SJ1B014 The Realistic and Naturalistic Novel

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/4. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. José Luis Bellón Aguilera, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. José Luis Bellón Aguilera, PhD.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
SJ1A002 Practical Spanish II || SJIA007 Practical Spanish II
B2-C1.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course introduces the student to the world of Spain in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, through the realistic and naturalist novel. However, the focus of the course is the novels. The objective of the course is to take a tour through the Spanish realistic and naturalist novel, syncretizing the external influences (cultural imports and transfers from France and England, Dickens, Balzac, Flaubert, etc.) and the Spanish tradition itself (Quixote, picaresque). It is a course in which the development of literary ideologies from the nineteenth to the twentieth is studied in conjunction with the avatars and historical conflicts that characterize the era of bourgeois revolutions, colonialism and the scientific and philosophical boom of the nineteenth century. A part of the course is the theory of realism and naturalism, which is treated in the course from the texts of the same authors, as well as by critics and theorists.
Learning outcomes
Reading skills are substantially increased, written expression (presentation, examination), oral expression (presentation), capacity for discussion and argumentation on a difficult topic are also increased. Student is also trained in the ability to analyze and comment on texts. The literary vocabulary is improved, as well as the colloquial one (since the novels are "realistic", they include a lot of language and colloquial expressions).
Syllabus
  • Fernán Caballero: La gaviota. • First realists: Juan Valera, José María de Pereda. • Benito Pérez Galdós. • Later realists: Armando Palacio Valdés. • Spanish naturalism: Leopoldo Alas Clarín, Emilia Pardo Bazán.
Literature
    required literature
  • Donald Leslie Shaw, Historia de La Literatura Española, Vol. 5: Siglo XIX (13a. Edicion, 2000). 328 pp. [1973; 1983 revisada por J. C. Mainer]
    not specified
  • ALONSO, Cecilio (2010), Historia de la literatura española 5. Hacia una literatura nacional 1800-1900, Barcelona, Crítica. [839 s.]
  • MAINER, José-Carlos (dir.), José María POZUELO YVANCOS (dir.); Fernando GÓMEZ REDONDO (et al.); (2011), Historia de la literatura española 8. Las ideas literarias (1214-2010), Barcelona, Crítica. [915 s.].
  • MAINER, José-Carlos (2010), Historia de la literatura española 6. Modernidad y nacionalismo 1900-1939, Barcelona, Crítica. [828 s.]
Teaching methods
Conference. Seminar. Comment of texts, presentations.
Assessment methods
Exam. Active participation in the seminars. Mandatory readings
Language of instruction
Spanish
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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