2. Professors
  3. THEINER Irene Margarita
  4. Teaching

SPANISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION 5

Irene Margarita THEINER SPANISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION 5

4322100105
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF7
MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
2024/2025

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018
FULL ACADEMIC YEAR
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1LINGUA E TRADUZIONE SPAGNOLA V
630LESSONS
2LINGUA E TRADUZIONE SPAGNOLA V
315LESSONS
IOLANDA ALFANO1 T Curriculum
IRENE MARGARITA THEINER2 Curriculum
ExamDate
APPELLO RISERVATO AI F.C. 09/04/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO STUDENTI CON 93 CFU09/04/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO RISERVATO AI F.C.21/05/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO STUDENTI CON 87 CFU21/05/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO GIUGNO18/06/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO LUGLIO09/07/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO SETTEMBRE12/09/2025 - 09:00
Objectives
THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS THE ABILITY TO HANDLE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL, LEXICOGRAPHICAL AND TERMINOLOGICAL TOOLS AND THE MAIN LINGUISTIC CORPORA WITH AUTONOMY AND CRITICAL THINKING, IN ORDER TO DEEPEN THEIR SKILLS AND METALINGUISTIC REFLECTION ON THE SPANISH LANGUAGE AND TO ANALYZE, COMPOSE AND TRANSLATE DIFFERENT TEXTUAL TYPES.
IN THE LITERATURE AND LITERARY TRANSLATION CURRICULUM, CRITICAL REFLECTION ON THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL PROBLEMS OF LITERARY AND AUDIOVISUAL TRANSLATION WILL BE DEVELOPED IN PARTICULAR.
IN THE LINGUISTICS AND DIDACTICS OF LANGUAGES CURRICULUM, METHODOLOGICAL AND LINGUISTIC SKILLS AIMED AT FACILITATING THE TEACHING OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE WILL BE REFINED.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL:
- STRENGTHEN THEIR KNOWLEDGE IN WRITTEN AND ORAL FORM OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE BY REACHING C1+/C2 LEVEL OF THE COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE FOR LANGUAGES (CEFR);
- DEEPEN THE METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS FOR LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF WRITTEN AND ORAL TEXTS BELONGING TO DIFFERENT FIELDS;
- DEEPEN THE CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT TEXT TYPES;
- FURTHER EXPLORE THE ANALYSIS AND TRANSLATION OF DIFFERENT TEXT TYPES, CONSIDERING THE DIFFERENT VARIABLES PRESENT IN LITERARY TEXTS;
- DELVE INTO TECHNIQUES FOR THE TRANSLATION OF COMPLEX ORAL AND WRITTEN TEXTS, ESPECIALLY FROM SPANISH TO ITALIAN, AS IN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
- ANALYZE DIFFERENT TEXT TYPES AND CHOOSE THE TRANSLATION MODE ACCORDING TO THE SOURCE TEXT AND ITS PLACE IN THE TARGET LANGUAGE;
- ELABORATE AND TRANSLATE DETAILED AND ARTICULATE TEXTS ON COMPLEX TOPICS;
- USE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL, LEXICOGRAPHICAL AND TERMINOLOGICAL TOOLS, CORPORA AND DATABASES USEFUL FOR TRANSLATION PRACTICE;
- DEAL WITH THE BIBLIOGRAPHY RELATED TO LITERARY AND AUDIOVISUAL TRANSLATION.

