The course is dedicated to different types of novel in Spanish and Spanish American literatures. The novel, being the most complex literary genre with an interesting evolution throughout the time, has a special place in the literatures of Spanish speaking countries. Special attention is paid to theories of novel and its evolution which will be employed during analysis of texts.
The course is dedicated to basic literary works of Spanish literature of different periods. One part of the course focuses on the literary, historical and philosophical context, the other part is dedicated to close reading of excerpts from the chosen texts.
The course provides students with literature of Latin American countries from the American Conquest and Spanish colonization to the literature of the period of the battles of independence in the 19th century, Latin-American romanticism with the generation of 1840 and 1870, modernism at the turn of the 19th and the 20th century and the literature of the first half the 20th century.
The course is dedicated to different types of novel in Spanish and Spanish American literatures. The novel, being the most complex literary genre with an interesting evolution throughout the time, has a special place in the literatures of Spanish speaking countries. Special attention is paid to theories of novel and its evolution which will be employed during analysis of texts.