The course aims to highlight the strong impact that the Civil War (1936-39) took on the collective imagination of Spanish and Latin American artists. Poems by representative poets of the time, which have as their theme the horrors of the war, will be analyzed. Following this will be a study of Francoism and its repercussions on Spanish culture up to the economic takeoff of the 1960s. A part of the course will be devoted to an analysis of some compositions by Latin American poets in relation to some significant historical and cultural events such as the exile of Spanish intellectuals, the Cuban revolution and postmodernism. The last part will be devoted to the delicate period of the Transition following Franco's death.

Spanish Civil War poetry.

1. The Second Republic as a preamble to the Civil War.

2. Civil war and Romancero: the Spanish war through reading the war verses of some poets. Myths of the war.

3. Franchism and its repercussions on Spanish culture. Poems of desarraigo and exile.

4. Latin American poetry of the 20th century. Selection of poems by key authors from modernism to postmodernism.

5. Transition and Constitution. Contemporary Spain.

-Knowledge and understanding (knowledge and understanding) of content and problems characteristic of the discipline (historiographical framework of literary genres under study, authors and issues concerning twentieth-century Spanish culture, etc.).
-Applied knowledge and understanding (applying knowledge and understanding) according to possible professional and work-related fields. Textual analysis activities will take into account the specificities related to the teaching of the subject.
-Autonomy of judgment (making judgements), fostering autonomy in making choices and organizing study, formulating hypotheses and solving problems, developing critical arguments and autonomous judgments.
-Communication skills (communication skills) in clearly conveying knowledge, ideas, problems and solutions to expert and non-expert interlocutors, with the use of appropriate language register.
-Learning skills (learning skills) honing previous study skills independently, with appropriate critical maturity.

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

Teaching

Frontal lectures.

Course books

- AA. Vv., Nuevo manual de literatura española e hispanoamericana, Novara, Petrini Editore 2005, pp. 131-292.

‑ Darconza, Giovanni, La grande poesia ispanoamericana, selez. e trad. di G. Darconza, Rimini, Raffaelli Editore, 2018.

- Darconza, Giovanni, Poesia della guerra civile spagnola. Antologia e introd. di G. Darconza, Roma, Aracne 2007.

- Garosci, Aldo, “Lorca, Alberti Hernández”, da Gli intellettuali e la guerra di Spagna, Torino, Einaudi 1959, pp. 27-54. (Disponibile in PDF)

‑ Huidobro, Vicente, Manifesti. Manifiestos, intr. e trad. di G. Darconza, Rimini, Raffaelli Editore, 2024.

Assessment

Oral exam.

attending students are asked to demonstrate:

-   to have a good knowledge of the course program (50% of the final evaluation).

-   their capacity to apply the acquired concepts to the analysis and the critical evaluation of didactic materials (30% of the final evaluation).

-   to understand and speak properly in the Spanish language (20% of the final evaluation).

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

Non-attending students should also read

     ‑ Browne, Harry, La guerra civile spagnola, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2000.

     ‑ Darconza, Giovanni, L’ascolto del silenzio. Nuove voci della poesia ispanoamericana, selez. e trad. di G. Darconza, Senigallia, Ventura Edizioni 2023.

     ‑ Di Febo, Giuliana e Juliá, Santos, Il franchismo, Roma, Carocci, 2003.

Additional bibliographic guidance will be provided during the course.

Assessment

Oral exam.

students are asked to demonstrate:

-   to have a good knowledge of the course program (50% of the final evaluation).

-   their capacity to apply the acquired concepts to the analysis and the critical evaluation of didactic materials (30% of the final evaluation).

-   to understand and speak properly in the Spanish language (20% of the final evaluation).

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.