MAKING JUDGEMENTS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
- CONSIDER LINGUISTIC AND TEXTUAL PHENOMENA AS PROBLEMS TO REFLECT ON;
- CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT TEXT TYPES;
- CRITICALLY ANALYZE TRANSLATIONS RELATED TO THEIR SPECIALIZATION;
- DOCUMENT INDEPENDENTLY AND USING A CRITICAL APPROACH TO DIFFERENT SOURCES.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
- COMMUNICATE AT AN ADVANCED LEVEL IN SPANISH ON COMPLEX TOPICS WHILE ARGUING THEIR POINT OF VIEW;
- CONFIDENTLY DEAL WITH ALL KINDS OF PROFESSIONAL AS WELL AS SOCIAL AND ACADEMIC COMMUNICATIVE SITUATIONS;
- REPRESENT AND COMMUNICATE, USING TEXTS OR VIRTUAL TOOLS, RESULTS OF THEIR OWN RESEARCH OR ELABORATIONS;
- READ AND UNDERSTAND COMPLEX SPECIALIZED TEXTS OF VARIOUS TYPES.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
- USE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS AND COMPUTER ANALYSIS RESOURCES FOR DOCUMENTATION;
- CARRY OUT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX TEXTS RELATED TO THEIR SPECIALIZATION;
- PROCEED TO THE CONTINUOUS UPDATING OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE, USING TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.
Prerequisites
BEFORE TAKING THE EXAM, STUDENTS MUST HAVE PASSED THE SPANISH LANGUAGE IV EXAM AND THE SPANISH LITERATURE IV EXAM.
Contents
LINGUISTIC VARIATION, LESSICOGRAPHY AND TRANSLATION EXAMINED FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CORPUS LINGUISTICS IN SPANISH. REFLECTION ON SOME SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES TO SPANISH LANGUAGE ANALYSIS AND ANALYSIS OF SOME GRAMMATICAL TOPICS BASED ON RECENT GRAMMARS AND ESSAYS. LINGUISTIC CONTENT AND EXERCISES OF LEVEL C1-C2 BASED ON THE "PLAN CURRICULAR DEL INSTITUTO CERVANTES".

MODULE 30 HOURS COMMON TO THE TWO CURRICULA:
IN THE COMMON MODULE, TEACHING AIMS TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF CORPUS LINGUISTICS IN SPANISH BY CONSIDERING THESE TOOLS FOR LEXICAL, GRAMMATICAL AND PRAGMATIC RESEARCH OF VARIOUS KINDS, AS WELL AS FOR PURPOSES RELATED TO THE TEACHING OF SPANISH AS LS/L2 AND TRANSLATION FROM ITALIAN TO SPANISH AND VICE VERSA.

- CORPUS LINGUISTICS IN SPANISH (6H)
- ANALYSIS OF LEXICAL, PHRASEOLOGICAL AND GRAMMATICAL UNITS ON REFERENCE CORPORA (4H)
- STUDY OF VARIATION ON CORPORA (4H)
- DISCOURSE MARKERS: DEFINITIONS AND DELIMITATION CRITERIA (6H)
- THE TRANSLATION OF ITALIAN-SPANISH DISCOURSE MARKERS AND VICE VERSA (4H)
- ANALYSIS ON PARALLEL CORPORA OF SOME CATEGORIES OF DISCOURSE MARKERS (6H)


15H MODULE OF LINGUISTICS AND DIDACTICS OF LANGUAGES CURRICULUM:
IN THE LINGUISTICS AND DIDACTICS OF LANGUAGES CURRICULUM, TEACHING AIMS TO INVESTIGATE THE MEANINGS AND USES OF DISCOURSE MARKERS IN SPANISH BY EXAMINING THEM IN VARIOUS TYPES OF CORPORA FOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING PURPOSES.

- DIAMESIC VARIATION AND THE STUDY OF DISCOURSE MARKERS (4H)
- FUNCTIONS OF DISCOURSE MARKERS (4H)
- IDENTIFICATION AND ANNOTATION OF DISCOURSE MARKERS ON VARIOUS TYPES OF CORPORA (7H)

MODULE 15 HOURS OF THE LITERATURE AND LITERARY TRANSLATION CURRICULUM:

