Module Specifications..
Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024
Please note that this information is subject to change.
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Description In this module students will work with contemporary texts and films. Students will first study these according to their literary/cinematic genre and the background in which the texts and films were produced. Both texts and films will be critically analysed as artistic expressions of social and cultural movements in Spanish or Latin American societies -identifying the key narrative features and how they function in the texts/films. The module is delivered through Spanish/English. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Recognise and interpret the significance of key social and cultural events in the twentieth and twenty-first century Spanish or Latin American texts and films. 2. Identify and describe selected narrative features and recognize how they function in literature and film. 3. Analyse the value of literature and film in offering insight into some of the major social and cultural events in twentieth century Spain or Latin America. 4. Enhance reading, comprehension and listening skills in Spanish. 5. Critically analyse literary texts and films, and topics within them. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Review of socio-historical and cultural backgroundThis section revises and expands on key twentieth and twenty-first century events that influenced cultural production during the period in which the text or film was produced.Narrative discourseHow do narrative features function in text and film? In relation to the texts and films studied, students will examine the "mechanics" behind the text: e.g. role of author/director, types of narrators and focalization.Literary texts and filmsThe literary texts and film read/viewed and analysed will be considered both as literary/artistic works but also as documenting essential aspects of the society in which they were produced | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of Last Revision | 01-FEB-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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