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 |
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Lecture | 1 per week |
Assessment |
Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
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% |
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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.
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