Module Identifier |
SP30720 |
Module Title |
ROMANTICISM AND REALISM |
Academic Year |
2005/2006 |
Co-ordinator |
Mr Jose M Goni Perez |
Semester |
Semester 1 |
Other staff |
Mr Jose M Goni Perez |
Pre-Requisite |
(Normally) eligibility for entry to Level 2 Spanish. |
Course delivery |
Lecture | 2 Weekly classes and seminars |
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Lecture | |
Assessment |
Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
Semester Exam | 2 Hours Written exam. | 60% |
Semester Assessment | Continuous Assessment: 2 essays of 1500 - 2000 words each | 40% |
Supplementary Exam | 1 x 2 hour examination if continuous assessment submitted. 1 x 3 hour examination if no continuous assessment submitted. | 100% |
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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 cultural and political context. Romanticism's distinctive ethos is traced in specific works of theatre and poetry which highlight the anguished concerns of the time.
Following the political of 1868, the last third of the 19th century saw a revival of the Spanish novel. The module continues by focusing on two major examples of the genre.
1-2 Introduction to Romanticism: Rivas's Don Alvaro
3-6 Becquer, "Rimas y leyendas" and Rosalia de Castro, "En las orillas del sar"
7-11 Realism and Naturalism: Juan Valera's 'Pepita Jimenez' Blasco Ibanez's "La barraca"
Reading Lists
Books
Rosalía de Castro (1992) En las orillas del Sar
Castalia, Barcelona
** Recommended Text
'Azorín', Martínez Ruíz (1916) Rivas y Larra
Madrid
Bousono,C (1963) Seis calas en la expresión literaria española 'Los conjuntos paralelísticos de Bécquer' (pp.179-218)
Madrid -
Díaz, J P (1958) Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Vida y poesía
Costa Clavel, Javier (1967) Rosalía de Castro
Barcelona
Mayoral, Marina (1974) La poesía de Rosalía de Castro
Madrid
Kulp-Hill, Kathleen (1977) Rosalía de Castro
Boston
Urrutia, J (1973) 'Bécquer, poeta materialista?'
Boletín de la Real Academia Española, 399-410
Davies, Catherine (1987) Rosalía de Castro no seu tempo
Vigo
Stevens, Shelley (1986) Rosalía de Castro and the Galicia Revival
London
Whiston, James (1977) Valera: Pepita Jiménez
Grant and Cutler, Tamesis, London
Fernández Montesinos, J (1957) Valera o la ficción libre
Azaña, Manuel (1963) Prólogo y edición de "Pepita Jiménez"
Madrid
Bermejo Marcos, Manuel (1968) Don Juan Valera, crítico literario
Gredos, Madrid
Havard, Robert (1988) From Romanticism to Surrealism. Seven Spanish Poets - includes studies of Becquer and Rosalia de Castro
Cardiff
Peers, E A (1964) A History of the Romantic Movement in Spain, 2 vols
Shaw, D L (1972) A Literary History of Spain: The Nineteenth Century
London
Tirrel, P (1955) La mística de la saudade
Madrid
** Should Be Purchased
Blasco Ibañez, Vicente (2000) 'La barraca'
Bécquer, Gustavo Adolfo Rimas y leyendas
Austral editorial
Rosalía de Castro (1992) En las orillas del Sar
Castalia
Duque de Rivas Don Alvaro
Austral editorial
Valera, Juan (2001 or 1998) Pepita Jiménez
Catedra, Madrid Or Clásicos Castalia
Bermejo Marcos, Manuel. (1968.) Don Juan Valera, cr itico literario /Manuel Bermejo Marcos.
Journals
** Recommended Text
Shaw, D L (1963) 'Towards the Understanding of Spanish Romanticism
MLR, 58
Havard, Robert (1974) 'Image and Perona in Rosalía de Castro's En las orillas del Sar
Hispanic Review
Machado da Rosa, A (1954) 'Rosalía de Castro, poeta incomprendido'
Revista Hispánica Moderna
Davies, Catherine (1984) Rosalía de Castro's Late Poetry
Modern Language Review
Gil, I - M (1970)
Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos - 248-9, 350-9
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6