Module Identifier |
SP30810 |
Module Title |
MODERN SPANISH POETRY |
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 |
Pre-Requisite |
(Normally) Eligibility for entry to Level 2 Spanish. |
Course delivery |
Seminars / Tutorials | 4 Hours 2 seminars; 2 tutorials |
|
Lecture | 12 Hours |
Assessment |
Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
Semester Assessment | Continuous Assessment: 2 essays of 2000 words each and one presentation. | 100% |
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Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students should have:
1) a sound knowledge of three poets of the 1927 Generation in Spain
2) a good knowledge of how to apply close reading skills
Brief description
This module looks in depth at three major Spanish poets of the twentieth century. Emphasis is placed on developing close-reading skills and an awareness of key aspects of modern European thought. All three poets, though intensely Spanish, offer vital perspectives on modern ideas: Pedro Salinas, Spain's greatest love poet since Becquer, with his deceptively simple technique, but whose work probes challenging metaphysical issues; Lorca, at his most avant-garde in New York, where he experiments with Freudian free association in an attempt to understand his enigmatic self; Jorge Guillen, a vitalist who celebrates the joy of existence in a Whitmanesque and phenomenonological way that owes much to Ortega. All three poets share the conviction that poetry is the medium in which to probe important issues, notably that of self and reality.
Syllabus:
Weeks 1-4 Jorge Guillen, Cantico
5-8 Pedro Salinas, La voz a to debida
9-12 Garcia Lorca, Poeta en Nueva York
Reading Lists
Books
** Recommended Text
Alonso, Damaso (1965) Poetas espanoles contemporaneos
Madrid
Havard Robert (1988) From Romanticism to Surrealism
Seven Spanish Poets - Cardiff, includes chapters on Lorca, Guillen, Machado, Salinas.
Zardoya, Concha (1968) Poesia espanola del 98 y del 27
Madrid
Morris C B (1969) A Generation of Spanish Poets
Cambridge
Allen, Rupert C (1966) Una explicacion simbolica de "Iglesia abandonada" de Lorca Hispanofila, and A commentary on Lorca's El paeso de
Buster Keaton, Hispanofila, 26
Gibson Ian (1985) Federico Garcia Lorca, I De Fuentevaqueros a Nueva York 1898-1929
Barcelona
Havard Robert (1977) 'Lorca's Buster Keaton, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 54,
Casalduero, Joaquin (1953) Cantico de Jorge Guillen
Madrid
Dibicki Andrew P (1973) La poesia de Jorge Guillen
Madrid
Havard Robert Articles in Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 1974, 1979, 1983, in Orbis Litterarum 1983, romance Studies 1985, Sin nombre 1984
Gonzalez Muela J (1958) 'Poesia y amistad, Jorge Guillen y Pedro Salinas'
BHS
Feal Diebe, Carlos (1965) La poesia de Pedro Salinas
Madrid
Costa Viva, Olga (1969) Pedro Salinas frente a la realidad
Madrid
Allen Rupert (1982) Symbolic Experience... Poems by Pedro Salinas,
Alabama
Ruiz de conde, J (1973) El 'Cantico' americano de Jorge Guillen
Madrid
Havard Robert (1986) Jorge Guillen, Cantico
London
Gonzalez Muela J (1973) La realidad y Jorge Guillen
Madrid
Gil de Biedma, Jaime (1960) 'Cantico', el mundo y la poesia de J Guillen
Barcelona
Stixrude, David L (1975) The Early Poetry of Pedro Salinas
Princeton
Ciplijauskaite, Birute (1975) Jorge Guillen
Madrid
Morris C B (1992) 'Fat Body, Thin Soul Lorca's Landscape of Coney Island', in Lorca Poet and Playwright,
ed. R Havard, Cardiff
Harris Derek (1978) Garcia Lorca: Poeta en Nueva York
London
Duran, Manuel (1962) Lorca A Collection of Critical Essays
Englewood
** Essential Reading
Pedro Salinas La voz a ti debida
Castalia
Federico Garcia Lorca Poeta en Nueva York
Austral
Jorge Guillen Cantico
Seix Barral
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6