Latin American Spanish (MA)
A.Y. 2023/2024
Learning objectives
The course offers an in-depth overview of the main literary phenomena in Hispano-American contexts, with particular attention to the relationship between aesthetics and politics, between literary and artistic texts, and historical-political contexts of reference. The aim is to provide highly innovative tools and models for the analysis of the structures and forms of narration, applied in particular to the problems of translation, including intersemiotics, and literature teaching.
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge and skills: the student acquires specialized skills in the analysis of contemporary Hispanic American texts and contexts, with particular attention to literary phenomena that intertwine the aesthetic and political dimensions. He or she recognizes independently the literary value of the main texts, in their structural, stylistic and gender specificities. Applied skills: the student is able to use the main critical analysis tools with properties, problematizing them and integrating them with the most current and innovative approaches. Moreover, he refines the communication and reworking skills of the acquired contents, both in written and oral form, he learns to work in a team also with the use of multimedia technologies, he develops the critical spirit and the ability to question traditional theories and methodologies.
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
Remembering the Seventies: cultural and literary representations of political violence in the Southern Cone
The course aims to provide students with a theoretical and critical introduction to the study of the relationship between political violence and cultural representations in the Southern Cone, with particular focus on artistic and literary productions developed in times of crisis, as well as their expression in the new millennium. After a theoretical framing of the problematic of memory and testimony, in its relationship with the arts and literature, the course will focus in particular on the Argentine and Chilean literary and artistic scene during the dictatorships and in contemporary times (from the beginning of the 21st century to the present), through its main exponents. The aim is to analyse, on the one hand, the different modes of testimony in relation to their inheritance and transmission and, on the other, the different possibilities and problems that each particular means of expression entails in relation to the general theme of memory. Initially, the main modes and strategies of "making memory" in different historical and cultural contexts will be analysed. In the second instance, the problem of the transmission of memory will be addressed, considering the context of denunciation in its relationship with the new generations, thanks to a mapping of testimonial voices. Finally, the artistic landscape of dictatorial periods and new forms of testimony through art, performance, film and photography will be analysed.
The course aims to provide students with a theoretical and critical introduction to the study of the relationship between political violence and cultural representations in the Southern Cone, with particular focus on artistic and literary productions developed in times of crisis, as well as their expression in the new millennium. After a theoretical framing of the problematic of memory and testimony, in its relationship with the arts and literature, the course will focus in particular on the Argentine and Chilean literary and artistic scene during the dictatorships and in contemporary times (from the beginning of the 21st century to the present), through its main exponents. The aim is to analyse, on the one hand, the different modes of testimony in relation to their inheritance and transmission and, on the other, the different possibilities and problems that each particular means of expression entails in relation to the general theme of memory. Initially, the main modes and strategies of "making memory" in different historical and cultural contexts will be analysed. In the second instance, the problem of the transmission of memory will be addressed, considering the context of denunciation in its relationship with the new generations, thanks to a mapping of testimonial voices. Finally, the artistic landscape of dictatorial periods and new forms of testimony through art, performance, film and photography will be analysed.
Prerequisites for admission
The course is held in Spanish. The materials and the bibliography of the examination presuppose skills in literary history, use of terminology and critical and textual analysis acquired in previous courses.
Teaching methods
The course adopts the following teaching methods: collaborative seminar lessons. The attending students, coordinated by tutors, will form working groups with foreign colleagues in order to produce texts and posters that will be evaluated by the teachers. The course is articulated through co-presence sessions (joint class) via Zoom, for which a particular flexibility of schedule is required.
Teaching Resources
In progress
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam consists of an individual interview, which includes questions asked by the teacher, interactions between teacher and student and the analysis and commentary of one or more passages taken from the works in the program. The interview, in Spanish language, lasts about 20 minutes. The interview aims to verify the knowledge of the texts studied, the ability to contextualize authors and works, the ability to analyze the text, the ability to exposition, the accuracy in the use of specific terminology, the ability to reflect critically and personally on the proposed themes. The final grade is expressed in thirtieths, and the student has the right to reject it (in which case it will be recorded as "withdrawn"). For the students attending, there will be introduced in itinere tests, at the end of the different modules, and presentations of written and oral group work.
Other information:
International students or Erasmus incoming students are invited to contact the teacher of the course in advance.
Examination procedures for students with disabilities and/or DSA must be agreed with the teacher, in agreement with the competent office. The course is valid until February 2025.
Other information:
International students or Erasmus incoming students are invited to contact the teacher of the course in advance.
Examination procedures for students with disabilities and/or DSA must be agreed with the teacher, in agreement with the competent office. The course is valid until February 2025.
L-LIN/06 - LATIN AMERICAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
Professor:
Scarabelli Laura
Professor(s)