Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
Spanish language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The aim of this course is to develop research and popularization skills based on Spanish literary texts. It forms an introduction to literary criticism, although a certain form of creativity and reflective distance is maintained in relation to the paradigms of scientific writing and interpretations that are the subject of consensus.
We shall read a series of texts written by two Spanish authors at the end of the 20th century: Ana María Matute (1925-2014, Cervantes Prize) and Camilo José Cela (1916-2002, Nobel Prize).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of this quadrimester, students should be able to:
- elaborate (individually or collectively) relevant questions concerning the texts by these authors;
- reconstruct the critical panorama of their works;
- formulate interpretations based on the insertion of one of these texts in a particular discursive universe;
- develop skills specific to argumentation in Spanish;
- present the results of this process of reflection and research both orally and in writing.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
B2 level Spanish, spoken and written. Students will ideally have a general knowledge of the various eras of contemporary Spanish literature and history, as well as basic skills relating to narratological analysis. Students should preferably have taken the course 'Introduction to Spanish history and literature' (LLM), 'History of Hispanic literature' (LLR/LLM) or 'Spanish literary text studies' (LLM).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Writing of interpretive texts.
Production of oral syntheses, in Spanish, from different documents.
Discussions, flipped classroom and lectures.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face.
Recommended or required readings
Required reading:
Ana María Matute: selected chapters of Los niños tontos (1956, on eCampus) (*)
Ana María Matute: Historias de la Artámila (1961). (*)
Camilo José Cela: Café de artistas (1953, on eCampus)
Camilo José Cela: La familia de Pascual Duarte (1942).
Camilo José Cela: selected chapters of La colmena (1951, on eCampus)
Other short texts, on eCampus.
(*) Due to editorial availability, these books have also been recently studied in another course; in the event that a student has already read them, an alternative title will be proposed.
The dates in brackets refer to the first edition. Logically, any later edition is suitable.
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Given the dynamic characteristics of this course and the implementation of a partially flipped classroom, assessment will be continuous. Each activity, written or oral, will have a progressive value in a weighted average. The last exercise will be done in the classroom and will have a 40% weight in the final grade. Severe grammatical deficiencies in this last exercise may lead to failure.
Assessment criteria for texts: accuracy of analysis, respect of the text, originality of the observations, rhetorical coherence, accuracy of grammar and spelling.
Evaluation criteria for oral performances: depth of insight, sharpness of observations, phonological accuracy.
Students needing to retake the exam in august may submit new versions of the written work produced during the term.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
This cours will be taught in Spanish.
Contacts
Alvaro CEBALLOS VIRO Département de Langues et Littératures Romanes Place Cockerill, 3/5 (A2) - 4000 Liège Phone: 04 366 53 89 E-mail: A.CeballosViro@uliege.be
Items online
Online Notes
Notes available on eCampus.