Comparative Studies in Iberian Literature
Objectives
a) To develop skills in knowledge of the literatures of the Iberian Peninsula, from the perspective of comparative literature.
b) To depth knowledge of the respective social and historical-artistic-literary, national, Iberian and European contexts.
c) To know the contexts which determine those constructions.
d) To study the proposed texts to prepare a personal investigation.
e) To produce work of textual analysis and theoretical reflection, applying the knowledge acquired.
General characterization
Code
722111040
Credits
10.0
Responsible teacher
Isabel Rute Araújo Branco
Hours
Weekly - 3
Total - 280
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
Bowers, Maggie Ann. 2004. Magic(al) Realism, Routledge, New York.
Guillén, Claudio. 2005. Entre lo uno y lo diverso. Introducción a la Literatura Comparada (ayer y hoy), Tusquets Editores, Barcelona.
Gracia, Jordi (ed.).2004. La llegada de los bárbaros: la recepción de la narrativa hispanoamericana en España, 1960-1981. EDHASA, Barcelona.
Melo, João de. 1998. «Gabriel García Márquez e o Realismo Mágico Latino-Americano», Camões. Revista de Letras e Culturas Lusófonas, n.º 2,.
Rico, Francisco (coord.). 2001. Historia y Crítica de la Literatura Española, Ed. Crítica, Barcelona,
Saramago, José. 1992. «A Península Ibérica entre a Europa e a América Latina», Revista Vértice, n.º 47.
Silva, Teresa Cristina Cerdeira da. 1989. José Saramago. Entre a História e a Ficção: Uma Saga de Portugueses, Dom Quixote, Lisboa.
Simson, Ingrid (ed.), 2007. América en España: influencias, intereses, imágenes, Iberoamericana/Vervuert, Frankfurt.
Teaching method
The seminars have a theoretical-practical nature with a strong participatory component on the part of the students. The practical component will be highlighted by the oral interventions of the students and the commented analysis of literary problems.
Evaluation method
Evaluation Method - 1- Oral presentations in the seminars of readings and research results on the objectives of the seminar and its group discussion (40%), 2- Written presentation and oral discussion of a final, individual work, including bibliography (from 12 to 15 pages), guided by the teacher.(60%)
Subject matter
1. Comparative Literature and Iberian Literature.
2. The magical realism concept.
3. Magical realism origines: popular traditions, everyday practices, beliefs and mentalities, culture and literature throughout the centuries.
4. The processes of reception of Spanish-American magical realism in the Iberian Peninsula in the 20th and 21st centuries.
5. Contemporary Iberian Literatures:
a) Mário de Carvalho (Os Casos do Beco das Sardinheiras, A Inaudita Guerra da Avenida Gago Coutinho e Contos da Sétima Esfera); e José Saramago (A Jangada de Pedra).
b) Álvaro Cunqueiro (Merlín e família); Bernardo Atxaga (Bi anai - Dos hermanos); e Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín (Arraianos).
Programs
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