Selected Chapters of Spanish Literature

Teachers

Included in study programs

Teaching results

Knowledge:
• Acquire knowledge of the main lines of development in the history of Spanish literature, their most important representatives and their works.
• The course is primarily aimed at acquiring knowledge of the development of Spanish literature and its most important stages. In addition to acquiring knowledge of the history of Spanish literature, students will also acquire generally applicable knowledge, broaden their cultural horizons and understand the connections between socio-historical and literary phenomena and events. By gaining an overview of particular movements and specific literary works, students will develop personal attitudes toward events and their reflections in literature. The knowledge given is also applicable in subsequent courses and fields of study.
Competencies:
• Deepen critical thinking through reading and analyzing specific literary texts;
• Understanding of basic terminology in literary theory and its correct use in the analysis of literary works;
• the competence to characterize different literary movements, currents and schools and to abstract these characteristics from a specific literary text;
• competence in the linguistic analysis of a text on the basis of knowledge of the historical, social and cultural background of the period.
Skills:
• Skill in applying the techniques of literary text analysis - determining the external and internal structure of a text, the type of narrator, classifying and characterizing characters, literary space, etc.;
• the ability to analyse and express a critical opinion on representative works by selected authors of different literary movements;
• the ability to relate a literary text to a particular literary period, movement or school;
• Skill in intercultural approach to literature - the influence of world literatures on Spanish literature and vice versa.

Indicative content

- Spanish medieval and Renaissance literature
- The Golden Age of Spanish Literature
- Spanish literature in the Classical period
- Spanish literature in the Romantic period
- Spanish literature in the modernist period, generation 98
- Twentieth century novel

Support literature

Support literature:
Required:
1. TORRI, J. La literatura española. Madrid: Fondo de Cultura Económica de España. 2014
2. BOJNIČANOVÁ, R. Panorama de la literatura española. Bratislava: UK v Bratislave. 2015
3. GARCÍA, L. Historia de la literatura española. Barcelona: Vicens Vives. 1994
Optional:
1. CANAVAGGIO, J., DARBORD, B. Historia de la literatura española: La Edad Media. Barcelona: Ariel. 1994
2. REY MÉNDEZ, S. El comentario de textos literarios: teoría y práctica. Lugo: Axac. 2015

Requirements to complete the course

Requirements to complete the course:
Interim evaluation: 40%
Final evaluation: 60%

Student workload

Full-time study: 104 hours. Of which:
26 hours – attendance at seminars
30 hours – preparation for seminars and for the interim evaluation
48 hours – preparation for the final exam

Language whose command is required to complete the course

Spanish

Date of approval: 09.02.2023

Date of the latest change: 05.05.2022