The course aims to introduce students to a direct knowledge of the most important writers of the early ‘20th  century, in particular the authors of the prestigious Generation of ‘27 , as well as  to be able to face the Spanish literature through a thematic and monographic study.    

In the first place, it will be to approach the most important writers of the early decades of the 20th century, from 98 'to the generation of 27'. Successively  it will examine the theatrical universe of  Federico García Lorca -one of the highest expressions of the Spanish culture of the period-, focusing on the presence of the theme of the search for freedom of the characters of his tragedies.  The texts of the rural trilogy – Bodas de Sangre, Yerma and La Casa de Bernarda Alba- that will be studied are artistic expressions through which Lorca is able to draw a new sense of the tragic.

1.Culture and society  in the Spain of the early 20th  century.

2.The generation of ’27 and the Edad de Plata:  Guillén, Salinas, Alberti, Aleixandre, M. Hernández, Lorca.

3.Introduction to the work of Federico García Lorca .

4.Myth and folklore in Lorca’s tragedies.

5.Garcia Lorca’s tragic trilogy and the representation of the female world: themes, characters, situations, and social environments.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Course books

-F. MEREGALLI, La civiltà spagnola. Profilo storico e storico-letterario, Varese, Mursia, 1974; pp. 171- 213.

-P. VILAR, Historia de España, Barcelona, Crítica, 1986, Capítulo V: pp. 117-158.

-G. BROWN, Historia de la literatura española. 6/1. El siglo XX, Barcelona, Ariel,  2008 (19º  ed. revisada  por J.C. Mainer), pp. 15-46 e pp. 190-222.

-F. RUIZ  RAMÓN, Historia del teatro español. Siglo XX, Madrid, Cátedra, 2005, pp. 173-232.

-E. GWAYNE, El teatro  de Federico García Lorca, Madrid, Gredos, 1983.

-F. GARCÍA LORCA, Bodas  de sangre, Madrid, Cátedra, 2006.

-F. GARCÍA LORCA, Yerma, Madrid, Cátedra, 1999.

-F. GARCÍA  LORCA, La casa de Bernarda Alba, Madrid, Cátedra, 2003.

Assessment

-Spanish Oral exam.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Course books

-M. E. HARRETCHE, Federico García Lorca: análisis de una revolución teatral, Madrid, Gredos, 2000. 

- V. VARELA ÁLVAREZ, “El concepto de tragedia en la trilogía lorquiana”, Stichomythia: Revista de teatro español contemporáneo, 9 (2019), pp. 89-107. http://parnaseo.uv.es/Ars/Stichomythia/stichomythia9/Lorca.pdf 

Assessment

-Spanish Oral exam.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.