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Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title Spanish Literature, Visual & Film Studies
Module Code SP293 (ITS) / SPA1014 (Banner)
Faculty Humanities & Social Sciences School SALIS
Module Co-ordinator-
Module Teachers-
NFQ level 8 Credit Rating 10
Pre-requisite Not Available
Co-requisite Not Available
Compatibles Not Available
Incompatibles Not Available
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Description

This module aims to provide students with a deep knowledge of contemporary literature, cinema and visual arts in Spain. The main purpose of this module is to further develop students’ analytical and critical skills through the academic study of artists and film directors of the post-dictatorship society. The module is delivered through Spanish and aims to improve comprehension, oral and writing skills as well as deepen students’ knowledge of culture and society

Learning Outcomes

1. Use a broad lexical repertoire and grammatical structures in Spanish to express opinion
2. Demonstrate awareness and critical thinking of cultural issues in contemporary Spain
3. Demonstrate ability to analyse and read films and visual art production
4. Ability to work independently with a variety of resources and documents retrieved from digital tools
5. Understand and interpret different point of views adopted by writers, artists and film directors



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture10Online/Face to face seminars
Independent Study160Students have read and complete tasks of different academic and media texts
Group work40Group work. Research, present and discuss a topic through the analysis of a cultural representation such as a film, a band or an artist
Assignment Completion40Watch and analyse a film in order to identify different aspects of femininity, masculinity and other cultural and social aspects of the period studied
Total Workload: 250

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Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Content
The module focuses on the study of cinema and visual culture during the period known as the Transition to Democracy in Spain. The first part of the module focuses on socio-political and cultural changes and their representation during the cultural movement known as La Movida. The module analyses the importance of new trends in music, visual culture and cinema. The work of the well-known director Pedro Almodóvar will be studied in the second part of the module with a special emphasis on the treatment of femininity and masculinity.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment0% Examination Weight0%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
AssignmentStudents have read and complete tasks of different academic and media texts25%n/a
Group presentationGroup work. Research, present and discuss a topic through the analysis of a cultural representation such as a film, a band or an artist25%n/a
AssignmentFilm assignment Watch and analyse a film in order to identify different aspects of femininity, masculinity and other cultural and social aspects of the period studied50%n/a
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