
Narrative: From Víctor Català to Mercè Rodoreda
Code: 105838Credits: 6
| Degree programme | Type | Course |
|---|---|---|
| Catalan Philology: Literary Studies and Linguistics | OB | 2 |
| English and Catalan Studies | OP | 3 |
| English and Catalan Studies | OP | 4 |
| Catalan and Spanish Studies | OP | 3 |
Contact lecturer
- Name :
- Núria Santamaria Roig
- Email :
- nuria.santamaria@uab.cat
Group languages
You can consult this information at the end of the document.
Prerequisites
It is advisable to have studied 'Moviments literaris del Modernisme a la Postmodernitat' and 'Gèneres literaris i societat contemporània' (Filologia Catalana: Estudis de Literatura i Lingüística program).
Objectives
The course aims to describe and analyze some significant samples of Catalan twentieth century narrative (novel and short story). From the perspective of the history of literature, this course will focus on the contextual elements essential to understand and value some of the most representative examples of literature of the period. Some significant literary works will be studied and discussed alongside some examples of contemporary criticism, with the aim of contextualizing debates and proposals that decisively conditioned the evolution of the genre. At the end of the course, the student must be able to:
a) Demonstrate basic knowledge about the history of 20th-century Catalan narrative.
b) Show the right level of reading comprehension and analysis of literary works and criticism texts.
c) Produce written and oral texts that analyze literary works taking into account the particularities of the genre and the contextual issues.
d) Use appropriately some basic resources for the search of information in the literary field.
e) Use properly secondary resources.
f) Express an informed assessment of the texts studied.
Learning outcomes
- Write text commentaries from a critical standpoint.
- Identify principal and secondary ideas and express them using correct language.
- Identify the relationships between literature and history, art and other cultural movements.
- Identify the key elements of Western cultural tradition from the 19th century to the present day.
- Comment on literary texts, using the instruments acquired, with regard to the historical, social and cultural context.
- Critically interpret literary works, taking into account the relationships between the different areas within literature and their relationship to humanistic, artistic and social areas.
- Produce normatively correct written and oral texts.
- Use technological resources (digital and audiovisual) to acquire knowledge and apply it in language and literature.
- Produce written work and oral presentations that are effective and framed in the appropriate register.
- Gain a greater capacity for reading, interpreting and critically analysing literary and linguistic texts.
- Make appropriate use of the knowledge acquired in order to collect data and handle documentary sources in the study of Catalan language and literature.
- Respect the opinions, values, behaviour and customs of others.
- Plan, organise and carry out work in a team.
- Use IT tools and be able to consult specific documentary sources.
- Master oral and written expression in Catalan.
- Produce work in accordance with academic ethics.
- Write original essays, showing mastery of the relevant literature and of contemporary authors and works.
- Describe the historical context of contemporary Catalan literature and relate works to their historical and cultural context.
- Write historical interpretative essays on the contemporary literary tradition.
- Present and explain overall perspectives on phenomena of contemporary Catalan literature.
- Recognise literary texts from philological and comparative standpoints, apply these criteria to texts in contemporary Catalan literature and write analyses of the literary language of contemporary Catalan texts.
- Discern the sex/gender factor in the configuration of the literary canon.
- Identify the main and secondary ideas and express them with linguistic correctness.
- Develop effective written work and oral presentations and adapted to the appropriate register.
- Strengthen the capacity of reading, interpretation and critical analysis of literary texts and language.
- Properly apply the knowledge gained to data collection and management of documentary sources application to the study of Catalan language and literature.
- Work independently in the synchronic and diachronic study of Catalan language and literature.
- Produce written and oral texts with correction rules.
- Maintain an attitude of respect for the opinions, values, behaviors and practices of others.
- Identify relationships between literature and history, art and other cultural movements.
- Comment on literary texts, apply the acquired tools and take into account the historical and sociocultural context.
- Critically interpret literary works take into account the relationships between different areas of literature and its relationships with human, artistic and social areas.
- Apply the tools and know consult the specific documentary sources.
- Use the appropriate terminology in the construction of an academic text and in the transmission of their knowledge.
- Justify the characteristics of the texts and literary periods under study in different types of academic writing (written exams, academic papers, summaries and reviews).
- Produce critical texts on the main trends, the most significant authors and the most representative works in Catalan literature.
- Interpret Western cultural tradition from the 19th century to the present day, pinpointing features of the Western tradition in a contemporary text.
