The Great Spanish Literary Myths from the Middle Ages to the Spanish Golden Age

lrom1531  2017-2018  Louvain-la-Neuve

The Great Spanish Literary Myths from the Middle Ages to the Spanish Golden Age
4 credits
30.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Fabry Geneviève;
Language
Spanisn
Prerequisites
Prerequisite : Spanish language courses I, II, and III

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Main themes
After a theoretical introduction about the notion of  "literary myth", the course will focus on five works of the Spanish Middle Ages and of Golden Century, which stage  in a genial way the five selected literary myths: El Cid, La Celestina, El Pícaro, Don Quijote and Don Juan; Cantar de mio Cid ; Fernando de Rojas, La Celestina. Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea ; Lazarillo de Tormes ; Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quijote de la Mancha ; Tirso de Molina, El burlador de Sevilla y convivado de piedra.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

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The course means to offer an introduction to some of the main figures handed down by  Spanish literature  to western culture and which have become literary myths.
At the  end of this course,   the students will be able to
-analyze and comment the key works  related to the studied mythic figures
-analyze and  re-semantize   these figures in modern and contemporary works of art
 

 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The contextual elements will be reduced to a maximum to focus on the reading and on the understanding of the works.  The analyses of texts will alternate with more encyclopedic conferences.  During  the exercise sessions, the students will deepen some aspects (for instance the study of more recent works, not only literary but also pictorial or cinematographic) in order to develop at the same time their speaking and above all writing skills.
Teaching methods
Magistral and practical sessions
Evaluation methods
A final written exam, combined with continuous assessment during the exercises.
Other information
Resources: A syllabus, an anthology of texts, and the Hisp@cultura platform.
Bibliography
La bibliographie complète est disponible dans le syllabus LROM1531
Faculty or entity
ROM


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Bachelor in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : General

Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures : General

Minor in Medieval Studies

Minor in Literary Studies

Minor in Spanish Studies