THE "LITERATURE & LITERARY TRANSLATION" MODULE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK ON LITERARY TRANSLATION (5 HOURS). 10 HOURS WILL BE DEDICATED TO TRANSLATION PRACTICE OF NARRATIVE.
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE INVOLVES 125 HOURS OF TEACHING BETWEEN LECTURES AND TUTORIALS (9 CFU).
45 HOURS OF CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION ARE PLANNED, OF WHICH 30 WILL BE BY PROF. IOLANDA ALFANO FOR ALL AND 15 WILL BE CONDUCTED WITH PROF. I. THEINER (FOR THE LITERATURE AND LITERARY TRANSLATION CURRICULUM) OR WITH PROF.SSA I. ALFANO (FOR THE LINGUISTICS AND DIDACTICS OF LANGUAGES CURRICULUM), AND 80 HOURS OF TUTORIALS LED BY THE LANGUAGE ASSOCIATE IN THE LABORATORY.
THE COURSE IS ORGANIZED AS FOLLOWS:
-CLASSROOM LECTURES ON COURSE TOPICS, WITH APPLIED ACTIVITIES (THEORETICAL LECTURES, TEXT ANALYSIS, TRANSLATIONS);
-AUTONOMOUS WORK TO BE DONE AT HOME AND DISCUSSED IN THE CLASSROOM;
-ASSISTED PRACTICAL STUDY ACTIVITIES IN THE CLASSROOM OR LABORATORY WITH THE LANGUAGE EXPERT;
-SELF-STUDY BASED ON THE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND OTHER TOOLS INDICATED.
Verification of learning
THE EXAMINATION CONSISTS OF A WRITTEN TEST AND AN ORAL TEST, ON DIFFERENT DATES ACCORDING TO THE SCHEDULE ESTABLISHED BY THE LECTURERS, WITH THE WRITTEN TEST PREPARATORY TO THE ORAL TEST AND WITH A SINGLE OVERALL FINAL GRADE.
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS MUST PASS A WRITTEN TEST, LASTING 4 HOURS, WHICH WILL REVIEW THE COURSE CONTENT AND WILL BE STRUCTURED AS FOLLOWS: - A DISSERTION IN LANGUAGE ON THE CONTENTS OF THE COMMON MODULE - THE TRANSLATION OF A TEXT FROM SPANISH TO ITALIAN, CHOSEN ACCORDING TO THE SPECIFIC CURRICULUM (THE LITERATURES AND LITERARY TRANSLATION CURRICULUM WILL ADDRESS THE TRANSLATION OF A LITERARY TEXT).
FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS THERE WILL BE ONGOING TESTS THAT REPLACE THE FINAL WRITTEN EXAM AND WORK DONE DURING THE YEAR, WHICH WILL BE EVALUATED FOR THE FINAL EXAMINATION.
STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT EXCEEDED 20% ABSENCES WILL BE CONSIDERED TO BE ATTENDING
PASSING THE WRITTEN TEST IS A PREREQUISITE FOR ACCESS TO THE ORAL TEST.
THE ORAL TEST CONSISTS IN THE DISCUSSION OF THE TOPICS COVERED DURING THE COURSE AND IN THE REVIEW OF THE WORK DELIVERED AND THE WRITTEN TEST WITH APPROFUNDATION QUESTIONS AIMED AT EVALUATING THE KNOWLEDGE OF OWN ERRORS AND THE CAPACITY OF SELF-CURRECTION, AS WELL AS AN EXAMINATION OF LEARNING, METALINGUISTIC REFLECTION AND CONVERSATION THAT WILL ENABLE COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE TO BE CERTIFIED AT A C1-C2 LEVEL OF THE CEFR.
FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE VALIDATION OF DELE CERTIFICATIONS ONE MUST CONSULT THE DEGREE PROGRAM WEB PAGE AND THE CERVANTES INSTITUTE WEBSITE AT: HTTP://CVC.CERVANTES.ES/AULA/DELE/DEFAULT.HTM.