- Expose knowledge about the history, art and other cultural movements.
- Recognise the principles of the discipline of study and its main sources.
- Use appropriate terminology in the construction of an academic text.
- Comment on a text taking into account the figures of thought and expression.
- Critically interpret literary works taking into account their historical and social context.
- Elaborate summaries or reviews of academic works.
- Critically interpret bibliography.
- Write and present academic works.
- Recognise the main periods of Western literary history and their general features.
- Write a summary of contents in a coherent and cohesive way.
- Identify the main arguments of a written text.
- Produce advanced-level critical texts on the most significant trends, authors and works in Catalan literature.
- Write complex original essays, showing mastery of the relevant literature, on contemporary authors and works.
- Relate an author to his or her period and its literary features.
- Recognize literary texts from philological bases and comparatists apply to the texts of contemporary Catalan literature and writing analysis of contemporary Catalan literary language texts.
- Analyse literary texts from philological and comparative standpoints, and identify literary language models in contemporary Catalan texts.
- Detail the structure of a specific literary production.
- Recognise the literary sources of a text.
- Know how to comment critically on a text from a basic analytical reading.
- Write historical interpretative essays, at an advanced level, on the contemporary literary tradition.
- Present and explain overall perspectives on phenomena of contemporary Catalan literature.
- Identify the features of the literary genres of Realism and Modernism.
- Describe the main characteristics of a specific literary genre.
- Identify the literary themes of a text.
- Organise content clearly and appropriately for oral presentation.
- Identifying the main and secondary ideas and expressing them with linguistic correctness.
- Identifying the relationships of literature with history, art or other cultural movements.
- Identifying the key elements of the Western culture from the 19th century to the present.
- Commenting on literary texts, applying the acquired tools and taking into account the historical and sociocultural context.
- Critically interpreting literary works taking into account the relationships between the different areas of literature and its relationships with human, artistic and social areas.
- Apply the tools and know consult the documentary sources.
- Incorporate ideas and concepts from published sources into work, citing and referencing appropriately.
- Demonstrate a solid knowledge of subjects related to the study of Literature and Culture in general.
- Organise the autonomous component to the learning process in an effective manner.
- Analyse the fundamental aspects of ethical conduct and the challenges this poses to a culturally diverse environment.
- Express oneself effectively by applying argumentative and textual procedures in formal and scientific texts, in the language studied.
- Rigorously assess the values conveyed by the texts analysed, making constructive criticism.
- Rigorously approach the values conveyed by the texts analysed, carrying out constructive criticism.
- Integrate knowledge and information from academic sources consulted for written work, citing, referencing and paraphrasing correctly.
Contents
1. The crisis of Naturalism and the crisis of the novel.
1.1. Novel and storytelling: the search for new forms
1.2. The narrative models of Modernism.
2. The narrative during the Noucentisme.
2.1. Arbitrary aesthetics and attempts to adapt narrative genres.
2.2. Parallel initiatives: consumer literature.
3. The narrative between 1925 and 1939.
3.1. The debate on the novel and the literary market.
3.2. New narrative models.
4. The postwar period.
4.1. The voices of exile.
4.2. Narrative strategies from the inside: recompositions and innovations.
5. The 60s: mythifications and engagement.
6. The last section of the century: generational and gender narratives. Integrated and dissidents.
* Contents and compulsory books will be exposed in detail on the first day of the course. Both will be uploaded to the Virtual Campus as well.
Learning activities and methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and personal study | 46.5 | 1.86 | 6, 10, 12, 16, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 29, 30, 32, 37, 39, 42, 44, 46, 52, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76 |
| Oral presentation on examples of criticism following a script overseen by the teacher. | 11 | 0.44 | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 70, 72, 73, 74, 76 |
| Search and systematisation of bibliographic and documentary sources. | 19 | 0.76 | 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 33, 39, 44, 47, 48, 63, 67, 68, 71, 72, 75, 76 |
| Lectures and contextualization of selected texts. | 35 | 1.4 | 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 18, 20, 21, 22, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61, 64, 65, 67, 70, 74, 75, 76 |
| Production of texts analysis under the teacher's guidance. | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76 |
| Discussions on selected books and texts. | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 61, 62, 63, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76 |
Lectures
Text comments
Debates
Self- study
Assessment
Continuous assessment activities
| Title | Weight | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Individual or group) Exercises | 40% | 3 | 0.12 | 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 56, 57, 61, 62, 63, 66, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76 |
| Participation and contribution | 10% | 3 | 0.12 | 2, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31, 37, 39, 40, 42, 53, 54, 56, 61, 62, 63, 66, 73, 74, 75 |
| Written exam | 50% | 2.5 | 0.1 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76 |
To pass the course, a minimum score of 5 is required. The course assessment is the sum of the percentages for all assessment activities.
