European Literature I (20026)
Degree/study: Degree in Humanities
Year: 3rd
Term: 2nd
Number of ECTS credits: 5 credits
Hours of studi dedication:
Teaching language or languages: Spanish
Teaching Staff: Josep M. Micó (lectures), Domingo Ródenas (lectures and seminars), Begoña Capllonch (seminars)
1. Presentation of the subject
Based on reading and analysing some of the most important works by Petrarch, Cervantes and Shakespeare, the course is an introduction to the characteristics of the main literary genres - poetry, novel and theatre - from the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern period.
2. Competences to be attained
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Specific competences |
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1. Ability to read and understand complex texts both formally and semantically. Ability to identify the implicit information in the text. 2. Ability for analysis and synthesis. 3. Ability to write in the first language. 4. Abstract reasoning and ability to create conceptual networks around a specific topic. Understanding the interrelationship among literature, art, history and thought. 5. Ability in treating and managing information. 6. Knowledge of cultural diversity. 7. Ability to have an ethical reflection about human behaviour. 8. Ability to formulate aesthetic judgements. 9. Adaptation to group work based on comparing different viewpoints reasonably. |
1. Knowledge of the principal texts in western literary history, from the Middle Ages to the 18th century. 2. Ability to understand and interpret complex literary texts within their historical, social and cultural context. 3. Ability to analyse formal structures in different literary genres. 4. Ability to recognise the main features in a classical or canonical literary work and to identify its continuities and innovations. 5. Critical reading. Ability to establish interrelationships within a text and with contemporary, previous and later texts. |
3. Contents
Unit 1. Poetry: from troubadours to Petrarch.
Unit 2. The birth of the essay: Montaigne
Unit 3. Novel: El Quijote by Cervantes
Unit 4. Theatre: King Lear by Shakespeare
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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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