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Objectives

The aim of this Olympiad is twofold: on the one hand, to stimulate and promote the study of the language and our literature among Baccalaureate students, rewarding effort and seeking academic excellence; on the other hand, to create readers of Catalan-Valencian literature and promote the literary creation of the students.

Participants

Students in the 1st and 2nd years of Bachillerato from public, state-subsidised and private schools, preferably in the province of Valencia. Participation will be in teams of two people. Teams may mix students from different years. A maximum of 12 teams per school may participate.

Date and place

The test will take place on 29 March 2025, at 9:30 am, at the Faculty of Philology, Translation and Communication of the University of Valencia (Avenida Blasco Ibáñez, 32). Exceptionally, the meeting may be modified if circumstances make it advisable. In this case, registered students will be informed in due course.

Syllabus

The syllabus of the subjects ‘Valencian: Language and Literature 1’ and ‘Valencian: Language and Literature 2’ of the Baccalaureate (contents published in the DOGV 12/08/2022). Given the complexity of the syllabus, the test will focus on two sections: history of literature and language. In turn, each section will be divided into a series of sections, as indicated below.

1. History of literature (46 items): 39 of these items will be multiple-choice; the other 7 items will be taken from the ‘Reference Anthology’, where the author or title of a literary fragment will have to be identified, as indicated in the statement. In turn, the items are distributed chronologically as follows:

  • Medieval period (15th century included): 14 items.
  • The modern era (16th to 18th centuries): 3 items
  • The 19th and 20th centuries (from the Renaixença to the Civil War): 7 items
  • The 20th century (from the post-war period to the present day): 15 items

2. Language (44 items): Phonetics, 6 items; Lexicon, 8 items; Dialectology, 3 items; Sociolinguistics, 7 items (at least 5 from a reference text); Grammar, 20 items (at least 8 from a reference text).
Correct answers will be added together at a value of 0.0667 each, while wrong answers will be deducted at a value of 0.022 each. Non-answers shall not be counted.

Type of examination

The exam will consist of two consecutive tests:

Test 1. It will consist of 90 multiple-choice questions (from the above-mentioned blocks). This test will last 60 minutes. Marking: 60% of the overall mark.

Test 2. It will consist of two texts and students will have to choose one to comment on it. The typology of the texts will be as follows: a non-literary text and a literary text taken from the ‘Reference Anthology’. This test will last 60 minutes. Marking: 40% of the overall mark. Out of 10 points, the topic will be worth 1; the structure, 2; the summary, 2; the creative text, 5. Spelling and/or grammatical errors, not repeated, will be discounted with a value of 0.05 each. Students will have to explain, in a reasoned manner, the theme and structure, will have to write a summary of about six lines, and will have to write a creative text, the characteristics of which are explained below, depending on the choice (literary or non-literary text).

Literary text: You have to write a text with similar characteristics to the one you have read. It will have to have a title, maintain the narrative voice, the narrative time or the resources of slowing down or speeding up the narrative found in the reference text. In addition, the personal opinion on the subject matter of the text must be expressed.
Non-literary text: You have to write a text with similar characteristics to the one you have read. You have to give it a title, provide an argument similar to that of the text and use some of the rhetorical devices of the reference text. In addition, you will have to express your personal opinion on the subject matter of the text.

There will be a 60-minute break between the two tests. The evaluation committee will only correct the second test of the 30 best teams in test 1.