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Study programmes 2011-2012Last update : 12/02/2012
LROM0113-1  Spanish literary texts studies

Duration :  15h Th, 45h Pr
Number of credits :  
Bachelor in modern languages and literatures, general orientation, 1st yearSecond semester7,5
Lecturer :  Alvaro Ceballos Viro
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Course contents :  
Presentation of and lectures on foundational texts in Spanish literature (in French translation), from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. Commentary and critical analysis of required texts, placing them in relation to their historical and social context.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
To develop a critical and attentive reading that will allow students to understand and ideally to participate in the philological and critical discussion concerning masterpieces of Spanish literature. Introduction to certain concepts from narratology and social criticism.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Prior completion of the course in the History of Spanish Literature is highly recommended. In order to understand certain questions and references students should possess at least an intermediate understanding of Spanish language.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Exercises to be done (critical syntheses and essays concerning texts we will be reading) will be assigned at appropriate times.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
This course meets for four hours per week during an entire semester, and about half the meetings will be devoted to working on exercises.

Course is given in French.

See: http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires
Recommended or required readings :  
A syllabus will be made available in paper copies and on the intranet. Compulsory readings (and recommended editions):

- ANONYME: La vie de Lazarillo de Tormes (Paris: Aubier-Flammarion, [1968]; bilingual).

-Félix Lope de VEGA: Fuente Ovejuna (Paris: Flammarion, 1992; bilingual).

-Miguel de CERVANTES: "Le jaloux d'Estrémadoure", "Nouvelle du licencié Vitré", in Nouvelles exemplaires (Paris: LGF (La Pochothèque), 2008; French).

- José ZORRILLA: Don Juan Tenorio (Paris: José Corti, 1997; French).

-Benito PEREZ GALDOS: Misericordia (Paris: Eds. Joëlle Losfeld, 1995; French).

Recommended optional reading:

Pierre VILAR: Histoire de l'Espagne, Paris : PUF (Que sais-je, 275), 2002 [1947], 128 pages.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Reading exercises and a written exam.
Contacts :  
Alvaro CEBALLOS VIRO
Département de Langues et Littératures Romanes
Place Cockerill, 3/5 (A2) - 4000 Liège
Tel. : 04 366 53 89
E-mail : A.CeballosViro@ulg.ac.be

Secretary
Myriam BLUM
Tel. : 04 366 54 66


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