INTRODUCTION TO HISPANO-AMERICAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Giulia NUZZO INTRODUCTION TO HISPANO-AMERICAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF6
FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
2025/2026

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
636LESSONS
Objectives
THE COURSE INTRODUCES THE STUDENT TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ISPAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURES IN RELATION BOTH TO THE PRE-COLOMBIAN WORLD AND TO THE SPANISH AND EUROPEAN WORLD, THROUGH THE USE OF TEXTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES AND OF DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT. THE STUDENT WILL GAIN AWERENESS OF THE SPECIFICITY OF THE GREAT ETHNO-GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF THE HISPANIC AMERICAN WORLD. THROUGH HISTORICAL-LITERARY “MEDALLIONS” IT IS INTENDED TO GUIDE IT TO A FIRST APPROACH TO THE LATIN AMERICAN WORLD, TO KNOTS AND CONTRADICTORIES PHENOMENOLOGIES THAT CROSS IT. AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: CONTEXTUALIZE A TEXT, ANALYZE IT CRITICALLY AND CONNECT IT TO OTHERS WITHIN A WIDER HISTORICAL-LITERARY AREA.
Prerequisites
BECAUSE PART OF THE TEXTS ARE IN SPANISH, THE TEACHING IS RECOMMENDED TO THOSE WHO HAVE A KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE

Contents
- PRECOLOMBIAN HISTORY, CULTURE AND LITERATURE (4 HOURS)
- LITERATURE OF THE CONQUEST (2 HOURS)
- LITERATURE OF INDEPENDENCE. THE SEARCH FOR A CULTURAL IDENTITY FROM SARMIENTO TO MARTÍ AND RODÓ (8 HOURS)
- REGIONALISM (2 HOURS)
- MODERNISM (2 HOURS)
-MAGIC REALISM, "REALMARAVILLOSO", FANTASTIC RIOPLATENSE (2 HOURS)
-CARPENTIER, "EL REINO DE ESTE MUNDO" (2 HOURS)
-ASTURIAS (2 HOURS)
-JUAN RULFO, "PEDRO PÁRAMO" (2 HOURS)
-GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, "CIEN AÑOS DE SOLEDAD" (2 HOURS)
- INDIANISMO AND INDIGENIST LITERATURE (2 HOURS)
-ARGUEDAS, "LOS RÍOS PROFUNDOS" (2 HOURS)
BORGES AND CORTÁZAR (6 HOURS)
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE IS DELIVERED MAINLY THROUGH LECTURES, SUPPLEMENTED BY SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES, AND BY PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES IN THE CLASSROOM.
Verification of learning
VERIFICATION OF LEARNING WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH A FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION OF APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES, IN ITALIAN. THE STUDENT WILL HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY HAVE ACQUIRED THE COURSE CONTENTS, BOTH THOSE RELATED TO CULTURAL AND LITERARY HISTORY, AS WELL AS THOSE CONCERNING THE STUDY OF THE LITERARY WORKS INDICATED IN THE PROGRAM AND COVERED DURING THE COURSE, OF WHICH THEY WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE FUNDAMENTAL EXPRESSIVE, STYLISTIC AND RHETORICAL ASPECTS. THE ABILITY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES CLEARLY AND IN APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE, TO FRAME INFORMATION IN A PRECISE OVERALL FRAMEWORK, BOTH CHRONOLOGICAL AND SPATIAL, INCLUDING IN COMPARISON WITH ARTISTIC PHENOMENA OF OTHER TRADITIONS, TO PRESENT AND COMMENT ON LITERARY TEXTS WITH AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT AND COMPETENCE IN THE USE OF ANALYTICAL TOOLS, WILL BE ASSESSED. STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT PROFICIENT IN SPANISH WILL BE ALLOWED TO REFER TO A BIBLIOGRAPHY EXCLUSIVELY IN ITALIAN.

