Intercultural and Linguistic Mediation

El curso introduce los estudiantes al conocimiento de la literatura hispanoamericana colonial, del siglo XIX y del siglo XX, a través de sus temas y autores principales (Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Garcilaso de la Vega ‘El Inca, Esteban Echeverría, Domingo F. Sarmiento, José Hernández, José Martí, Rubén Darío, Pablo Neruda, César Vallejo, Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez), poniendo en relieve la fuertes conexiones con la historia del continente, con las transformaciones lingüisticas y con la formación de una nueva conciencia americana. Para el programa dettalado consultar el programa en italiano. An Introduction of Spanish American Literaturein its historical development from the Discovery tothe end of XXth Century through a study of the most important texts and authors, following the program indicated in the part in italian.

Bibliografia: a) Testi: Dispense di Storia Letteraria e l’Antologia di Testi sono scaricabili dal sito della piattaforma virtuale che trovate indicato più in basso. Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones (qualsiasi edizione in spagnolo, edizione italiana: Finzioni, Milano, Adelphi) Gabriel García Márquez, Cien años de soledad (in spagnolo edizione Cátedra, con introduzione di Jacques Joset; in italiano edizione Mondadori, 2017) Per la seconda parte saranno proposti testi poetici e racconti divisi per moduli sulla piattaforma virtuale Testi Critici: R. Campra, America latina, l’identità e la maschera, Arcoiris, Salerno, 2015 R. Nocera – A. Trento, America Latina, un secolo di storia, Carocci, 2015 (per la parte storica) A. Ghezzani, Leggere Borges, Carocci, Roma, 2023 Altro materiale critico e di appoggio disponibile sulla piattaforma e-learning alla pagina del corso Culture e Letterature Ispanoamericane 2025-206 (https://elearning.uniroma1.it/course/view.php?id=19926)

The general program: General introduction to the course and to the subject. Notions of American geography The prehispanic world: a brief introduction; The legacy of the ancestors The chronicle of discovery and Conquest. Columbus and his diaries. The Conquest: history, texts and protagonists. Díaz del Castillo The various modalities of the encounter with the other: castaways, missionaries, rebels Colonial society and its culture: the construction of a mestizo culture. Language, culture, literature. Garcilaso el Inca: a mestizo chronicler The indigenous vision of the Conquest: Guaman Poma de Ayala American Baroque: representation of power and American transgressions. The work of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz The Age of Independence: projects in comparison. Romanticism in Spanish America as a political project. Domingo Faustino Sarmiento and the Facundo: the civilization / barbarian opposition and the construction of the Spanish-American nations. Gauchesque poetry and Martín Fierro. The nineteenth-century novel as a foundation novel Hispanic American costumbrism. Ricardo Palma Latin America at the end of the nineteenth century: a "peripheral modernity". José Martí and Arielismo. Modernism and the work of Rubén Darío. The poetic avant-garde and the explosion of modernity The African-Caribbean culture between the twenties and thirties The regionalist narrative and the rediscovery of the roots. The novel of the Mexican Revolution. Romance novels and tales in the 1920s. The burst of popular culture. César Vallejo Pablo Neruda Borges poet and narrator Julio Cortázar and the neo-phantastic Juan Rulfo, Juan Carlos Onetti Alejo Carpentier, Elena Garro and Magic Realism History of Latin America 1930-1959 History of Latin America 1959-2000 Poetry and song: tango, bolero, nueva red etc Gabriel García Márquez For a history of Latin American cinema Carlos Fuentes Mario Vargas Llosa Other voices of the Boom: Cabrera Infante, Puig Female voices: Ferré, Castellanos, Traba Bolaño and the postmodern The course takes place through lectures (4 hours a week in both semesters) and using the virtual e-learning platform Sapienza.

The course is divided into modules, and each module is linked to recorded lectures, readings, and in-class activities. These activities are listed on the "Hispano-American Cultures and Literatures 2025-2026" e-learning platform. (https://elearning.uniroma1.it/course/view.php?id=19926) Students may attend in-class lectures or recorded lectures, read the texts listed in the syllabus, and will take a final written exam with open-ended questions on the topics covered in the various modules. Students in Linguistic and Intercultural Mediation (12-credit course) will be exempted from taking the first part of the exam in January 2026. Those who participate in the in-class activities, with a minimum of 15 participants for the first part and 15 for the second part, may choose not to participate in the exemption and/or written exam, or may only answer some of the questions. For the second part of the program, which will take place in the second semester, a selection of novels and short stories will be offered. All participants must choose one novel and one short story (by the same author). Reading groups (maximum 4 participants) can be organized with students choosing the same group of books. Individual readers will be asked questions in the written exam; groups will be given an oral presentation in May 2026, according to a schedule published on the course's e-learning page. The written exam can be taken during any of the exam sessions available on Infostud. For non-attending students, the study program remains unchanged, but students must contact the instructor at least one month before the exam to schedule the exam.

Written Exam with open questions, related to the themes of the Course. For attending students there is a written exam about the first part at the middle of the course. In the event that the student does not consider the result achieved sufficient, he can integrate it with an oral exam on the date following the one in which he or she took the written test. In the case of not passing the test, students can repeat it in subsequent appeals. To pass the exam you must obtain a grade of not less than 18/30. The student must demonstrate that he has acquired sufficient knowledge of the global development of the Hispanic American literature, a basic knowledge of the main authors and of being able to situate authors and texts in their correct temporal development. To achieve a grade of 30/30 cum laude, the student must demonstrate that he has acquired excellent knowledge of all the topics covered during the course, being able to link them in a logical and consistent way.

Il programma seguirà lo svolgimento seguente: Prima parte: Introduzione generale al Corso. Cenni di geografia americana Prima dell’invasione. Breve introduzione alle culture originarie Cronache del primo contatto. Colombo e gli altri. I racconti dell’invasione L’ incontro con l’altro e i suoi problemi: le cronache missionarie Resistere con la scrittura: le voci indigene La società coloniale e la sua cultura: la costruzione di una cultura meticcia. Lingua, cultura, letteratura. La cultura della ciudad letrada. Il Barocco americano L’epoca dei meticciati: una nuova cultura Le scritture indigene nella colonia. Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala e i cronisti meticci Lo splendore barocco. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Dal tramonto dell’età coloniale all’Indipendenza Il Romanticismo in Ispanoamerica come progetto politico. Poesia e prosa Domingo Faustino Sarmiento e il Facundo: l’opposizione civiltà/barbarie. La poesia gauchesca e il Martín Fierro. Lo sviluppo del romanzo nell’Ottocento come romanzo di fondazione La prosa e il saggio alla fine dell’Ottocento: dalle Tradiciones di Palma a José Martí. La fine dell’Ottocento: una “modernità periferica”. i precursori del Modernismo Il Modernismo e l’opera di Rubén Darío. L’Avanguardia poetica e l’esplosione della modernità La cultura afrocaraibica tra gli anni Venti e gli anni Trenta Romanzi e racconti rioplatensi negli anni Venti: tra campagna, selva e città. L’irrompere della cultura popolare. La narrativa regionalista e la riscoperta delle radici. Il romanzo della Rivoluzione Messicana. Il romanzo indigenista degli anni Trenta Seconda parte: Il Novecento (il programma dettagliato sarà disponibile da Gennaio 2026)