Catalan Literature (20023)

Degree/study: Degree in Humanities
Year: 2nd
Term: 3rd
Number of ECTS credits: 6 credits
Hours of studi dedication: 150 hours
Teaching language or languages: Catalan
Teaching Staff: Drs. Narcís Garolera (coord.), Miquel M. Gibert i Ignasi Moreta

1. Presentation of the subject

The subject provides a general vision of the great written works of contemporary Catalan writers.

This subject aims to familiarize students with the most notable works of contemporary Catalan literature. This goal will be achieved through the readings of representative texts written by the most prominent writers of this period.

In order to succeed, it will be necessary to be able to write in correct Catalan.

2. Competences to be attained

General Competences	Specific competences
1. Artistic and cultural skills	1. Identifying periods, movements, authors and works of Catalan literature in the course of its history.
2. Capacity to connect literature with history, art and thought	2. Interpreting literary texts by using both signs in the text and objective information about them (period, author and literary context).
3. Catalan language skills at the level expected from a person in possession of a Degree in Humanities.	3. Identifying essential connections between Catalan literary production and the production in Europe during the same period.
4. Analytical skills regarding literary works.	4. Using clear criteria to analyse and evaluate the studied texts.
5. Capacity to connect specific knowledge with general theoretical knowledge.	5. Using the recommended bibliography to understand and analyse the aesthetics of Catalan literary tradition.
6. Capacity to identify cultural and ideological information in texts.
7. Skills in using information sources of different knowledge fields.
8. Critical discourse organisation and planning skills.
9. Global visions of social, historical, artistic and, literary phenomena.

3. Contents

1. Romanticism: Jacint Verdaguer, Àngel Guimerà

 

2. Modernism: Joan Maragall, Víctor Català

 

3. Noucentisme (Catalan writing movement of the early 20th century):

Guerau de Liost, Josep Carner

 

4. Writters who didn't get involved in the Noucentisme: Josep M. de

Sagarra, Josep Pla

 

5. From pure poetry to surrealism: Carles Riba, J. V. Foix

6. The psychological novel: Mercè Rodoreda y Llorenç Villalonga  

Compulsory readings

Jacint Verdaguer, Canigó (Quaderns Crema, 1997)

Joan Maragall, El Comte Arnau (Educaula, 2010)

Josep M. de Sagarra, Vida privada (Tres i Quatre, 1997)

Josep Pla, El quadern gris: una tria (Destino, 1997)

 

*The full version with the sections 4. Assessment, 5. Bibliography and teaching resources, 6. Methodology and 7. Planning of activities is available in the original version.

4. Assessment

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5. Bibliography and teaching resources

5.1. Basic bibliography

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5.2. Complementary bibliography

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5.3. Teaching resources

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6. Metodology

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7. Planning of activities

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