History of Hispanic literature

Spanish domain

This course specifically addresses students in Romance languages and literature who wish to obtain a panoramic view of Spanish literature, from the very first written texts in Castilian through to the present day.
This will involve, among other things, the relationship of Spanish troubadour poetry to Provencal song; the differences between French and Spanish metre; the controversial French influence over the culture of the 18th Century in Spain; the Spanish literary myths; the particularly peninsular incarnation of the avant-garde movements; the literary response to 40 years of Franco dictatorship and, if time permits, current trends in the literary market.
This consists of, partly, defining Spanish literature and its relationship to French language literature, but also to become aware of Hispanic particularities, and to present the Spanish authors, their works and themes which particularly marked European literature.
This course may be seen as a Hispanic complement to the 'History of Romance literature'.

Hispano-American domain

History of the spanish-american literatures from the precolumbian times till the XIX Century. Course in spanish.

Spanish domain

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• recognise the most widespread or historically important poetic forms of Spanish literature: sonnet, lira, romance, cuaderna vía, etc.

• chronologically place (albeit approximately) some Spanish texts. For example: when did the Picaresque novel really take off? And when was naturalism introduced to Spain?

• appreciate the importance of some authors and works in the history of Spanish literature. What is, for example, the role played by Garcilaso de la Vega, in the history of poetry? Why was Tirant lo Blanc one of Miguel de Cervantes favourite chivalrous books?

• recognise the originality and importance of some Spanish authors in the European context.

• appreciate the nuances between the definitions of some literary terms.

• provide examples of the relationship between Spanish letters and French literature.

• draft coherent and correct analytical texts (level C1) in Spanish.

Hispano-American domain

The student should know the important stages in the history of spanish-american literature and the important authors and titles. He will read numerous extracts of texts (in the porfolio) and also 3 books.

Spanish domain

Level B2 in Spanish (corresponding to passing the Spanish Language II class as part of the Bachelors in Romance Languages and Literature at the ULg.

Hispano-American domain

Good knowledge of the Spanish language.

Spanish domain

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Hispano-American domain

Ex cathedra.

Spanish domain

Face-to-face.

Hispano-American domain

See http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires


From February till May, Friday 13h30-15h30.

Spanish domain

The syllabus as well as the required reading will be available in digital form on eCampus and/or MyULg.

Hispano-American domain

Portfolio available at the copy shop "Flash Copy" from February on.
Readings:
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- Tzvetan Todorov, La conquista de América. La cuestión de otro.
- Ignacio M.Altamirano, El zarco. Madrid: Cátedra, 2016.

Spanish domain

Written exam.

Hispano-American domain

May-June: written exam about the course and the readings.
Paper (30%) on a topic of history of the spanish-american literatures. The exact rules will be explained during the first session.

Spanish domain

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Spanish domain

This course is given in Spanish.

Hispano-American domain

The language of the course is Spanish.

Spanish domain

Álvaro CEBALLOS VIRO Département de Langues et Littératures Romanes Place Cockerill, 3/5 - Bât. A2 4000 Liège - Belgique E-mail: a.ceballosviro@ulg.ac.be Tlf.: +32 (0) 4366 5389

Hispano-American domain

Département de Langues et littératures romanes Secrétariat Tél. 04 366 56 50
professeur: kristine.vandenberghe@ulg.ac.be