AN ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE OF SPANISH IS REQUIRED

The subject focuses on several contemporary social and cultural events and their impact on the Spanish Literature of Nowadays (emigration, borderlands, utopics and dystopic worlds). The students will study these topics from the point of view of the current literature and of the other comunicate disciplines and materials. The students will learn how to: -Analyze the current Spanish Linguistic and Literaty Culture trought an interdiciplinary perspective. -Apply methodological aims to the proper teaching management and the Spanish teaching in natial an internacional forums. -Develop the skills and strategies to study a representative corpus of current Spanish Literature. -Relate the achievements of Linguistic and Literature to other disciplines. -Recognize and learn the current bibliography on the subject. -Learn the frequent topics of the current Spanish Literature (Identity, migration, borderlands, utopic and dystipic) -Study the diferencte between those frequent topics and those of the classic Literature -Analyze the current Spanish texts representative of these topics.

During the last years, the changes and the perculiarities of the migratory movements in Spain have involved a deep political, social, cultural and economic transformation. On the other hand, they have produced a new imaginay and have brought forward a big reflection about some ethical and relational issues. Many of these thoughts are related with the current performance and narrative creations. So, several topics -identity, borderlands, utopic, dystopic- have been reconsidered. The subject has 4 general axes 1. Utopy. Borderland and Migration 2. Woman, exile, migration and literature 3. Exile and Literature. 4. Dispoty: Science-fiction, unrealistic/fantastic literature, etc. Firsth selection of mean readings. Final readings will be provided at the beginning of the course: Agboton Adigoun, Agnès: Canciones del poblado y del exilio, Barcelona, Viena Ediciones, 2006. Amestoy, Ignacio: Alemania, Artez. Blasco, Lola: En defensa de un teatro político revolucionario, Acotaciones 28 (enero-junio, 2012). Fernando Ángel Moreno (ed.): Prospectivas: antología del cuento de ciencia ficción española actual, Salto de página, 2012. García Benito, Nieves: Por la vía de Tarifa, Madrid, Calambur Editorial, 2000. Goytisolo, Juan: Paisajes después de la batalla, Espasa Calpe Heras, Encarna de las: La orilla rica, Madrid, Centro Nacional de Nuevas Tendencias Escénicas, 1994. Lidell, Angélica: Y los peces salieron a combatir contra los hombres (2004). López Mozo, Jerónimo: Ahlán, Madrid, Ediciones de Cultura Hispánica, 1997. López Mozo, Jeronimo: Yo, maldita India, Madrid, UNED, 2000. Mendicutti, Eduardo: Los novios búlgaros, Barcelona, Tusquets Editores, 1993. Mendiola, J. P.: Harket. Protocolo. Moral, Ignacio del: La mirada del hombre oscuro, Madrid, SGAE, 1992. Moral, Ignacio del: Boniface y el rey de Ruanda ("Rey Negro") y Páginas arrancadas del diario de P, Alicante: V Muestra de Teatro Español de Autores Contemporáneos, 1997. Moruelo, Suso: La frontera Oeste. Abecedario de un inmigrante, Madrid, Caballo de Troya, 2006. Muñoz Molina, Antonio: Sefarad, Madrid, Alfaguara, 2001. Muñoz Molina: <>, en La vida por delante, Madrid, Alfaguara, 2002, págs. 54-57. Orman, Joseph: La aventura de Saïd, Barcelona, Círculo de Lectores, 2001. Ortiz, Lourdes: Fátima de los naufragios: Relatos de tierra y mar, Barcelona, Planeta, 1998. Paco Antonio, de: Alguien silbó (y despertó un centenar de pájaros dormidos. Textos teatrales Marqués de Bradomín, 2007. Sanchis Sinisterra, José: Trilogía americana (El retablo de Eldorado, Lope de Aguirre Traidor, Naufragios de Álvar Núñez), Madrid, Cátedra, 1996. Silva, Lorenzo: Algún día, cuando pueda llevarte a Varsovia, Madrid, Anaya, 1997. VV.AA.: Inmenso estrecho: cuentos sobre inmigración, Madrid, Kailas Editorial, 2005-2006.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES -Master classes -Practical sessions -Work in group -Individual Work METHODOLOGY -Teacher's reports on selected texts -Critical readings (papers, teatrises, plays, short novels and poetry) -Students work in groups -Exhibitions and discussions TUTORIALS The professor are avaliable for helping students during office hours (tutorials)