Module Identifier SP30810  
Module Title MODERN SPANISH POETRY  
Academic Year 2007/2008  
Co-ordinator Dr Jose M Goni Perez  
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 per semester  
  Lecture   1 per week  
Assessment
Assessment TypeAssessment Length/DetailsProportion
Semester Assessment Continuous Assessment: 2 essays of 2000 words each and one presentation.  100%
Supplementary Exam 1 x 2 hour examination if continuous assessment submitted. 1 x 3 examination if no continuous assessment submitted.100%

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.

There is no examination; assessment is by two term essays and one presentation.

Syllabus:

Weeks 1-4   Jorge Guillen, Cantico (Seix Barral, Barcelona)
   5-8   Pedro Salinas, La voz a to debida (Castalia)
   9-12   Garcia Lorca, Poeta en Nueva York (any edition)

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
Allen Rupert (1982) Symbolic Experience... Poems by Pedro Salinas, Alabama
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
Alonso, Damaso (1965) Poetas espanoles contemporaneos Madrid
Casalduero, Joaquin (1953) Cantico de Jorge Guillen Madrid
Ciplijauskaite, Birute (1975) Jorge Guillen Madrid
Costa Viva, Olga (1969) Pedro Salinas frente a la realidad Madrid
Dibicki Andrew P (1973) La poesia de Jorge Guillen Madrid
Duran, Manuel (1962) Lorca A Collection of Critical Essays Englewood
Feal Diebe, Carlos (1965) La poesia de Pedro Salinas Madrid
Gibson Ian (1985) Federico Garcia Lorca, I De Fuentevaqueros a Nueva York 1898-1929 Barcelona
Gil de Biedma, Jaime (1960) 'Cantico', el mundo y la poesia de J Guillen Barcelona
Gonzalez Muela J (1958) 'Poesia y amistad, Jorge Guillen y Pedro Salinas' BHS
Gonzalez Muela J (1973) La realidad y Jorge Guillen Madrid
Harris Derek (1978) Garcia Lorca: Poeta en Nueva York London
Havard Robert (1977) 'Lorca's Buster Keaton, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 54,
Havard Robert Articles in Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 1974, 1979, 1983, in Orbis Litterarum 1983, romance Studies 1985, Sin nombre 1984
Havard Robert (1988) From Romanticism to Surrealism Seven Spanish Poets - Cardiff, includes chapters on Lorca, Guillen, Machado, Salinas.
Havard Robert (1986) Jorge Guillen, Cantico London
Havard, Robert (2001) The Crucified Mind includes commentary on Lorca's Poeta en Nueva York Tamesis
Morris C B (1992) 'Fat Body, Thin Soul Lorca's Landscape of Coney Island', in Lorca Poet and Playwright, ed. R Havard, Cardiff
Morris C B (1969) A Generation of Spanish Poets Cambridge
Ruiz de conde, J (1973) El 'Cantico' americano de Jorge Guillen Madrid
Stixrude, David L (1975) The Early Poetry of Pedro Salinas Princeton
Zardoya, Concha (1968) Poesia espanola del 98 y del 27 Madrid

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6