Texts
MODULE 30 HOURS COMMON TO THE TWO CURRICULA:

ROJO, G. (2021). INTRODUCCIÓN A LA LINGÜÍSTICA DE CORPUS EN ESPAÑOL. OXON/NEW YORK: ROUTLEDGE.
MARTÍN ZORRAQUINO, M.A. (2010). LOS MARCADORES DEL DISCURSO Y SU MORFOLOGÍA. IN LOUREDA LAMAS, ÓSCAR / ESPERANZA ACÍN VILLA (A CURA DI), LOS ESTUDIOS SOBRE MARCADORES DEL DISCURSO EN ESPAÑOL, HOY. MADRID: ARCO LIBROS.
LLAMAS SAÍZ, C. (2010). LOS MARCADORES DEL DISCURSO Y SU SINTAXIS. IN LOUREDA LAMAS, ÓSCAR / ESPERANZA ACÍN VILLA (A CURA DI), LOS ESTUDIOS SOBRE MARCADORES DEL DISCURSO EN ESPAÑOL, HOY. MADRID: ARCO LIBROS.
FEDRIANI, C. & GHEZZI, C. (2020). LA TRADUZIONE DI MARCATORI PRAGMATICI DERIVATI DA VERBI DI PERCEZIONE NELLE LINGUE ROMANZE: UN APPROCCIO CONTRASTIVO. INCONTRI LINGUISTICI 43: 161-188.

REFERENCE GRAMMARS:

SOLÍS, I. MATTE BON, F. (2020). INTRODUCCIÓN A LA GRAMÁTICA METAOPERACIONAL, FIRENZE: UNIVERSITY PRESS.

REAL ACADEMIA ESPAÑOLA Y ASOCIACIÓN DE ACADEMIAS DE LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA (2009). NUEVA GRAMÁTICA DE LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA. MORFOLOGÍA Y SINTAXIS. MADRID: ESPASA

SAN VICENTE, F. (DIR.), GRAMÁTICA DE REFERENCIA DE ESPAÑOL PARA ITALÓFONOS, BOLOGNA, CLUEB, HTTPS://GRAMATICA-REFERENCIA.IT/.

LINGUISTICS AND DIDACTICS OF LANGUAGES CURRICULUM:
LÓPEZ SERENA, A., BORREGUERO ZULOAGA, M. (2010). LOS MARCADORES DEL DISCURSO Y LA VARIACIÓN LENGUA HABLADA VS. LENGUA ESCRITA. IN LOUREDA LAMAS, ÓSCAR / ESPERANZA ACÍN VILLA (A CURA DI), LOS ESTUDIOS SOBRE MARCADORES DEL DISCURSO EN ESPAÑOL, HOY. MADRID: ARCO LIBROS.
BORREGUERO ZULOAGA, MARGARITA (2015). A VUELTAS CON LOS MARCADORES DEL DISCURSO: DE NUEVO SOBRE SU DELIMITACIÓN Y SUS FUNCIONES. EN A. FERRARI & L. LALA (EDS.), TESTUALITÀ. FONDAMENTI, UNITÀ, RELAZIONI. FRANCO CESATI, 151-170.

LITERATURE AND LITERARY TRANSLATION CURRICULUM:

CAGNOLATI B.E., GENTILE A.M., SPOTURNO M.L. (2023) PROBLEMAS DE TRADUCCIÓN. ENFOQUES PLURALES PARA SU IDENTIFICACIÓN Y TRATAMIENTO. LA PLATA: EDITORIAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE LA PLATA. HTTPS://WWW.MEMORIA.FAHCE.UNLP.EDU.AR/LIBROS/PM.6335/PM.6335.PDF.

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL WILL BE PROVIDED DURING THE COURSE.
More Information
THE MATERIALS USED IN THE EXERCISES WILL BE INDICATED BY THE LANGUAGE EXPERT DURING EACH SEMESTER. THESE MATERIALS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF EACH STUDENT'S BIBLIOGRAPHY, SO THOSE WHO DO NOT ATTEND THE COURSE ASSIDUOUSLY SHOULD GET IN TOUCH WITH BOTH THE LECTURERS AND THE LANGUAGE EXPERT. NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE LECTURERS AT LEAST TWO MONTHS PRIOR TO THE DATE ON WHICH THEY INTEND TO TAKE THE WRITTEN TEST (WHICH IS PROPEDEUTICAL TO THE ORAL TEST).
Lessons Timetable

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