A HIGH KNOWLEDGE OF SPANISH LANGUAGE IS REQUIRED (SPANISH EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY LEVEL IS REQUIRED: C1 INSTITUTO CERVANTES)

In this subject we approach the great literary topics, themes and currents from the XVI to the XX century through a series of creative works. The students will learn how to: -Know the characteristic features of the Literature -Know the main trends in Modern and Contemporary Lterature. -To analyse a literary text and relate it to other artistic manifestations. -To present and argue the results of the analysis carried out on texts and the comparison between literary trends and authors. -To develop constructive habits of group work. -Encouragethe their creativity.

K3: Understand the theoretical and conceptual foundations of the main humanistic disciplines K4: To know the historical development of the main manifestations of universal culture, as well as their interrelations, in their various contexts K5: To learn about the main artistic, literary and creative movements and their influence on society, with special attention to their representation, preservation and digital dissemination S3: Analyze literary, philosophical, historical, and artistic texts from a critical and contextualized perspective S10: Formulate complex, well-founded and persuasive critical reasoning, and know how to defend it orally and in writing, on humanistic matters

The programme is divided into seven sections, which correspond to a chronological periodisation but also to a thematic criterion; in other words, synchronic and diachronic perspectives are combined on the understanding that certain topics linked to modernity are presented as a constant over time. The programme is based on the reading of certain creative works in Europe, with special attention to Spanish literature based on the most representative genres of each period. We will also look at literature written by women and/or featuring female characters in order to approach their literary construction. This implies the essential reading of a series of works with the consequent work inside and outside the classroom. Students should bring copies of the readings to class. Thematic lines: 1. Humanism and the new modern sensibility 2. The birth of the modern novel and theatre: the baroque crisis. 3. The encounter with the other: autonomy, humanity and universality. 4. Romantic Spirit and Subjectivity: Rebellion and Passion 5. Portraying Reality: Towards Naturalism 6. Literature on the warpath 7. Literature as commitment and experimentation Indicative list of authors to be covered in the course: AAVV: Selección de composiciones de varias/os poetas (siglos XVI-XX). Albert Camus: El primer hombre Benito Pérez Galdós: Tormento Bertolt Brecht: Terror y miseria del Tercer Reich; La evitable ascensión de Arturo Ui. Carlo Goldoni: Arlequín, servidor de dos amos Emilia Pardo Bazán: Un viaje de novios; La cuestión palpitante Faustina Sáez de Melgar: La cadena rota Feliciana Enríquez de Guzmán: Las gracias mohosas George Sand (Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin): Un invierno en Mallorca; La marquesa Goethe: Fausto Gustave Flaubert: Madame Bovary Heinrich Von Kleist: Michael Kohlaas Jorge Semprún: La escritura o la vida José de Cadalso: Cartas marruecas Jules Verne: La vuelta al mundo en 80 días; París en el siglo XX Leonardo Sciascia: Cándido o un sueño siciliano Luisa Carnés: Tea rooms Marie Shelly: Frankenstein o El moderno Prometeo; El último hombre Mercè Rodoreda: La plaza del diamante Miguel de Cervantes: Novelas ejemplares. Selección Mme Stäel (Anne-Louise Germaine Necker): Alemania Raymond Queneau: Zazie en el metro; Ejercicios de estilo Samuel Beckett: Esperando a Godot Simone de Beauvoir: La mujer rota; Memorias de una joven formal Tirso de Molina: Don Gil de las calzas verdes. Voltaire: Cuentos. Selección William Shakespeare: Tragedias completas. Selección Zola: La taberna, Nana, Germinal, El paraíso de las damas In addition to the essential and common readings, each student will read 2 other works from a list of complementary readings (basic bibliography) . The definitive list will be provided at the beginning of the academic year. For the common ones, the recommended paper edition will be provided. In addition, in Basic electronic resources of this file, students can find links to libraries / digitized collections that have some of these readings.

Methodology: Each week there will be 2 sessions (90minutes each one). The following will be worked on in the sessions: A) Presentation of theoretical, historical-conceptual, aesthetic and methodological contents for the study of the topics, authors and works of the period under study. Debate sessions and recapitulation of contents. B) Literary analysis of the compulsory works of the period studied and preparation of literary commentaries on selected texts from the programme, among other proposals for practical activities. * Formative activities: These include: A) Reading of reference literary texts. Compulsory readings common to all students and 2 complementary readings. B) Individual and/or group work: Preparation and presentation of oral presentations in debate sessions and summing up of conclusions. C) Literary discussion. * Tutorials: Tutorials may be individual or collective. They will provide guidance for the critical reading of the works in the programme and for the selection and study of the complementary bibliography that the student must use in the preparation of the practical activities programmed in the course. Type of tutorials: face-to-face and/or online.