Spanish |
Course delivery |
Lecture | 20 |
|
Seminars / Tutorials | 4 |
Assessment |
Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
Semester Exam | 2 Hours | 60% |
Semester Assessment | Continuous Assessment: 2 essays of 1500 - 2,000 words | 40% |
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Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students should have:
1) acquired a sound knowledge of the Romantic movement in Spain and a similar knowledge of the main features relating to the realist novel
Brief description
Why did attitudes change so radically in the Romantic period, now generally considered the start of modern times? This module begins by considering Spanish Romanticism in relation to its political and cultural context (The Napoleonic Wars; the 'decada ominosa' of the 1820s). Romanticism's distinctive ethos is traced in specific works of theatre and poetry which highlight the anguished concerns of the time. Following the political changes of 1868, the last third of the 19th century saw a revival of the Spanish novel, and this module continues by focussing on two major examples of the genre.
Syllabus
Weeks 1-2 Introduction to Romanticism and Riva's Don Alvaro
3-5 Becquer, Rimas y leyendas
5-7 Rosalia de Castro, En las orillas del sar
8-10 Introduction to Realism and Galdos's La de Bringas
11-12 Blasco Ibanez, La barraca
Reading Lists
Books
** Recommended Text
Shaw D L (1972) A Literary History of Spain: The Nineteenth Century
London
Peers E A A History of the Romantic Movement in Spain, 2 vols
Havard Robert (1988) From Romanticism to Surrealism. Seven Spanish Poets - includes studies of Becquer and Rosalia de Castro
Cardiff
Heldman Edith (1963) Trasmundo de Goya
Madrid
Shaw D L (1963) 'Towards the Understanding of Spanish Romanticism
MLR, 58
Azorin (Martinez Ruiz) (1916) Rivas y Larra
Madrid
Bousono C (1963) 'Los conjuntos paralelisticos de Becquer' in Seis calas en la expresion literaria espanola
Madrid - 179-218
Gil I - M (1970) "Dualismo" y estructuras bimembres en la poesia de G A Becquer,
Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos - 248-9, 350-9
Urrutia, J (1973) 'Becquer, poeta materialista?', Boletin de la Real Academia Espanola, 399-410
Diaz J P (1958) Gustavo Adolfo Becquer
Vida y poesai, Madrid
Costa Clavel, Javier (1967) Rosalia de Castro
Barcelona
Davies, Catherine (1987) Rosalia de CAstro no seu tempo,
Vigo
Davies, Catherine (1984) Rosalia de Castro's Late Poetry
Modern Language Review
Havard Robert (1974) 'Image and Perona in Rosalia de Castro's En las orillas del Sar,
Hispanic Review
Kulp-Hill Kathleen (1977) Rosalisa de Castro
Boston
Machado da Rosa A (1954) 'Rosalia de Castro, poeta incompreendido'
Revista Hispanica Moderna
Mayoral Marina (1974) La poesia de Rosalia de Castro
Madrid
Stevens Shelley (1986) Rosalia de Castro and the Galicia Revival
London
Tirrel P (1955) La mistica de la saudade
Madrid
** Essential Reading
Duque de Rivas Don Alvaro
Austral editorial
Gustavo Adolfo Becquer Rimas y leyendas
Austral editorial
Rosalia de Castro En las orillas del Sar
Castalia
Perez Galdos La de Bringas
Catedra
Pardo Bazan Los pazos de Ulloa
Castalia
Benito Perez Galdos (1999) Misericordia (from 2001)
Biblioteca Perez Galdos, Alianza
Vicente Blasco Ibanez (1992) La barraca (from 2000)
Plaza y Janes, Barcelona
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 5