Students will obtain a Not assessed/Not submitted course grade unless they have submitted more than 1/3 of the assessment items.
The correct use of the language will be taken into account in the evaluation. Papers will not be admitted after the deadline.
In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students can access these virtual tools or offer feasible alternatives.
In the event that a student commits any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded for an assessment activity, the student will receive a zero for that activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of multiple irregularities in the assessment activities for the same subject, the student will receive a zero as the final grade for that subject.
Review procedures: When carrying out each evaluation activity, lecturers will inform students (on Moodle) of the procedures to follow for reviewing all grades awarded and the date on which the review will take place.
Students have the right to review their exercises with the teacher in a personal tutorial on the set dates, no later than two weeks after the exercise/exam is marked.
The exam (50%) is eligible for reassessment.
The student will be entitled to reassessment of the subject if he or she has been evaluated on the set of activities that together account for at least 2/3 of the subject's total grade. Students eligible for reassessment have achieved a minimum average mark of 3.5.
Exchange students requesting to sit an exam early must submit a written document from their home university to the lecturer justifying their request.
Reassessment will be an exam.
Single evaluation
1. Individual exercise (30%)
2. Oral exam (30%)
3. Final exam (40%)
The same assessment method as continuous assessment will be used.
This subject entirely prohibits the use of AI technologies in all of its activities. Any submitted work that contains content generated using AI will be considered academic dishonesty; the corresponding grade will be awarded a zero, without the possibility of reassessment. In cases of greater infringement, more serious action may be taken.
Bibliography
Provisional references
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Campillo, Maria, El conte de 1911 a 1939, Barcelona, Edicions 62, 1983.
Castellanos, Jordi. Literatura i societat. La construcció d'una cultura nacional, Barcelona, L'Avenç. 2013.
Castellanos, Jordi, \"Estudis, edicions, escrits\", Els Marges, Número extraordinari, 2013.
Castellanos, Jordi & Marrugat, Jordi (dirs.) Història de la Literatura Catalana, vol. 6, Barcelona, Enciclopèdia Catalana / Barcino / Ajuntament de Barcelona, 2020.
Castellanos, Jordi & Marrugat, Jordi (dirs.) Història de la Literatura Catalana, vol. 7, Barcelona, Enciclopèdia Catalana / Barcino / Ajuntament de Barcelona, 2021.
Gabriel, Pere (dir.), Història de la Cultura Catalana, vols. IX i X, Barcelona, Edicions 62, 1998-1999.
Panyella, Ramon (ed.), Concepcions i discursos sobre la modernitat en la literatura catalana dels segles XIX i XX, Lleida, Punctum i GELCC, 2010.
Panyella, Ramon; Marrugat, Jordi (eds.), L'escriptor i la seva imatge. Contribució a la història dels intel·lectuals en la literatura catalana contemporània, Barcelona, Grup d’Estudis de Literatura Catalana Contemporània / L'Avenç, 2006.
Malé, Jordi, Les idees literàries al període d'entreguerres, Lleida, Pagès, 2012.
Molas, Joaquim (dir.), Història de la literatura catalana. Part Moderna, vols. VIII, IX, X, XI, Barcelona, Ariel, 1986-1988.
Real, Neus, Les novel·listes dels anys trenta: obra narrativa i recepció crítica, Barcelona, Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat, 2006.
Sullà, Enric (ed.), Poètica de la narració, Barcelona, Empúries, 1985.
Sullà, Enric (ed.), Antología de textos del siglo XX, Barcelona, Crítica, 1996.
Tadié, Jean-Yves, Le roman au XXe siècle, París, Belfond, 1990.
Triadú, Joan, La novel·la catalana de postguerra, Barcelona, Edicions 62, 1982.
Vilanova, Antonio, Auge y supervivencia de una cultura prohibida. Literatura catalana de postguerra, Barcelona, Destino, 2005.
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Webgrafia
Traces
Lletra (UOC)
Espais Escrits
https://www.espaisescrits.cat/
AELC
Software
None specifically.
Course groups and languages
The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE
| Type of teaching | Group | Language | Semester | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |