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Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Literary Genres II

Literary Genres II
6
12307
4
Second semester
OB
Main language of instruction: Spanish

Other languages of instruction: Catalan

Teaching staff

Introduction

This subject focuses on the concept of narrative that the authors have been building from the Greek antiquity to our days. The cultural analysis of key aspects of the novel and its world will be debated from works that show different fashions and literary techniques.

Objectives

Understanding and interpreting the diverse literary creations, mostly prose.

Developing their own creative skills through analyzing literary works.

Identifying and recognizing the different formulas and mechanisms typically used in the novel.

Progressing in their ability for critical opinion and esthetic judgment.

Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme

  • CP05 - Students will be able to analyse socio-cultural, historical and artistic structures, from a respect for the fundamental rights of equality between men and women, using language that avoids androcentricity and stereotypes.
  • HB03 - Students will be able to develop a coherent understanding and expression of ideas and arguments, both orally and in writing.
  • HB04 - Students will be able to develop the capacity for analysis, synthesis and critical thinking.
  • HB08 - Students will be able to research different humanistic disciplines based on an analysis and comparison of relevant information.
  • HB12 - Students will be able to adequately and effectively apply methods and techniques specific to different humanities disciplines when problem solving and when elaborating critical and well-founded arguments.
  • HB14 - Students will be able to critically evaluate cultural and humanistic production.
  • HB17 - Students will be able to use data collection tools with a high degree of independence, such as library catalogues, archival inventories, documentary sources, electronic references and other resources.
  • HB19 - Students will be able to analyse original texts or documents in their mother tongue and in other languages, with appropriate summaries and categorisation techniques.

Learning outcomes of the subject

Identification of thematic and stylistic constants in the course of literary history through the comparative study of the various schools of thought and cultural traditions.

Recognition and deciphering the keys of the novelistic genre.

Understanding the structure of the current literary scene in the light of tradition, subjectivity and identity.

Syllabus

1.- Introduction

2.- Theory of the novel and narrative genres

3.- Narrating the subjectivity of Plaute to Montaigne

4.- Novel and literary modernity

5.- The nineteenth century, a novelist boom

6.- The fragmented self in contemporary narrative

7.- Conclusions

Teaching and learning activities

In person



This course will consist of a combination of both theory lessons (exposition of diverse subjects) and practice sessions (oral tests, text analysis, discussions…).

Evaluation systems and criteria

In person



  • Exams (50%)
  • Written literary analysis (30%)
  • Oral literary analysis and debate participation (20%)

Four short exams will represent the 50% of the global evaluation. Literary analysis has two parts: on one hand a written part (30%) and an oral part with a debate (20%). 

Bibliography and resources

Albèrés, R-M. (1966): Metamorfosis de la novela, Madrid, Taurus. 

Allott, M. (ed.) (1960): Los novelistas y la novela, Barcelona, Seix Barral. 

Amorós, A. (1974): Introducción a la novela contemporánea, Madrid, Cátedra. 

Bajtin,M: Teoría y estética de la novela, Madrid, Taurus, 1975.  

Baquero Goyanes, M. (1989): Estructuras de la novela actual, Madrid, Castalia. 

Bobes Naves, Mª del Carmen (1993): La novela, Madrid, Síntesis. 

Bourneuf, R. y Ouellet, R. (1972): La novela, Barcelona, Ariel. 

Chartier, P. (1990): Introduction aux grandes théories du roman, París, Bordas. 

del Prado, J. (1999): Análisis e interpretación de la novela, Madrid, Síntesis. 

Forster, E.M. (1927): Aspectos de la novela, Madrid, Debate. 

García Gual, C. (1972): Los orígenes de la novela, Madrid, Istmo. 

Garrido Domínguez, A. (1996): El texto narrativo, Madrid, Síntesis. 

Lukács, G. (1920): Teoría de la novela, Buenos Aires, Siglo Veinte. 

Pavel, T. (2003): Representar la existencia. El pensamiento de la novela, Barcelona, Crítica. 

Robert, M. (1972): Novela de los orígenes y orígenes de la novela, Madrid, Taurus. 

Sauvage, J. (1965): Introducción al estudio de la novela, Barcelona, Laia. 

Sullà, E. (ed.), Teoría de la novela. Antología de textos del siglo XX, Barcelona, Crítica, 1996.  

Villanueva, D. (1977): Estructura y tiempo reducido en la novela, Barcelona, Anthropos.