Undergraduate Course: The masters of the Spanish novel. From the Picaresque to the 20th century (ELCH08016)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | European Languages and Cultures - Hispanic Studies |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course offers a panoramic survey of the development of the Spanish novel in the context of European Literature. The reading list includes some of the most iconic novels by the most acclaimed Spanish novels. The course starts with Lazarillo de Tormes, the first picaresque novel and, according to many critics, the first modern novel. Quevedo&©s Buscón further illustrates the social commitment of the picaresque novel but also the stylistic virtuosity of the literature of the time. Cervantes&©s Exemplary Novels are studied as the beginning of the short story as a genre in Spanish but also as the author&©s delineation of his theory of the novel. After the eighteenth century, the Spanish novel experiences a new transformation with the works of Realist authors. Galdós is regarded as Spain&©s second novelist (after Cervantes); Pardo Bazán is possibly Spanish best female writer. Their novels will introduce the students to the social interests of the Realist and Naturalist novels. Unamuno became the leader of a new generation of writers who, in the twentieth century, endeavoured to transform the novel by distancing themselves from Realism and its social preoccupations. Unamuno&©s novels exemplify all the aesthetical aspirations and the metaphisic concerns of the Modernist age. They also anticipated and perfected many techniques that would later on become the trademark of the novels of the late-twentieth-century. Nobel Laureate Cela was one of the most innovatory novelists of the second half of the twentieth century. The study of all these authors and their more paradigmatic novels will allow students to gain a panoramic insight and appreciation of Spanish literature and to understand them in the context of European literature. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | purchase of primary texts |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | To have taken three years of Spanish literature at university level |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The aim of this course is three-fold; it seeks:
(1) to provide an extensive analysis of Spanish literature from the 16th to the 20th century.
(2) to understand fully and comprehensively the cultural and historical conditions, in Spain and in Europe, that shaped the most acclaimed specimens of the Spanish novel.
In so doing, the course also seeks to improve the learners&© analytical and critical capacities.
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Assessment Information
| 3-hour final exam |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Reading list |
Anonymous, Lazarillo de Tormes (1554). Madrid: Cátedra.
Francisco de Quevedo, Buscón (1526). Madrid: Cátedra.
Miguel de Cervantes, Novelas ejemplares (1613). Madrid: Espasa-Calpe.
Emilia Pardo Bazán, Los pazos de Ulloa (1887). Madrid: Cátedra.
Benito Pérez Galdós, Dona Perfecta (1976). Madrid: Cátedra.
Miguel de Unamuno, Niebla (1914). Madrid: Cátedra.
Camilo José Cela, La familia de Pascual Duarte (1942). Madrid. Espasa-Calpe.
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | Picaresque, Lazarillo, Quevedo, Cervantes, Galdos, Pardo Bazan, Unamuno, Cela |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr John Ardila
Tel: (0131 6)50 3679
Email: j.ardila@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Fiona Scanlon
Tel: (0131 6)50 3646
Email: Fiona.Scanlon@ed.ac.uk |
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