World literature is sometimes used to refer to the sum total of the world’s national literatures, but usually it refers to the circulation of works into the wider world beyond their country of origin. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
As the subject is too extensive to be studied in just one-academic year, some authors and even literary periods must be overrided. Consequently, the syllbaus of the subject World Literature for this course 2014-15 will be as it is following:
From the Antiquity to the Modern Age.
From the Antiquity to the Modern Age.
- Greek tragedy.
- Renaissance and Classicism: general context. World changes and the new vison of the Mankind.
- Love lyrical poetry: troubadours' poetry and Dolce Stil Nuovo. Innovation of the Petrarch's Anthology.
- Narration in prose: Boccaccio.
- European classical theatre: Elizabethan theatre in England.
Modern Age ( XIX century)
- Romanticism: historical awareness and a new sense for science.
- Romantic poetry.
- Second half of the 19th century: from the romantic narrative to Realism in Europe.
- Poetic modernity: from Baudelaire to Symbolism.
- Renewal of the European theatre.
Modern Age (XX century)
- Crisis of the nineteenth century mindsets and the culture of the end of the century.
- Consolidation of a new way of writing novels. New narrative techniques, the Existencialism, new forms of Realism.
- European Vanguards. Surrealism. The seeking of the pure poetry.
- Culmination of the Great American Literature. The Lost Generation.
- Hispanoamerican Literature: social poetry and magic realism.
For studying all the contents above, the following book should be used by students:
(151-155)
Literature Universal, J.M. Glez. Serna, Edelvives, isbn: 978.84.263.6975.8
As well as the pages below:
From the Antiquity to the Modern Age.
- Greek tragedy.(pages 22-31)
- Renaissance and Classicism: general context. World changes and the new vison of the Mankind.(78-79)
- Love lyrical poetry: troubadours' poetry and Dolce Stil Nuovo (62-63). Innovation of the Petrarch's Anthology.(page 64; pages 84-85)
- Narration in prose: Boccaccio.68)
- European classical theatre (89-90): Elizabethan theatre in England (91).
Modern Age ( XIX century)
- Romanticism: historical awareness and a new sense for science.(142-143)
- Romantic poetry.(146-150)
- Second half of the 19th century: from the romantic narrative to Realism in Europe.(151-155)
- Poetic modernity: from Baudelaire to Symbolism.(176-179)
- Renewal of the European theatre.(180-181)
Modern Age (XX century)
- Crisis of the nineteenth century mindsets and the culture of the end of the century.(206-208)
- Consolidation of a new way of writing novels. New narrative techniques, the Existencialism, new forms of Realism.(254-262)
- European Vanguards. Surrealism. The seeking of the pure poetry.(236-241)
- Culmination of the Great American Literature. The Lost Generation.(260;262-266)
- Hispanoamerican Literature: social poetry and magic realism.(264-265)
