Esta asignatura explora la novela de formación femenina en la literatura y el cine anglófonos, desde el siglo XIX hasta el XXI. Examinaremos cómo las narrativas de desarrollo o “coming-of-age” de mujeres confrontan, afirman o subvierten las expectativas tradicionales de madurez femenina, así como el modelo del Bildungsroman, tradicionalmente centrado en el camino hacia la adultez desde una perspectiva masculina. Se analizará la idea del devenir-mujer teniendo en cuenta cómo la intersección del género, la raza, la clase social y la sexualidad define y genera las posibilidades de lo que significa convertirse en mujer adulta.

This course explores the female Bildungsroman in English-language literature and film from the 19th to the 21st century. We will examine how women's coming-of-age narratives confront, affirm, or subvert traditional expectations of female maturity, as well as the Bildungsroman model, traditionally centered on the path to adulthood from a male perspective. The idea of becoming-a-woman will be analyzed, taking into account how the intersection of gender, race, social class, and sexuality defines and generates the possibilities of what it means to become an adult woman.

-Adquirir conocimientos sobre la evolución histórica y formal de la novela de formación femenina anglófona en relación a la tradición literaria de la novela de formación.

-Analizar de manera crítica la tradición novela de formación femenina de manera tanto oral como escrita.

-Aplicar marcos teóricos al análisis de textos.

-Realizar investigación literaria crítica en torno a la novela de formación femenina.

-Acquiring the historical and formal development of the Anglophone female bildungsroman in relation to the bildungsroman literary tradition.

-Analyzing the tradition of the female bildungsroman in both oral and written forms critically.

-Applying theoretical frameworks to textual analysis.

-Conducting critical literary research on the female bildungsroman.

1.     Introducción y orígenes.

2.     El bildungsroman clásico: versiones. Posibles lecturas: Alice in Wonderland de Lewis Carroll, Jane Eyre de Charlotte Brönte, Little Women de Louisa May Alcott.

3.     Bildungsroman y naturaleza: Posibles lecturas: Housekeeping de Marilynne Robinson, My Ántonia de Willa Cather, Winter Wheat de Mildred Walker.

4.     Bildungsroman queer. Posibles lecturas: The Member of the Wedding de Carson McCullers, Fun Home de Alison Bechdel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit de Jeanette Winterson, The Well of Loneliness de Radclyffe Hall, The Haunting of Hill House de Shirley Jackson.

5.     Bildungsroman postcolonial. Posibles lecturas: Nervous Conditions de Tsitsi Dangarembga, Wide Sargasso Sea de Jean Rhys, Breath, Eyes, Memory de Edwinge Danticat, Annie John de Jamaica Kincaid.

6.     Bildungsroman colectivo. Posibles lecturas: The Girls de Emma Cline, Two Girls: Fat and Thin de Mary Gaitskill, The Color Purple de Alice Walker, The Group de Mary McCarthy, Brown Girl, Dreaming de Jacqueline Woodson, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie de Muriel Spark.

7.     Bildungsroman gótico. Posibles lecturas: relatos de Alice Munro, Tessa Hadley, Louise Erdrich, Salvage the Bones de Jesmyn Ward.

8.     Bildungsroman y cine. Posibles películas: Ladybird de Greta Gerwig, An Education de Lone Scherfig, Precious de Lee Daniels.

9.     Bildungsroman y futuro. Posibles lecturas: Checkout-19 de Claire-Louise Bennett, Never Let Me Go de Kazuo Ishiguro.

CONTENTS

1.     Introduction and origins

2.     The Classic Bildungsroman: Variations. Suggested readings: Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.

3.     The Bildungsroman and Nature. Suggested readings: Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping, Willa Cather's My Ántonia, Mildred Walker's Winter Wheat.

4.     Queer Bildungsroman. Suggested readings: Carson McCullers's The Member of the Wedding, Alison Bechdel's Fun Home, Jeannette Winterson's Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House.

5.     Postcolonial Bildungsroman. Suggested readings: Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions, Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea, Edwidge Danticat's Breath, Eyes, Memory, Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John.

6.     Collective Bildungsroman. Suggested readings: Emma Cline's The Girls, Mary Gaitskill's Two Girls: Fat and Thin, Alice Walker's The Color Purple, Mary McCarthy's The Group, Jacqueline Woodson's Brown Girl, Dreaming, Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

7.     Gothic Bildungsroman. Suggested readings: stories by Alice Munro, Tessa Hadley, Louise Erdrich, Jesmyn Ward's Salvage the Bones.

8.     Bildungsroman and cinema. Suggested films: Greta Gerwig's Ladybird, Lone Scherfig's An Education, Lee Daniels's Precious.

9.     Bildungsroman and the future. Suggested readings: Claire-Louise Bennett's Checkout-19, Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go.