ATTENDING STUDENTS WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE WRITTEN EXAMS
Texts
-R. M. GRILLO, "CINQUECENTO ANNI DI CIVILTÀ E BARBARIE", SALERNO/MILANO, OÈDIPUS, 2021, PP. 71-249

LITERARY WORKS:
2 BLOCCHI A SCELTA TRA I SEGUENTI (TESTO LETTERARIO + TESTO CRITICO)

1)
-CARPENTIER A., EL REINO DE ESTE MUNDO (QUALSIASI EDIZIONE CHE RIPRODUCA IL PROLOGO)
- BELLINI G., “L'INFERNO NEL MERAVIGLIOSO: EL REINO DE ESTE MUNDO”, IN IL MONDO ALLUCINANTE: DA ASTURIAS A GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ. STUDI SUL ROMANZO ISPANO-AMERICANO DELLA DITTATURA, MILANO, CISALPINO-GOLIARDICA, 1976 HTTP://WWW.CERVANTESVIRTUAL.COM/OBRA-VISOR/IL-MONDO-ALLUCINANTE---DA-ASTURIAS-A-GARCA-MRQUEZ-STUDI-SUL-ROMANZO-ISPANOAMERICANO-DELLA-DITTATURA-0/HTML/01E5CDD0-82B2-11DF-ACC7-002185CE6064_59.HTML#I_5_

2)
- RULFO J., PEDRO PÁRAMO, MADRID, CÁTEDRA, 1988
- BELLINI G., REALTÀ E IRREALTÀ IN PEDRO PÁRAMO”, IN IL LABIRINTO MAGICO: STUDI SUL “NUOVO ROMANZO”ISPANOAMERICANO, MILANO, CISALPINO-GOLIARDICA, 1973
HTTP://WWW.CERVANTESVIRTUAL.COM/OBRA-VISOR/IL-LABIRINTO-MAGICO---STUDI-SUL-NUOVO-ROMANZO-ISPANOAMERICANO-0/HTML/01E5C5E2-82B2-11DF-ACC7-002185CE6064.HTML


3)
-GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ G., CIEN AÑOS DE SOLEDAD, MADRID, CÁTEDRA, 1967
- BELLINI G., “IL MONDO FANTASTICO E VIOLENTO DI CIEN AÑOS DE SOLEDAD”, IN IL LABIRINTO MAGICO: STUDI SUL “NUOVO ROMANZO”ISPANOAMERICANO, MILANO, CISALPINO-GOLIARDICA, 1973 HTTP://WWW.CERVANTESVIRTUAL.COM/OBRA-VISOR/IL-LABIRINTO-MAGICO---STUDI-SUL-NUOVO-ROMANZO-ISPANOAMERICANO-0/HTML/01E5C5E2-82B2-11DF-ACC7-002185CE6064.HTML


4)
-ARGUEDAS J. M., LOS RÍOS PROFUNDOS, MADRID, CÁTEDRA, 1997
- “I MITI DELLA MEMORIA NE LOS RÍOS PROFUNDOS”, IN IL LABIRINTO MAGICO: STUDI SUL “NUOVO ROMANZO”ISPANOAMERICANO, MILANO, CISALPINO-GOLIARDICA, 1973
HTTP://WWW.CERVANTESVIRTUAL.COM/OBRA-VISOR/IL-LABIRINTO-MAGICO---STUDI-SUL-NUOVO-ROMANZO-ISPANOAMERICANO-0/HTML/01E5C5E2-82B2-11DF-ACC7-002185CE6064.HTML

NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR PREPARATION BY STUDYING SECTIONS OF DONALD SHAW'S BOOK, "NUEVA NARRATIVA HISPANOAMERICANA", MADRID, CÁTEDRA, 1999 (PARAGRAPHS ON BORGES, ARGUEDAS, ASTURIAS, CARPENTIER, CORTÁZAR, GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, AND RULFO)

HANDOUTS AND WORK MATERIAL WILL BE DISTRIBUTED DURING THE COURSE.

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