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  
  Lecture    
Assessment
Assessment TypeAssessment Length/DetailsProportion
Semester Exam2 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%

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