Module Identifier |
SP20720 |
Module Title |
ROMANTICISM AND REALISM |
Academic Year |
2004/2005 |
Co-ordinator |
Professor Robert G Havard |
Semester |
Semester 1 |
Other staff |
Mr Jose M Goni Perez |
Pre-Requisite |
(Normally) Eligibility for entry to Level 2 Spanish |
Course delivery |
Lecture | 20 |
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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: Goya's Black Paintings (slides, Taschen) and Riva's 'Don Alvaro'
3-4 Becquer, Rimas y leyendas
5-7 Rosalia de Castro, En las orillas del Sar
8-10 Introduction to Realism and Juan Valera's 'Pepita Jimenez'
11-12 Blasco Ibanez, 'La barraca'
Reading Lists
Books
Duque de Rivas Don Alvaro
Austral editorial
Becquer, Gustavo Adolfo Rimas y leyendas
Austral editorial
de Castro, Rosalia (1992) En las orillas del Sar
Castalia, Plaza y Janes, Barcelona
Valera, Juan (2001) Pepita Jimenez
Catedra, Madrid
Blasco Ibanez, Vicente (2000) 'La barraca'
Plaza y Janes, Barcelona
** Recommended Text
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
Peers, E A (1964) A History of the Romantic Movement in Spain, 2 vols
Whiston, James (1977) Valera: Pepita Jimenez
Grant and Cutler, Tamesis, London
Fernandez Montesinos, J (1957) Valera o la ficcion libre
Costa Clavel, Javier (1967) Rosalia de Castro
Barcelona
Diaz, J P (1958) Becquer, Gustavo Adolfo
Vida y poesai, Madrid
Urrutia, J (1973) 'Becquer, poeta materialista?', Boletin de la Real Academia Espanola, 399-410
Gil, I - M (1970)
Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos - 248-9, 350-9
Bousono, C (1963) 'Los conjuntos paralelisticos de Becquer' in Seis calas en la expresion literaria espanola
Madrid - 179-218
Azorin, Martinez Ruiz (1916) Rivas y Larra
Madrid
Shaw, D L (1963) 'Towards the Understanding of Spanish Romanticism
MLR, 58
Heldman, Edith (1963) Trasmundo de Goya
Madrid
Havard, Robert (1988) From Romanticism to Surrealism. Seven Spanish Poets - includes studies of Becquer and Rosalia de Castro
Cardiff
Davies, Catherine (1984) Rosalia de Castro's Late Poetry
Modern Language Review
Davies, Catherine (1987) Rosalia de Castro no seu tempo
Vigo
Azana, Manuel (1963) Prologo y edicion de 'Pepita Jimenez'
Madrid
Bermejo Marcos, Manuel (1968) Don Juan Valera, critico literario
Gredos, Madrid
Shaw, D L (1972) A Literary History of Spain: The Nineteenth Century
London
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
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 5