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Essays on teaching the Spanish author Benito Pérez Galdós
The Spanish author Benito Pérez Galdós (1843-1920) produced an immense oeuvre of novels, stories, plays, and journalism that addressed the political, social, and aesthetic questions of his time. This volume will give any instructor interested in teaching Galdós, including those who want to teach the works in translation, exciting ways of exploring his writing with their students.
Galdós's concerns included the emergence of feminism, religion's power, the rising middle class, Spain's declining empire, increasing autocracy, and social conflict. Some essays in this volume discuss more familiar works, such as Marianela and Tristana, whereas others introduce little-known texts. Some approaches are designed for students new to textual analysis and others for students who are eager for theoretical frameworks, including food studies, medical humanities, adaptation studies, celebrity studies, and activities such as theater games and microblogging. From literary history to cultural studies, this volume's subjects are appropriate for courses in diverse settings and disciplines.
This volume contains discussion of the following works by Galdós: "El cólera y la política," La desheredada, Doña Perfecta, Electra, "La especulacion del miedo," Fortunata y Jacinta, Marianela, "Precauciones sanitarias," Tormento, Torquemada en la hoguera, Tristana, and "Tropiquillos." It also discusses Galdós adaptations and tributes such as the graphic novels 1892, by Antonio Becerra Bolaños and Alberto Hernández Rivero, and Nela, by Rayco Pulido Rodríguez; the telefilm Prim, el asesinato de la calle del Turco, written by Nacho Faerna and Virginia Yagüe; and the film Doña Perfecta, directed by Alejandro Galindo.
Contents
Introduction, by Liana Ewald, David R. George, Jr., and Wan Sonya Tang
Part One: Materials
Editions
Translations
Instructor Resources
Multimedia Resources
Part Two: Approaches
Galdos and His World
"¿Dónde vas con el mantón de Manila?": A Material Culture Approach to Fortunata y Jacinta, by David R. George, Jr.
A Food Studies Approach to Social Class in Galdós, by Sara Muñoz-Muriana
Medical Knowledge and Debate in the Novels of Galdós, by Erika M. Sutherland
Galdós and Gender
Teaching the Woman Question through Selections from Galdós's Tristana, by Gabrielle Miller
Galdós's Portrayals of Masculinity in Tormento, by Collin McKinney
The Rebranding of Don Juan Tenorio as Social Misfit in Tristana, by Brian Cope
Marianela and Tristana: Lessons on Disability, Medicine, and Gender, by Julia Haeyoon Chang
Galdós beyond the Novel
Teaching Contagion, Politics, and Epistemology through Galdós's Fiction and Journalism, by Erika Rodríguez
Gothic Galdós: Unsettling Spanish Imperialism in "Tropiquillos," by Wan Sonya Tang
Galdós as Celebrity Playwright, by Margot Versteeg
The Author Is a Character: Fictional Embodiments of Galdós in the Twenty-First Century, by Elena Cueto Asín
Galdós in Adaptation
Teaching Marianela: From Galdós's Novel to Pulido's Graphic Novel, by Linda M. Willem
Transatlantic Adaptations: Teaching Doña Perfecta through Alejandro Galindo's Film, by Luis Álvarez-Castro
Teaching Galdós through Film Adaptations and Filmmaking, by Rhian Davies
Galdós in Practice
Reading Pretty Privilege in Marianela, by Lennie Amores
Orienting Bodies in Electra: Teaching Galdós through History and Embodiment, by Laurie Lomask
Meeting Galdós through Open Pedagogy, by Juan Jesús Payán and Robin R. Miller
Tweeting Tristana: Bringing the Literature Classroom Online through Microblogging, by Stacy L. Davis
Notes on Contributors
Survey Respondents
Works Cited
