Module: Spanish Literature & Film

Latest Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Module Title	Spanish Literature & Film
Module Code	SPA1013 (ITS: SP290)
Faculty	SALIS	School	Humanities & Social Sciences
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5

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.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full time hours per semester
Lecture	24	Lecture combined with discussion groups
Independent Study	61	Reading texts and related material and viewing films
Group work	40	Student-organised study groups
Total Workload: 125

Section Breakdown
CRN	11552	Part of Term	Semester 1
Coursework	0%	Examination Weight	0%
Grade Scale	40PASS	Pass Both Elements	Y
Resit Category	RC1	Best Mark	N
Module Co-ordinator	Alicia Castillo Villanueva	Module Teacher

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assessment Breakdown
Written Exam	n/a	100%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; RC1: A resit is available for both^* components of the module. RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module. RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element. ^* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment

Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

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

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Review of socio-historical and cultural background
This 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 discourse
How 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 films
The 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

Indicative Reading List

Books:

Labanyi, Jo: 2002, Constructing identity in contemporary Spain : theoretical debates and cultural practice, Oxford University Press, Oxford,
Herman, David: 2007, The Cambridge companion to narrative, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
Davies, Catherine: 2002, The companion to Hispanic studies, Arnold, London,
Bonaddio, Federico: 2007, A Companion to Federico GarcÃa Lorca, Tamesis, London,
MartÃn Gaite, Carmen.: 1958, Entre visillos, 2004, Destino, Barcelona,
FerraÃn, Ofelia and Glenn, Kathleen (editors): 2002, Women's narrative and film in twentieth-century Spain : a world of difference(s), Routledge, New York,
Perriam, Chris et al: 2000, A New History of Spanish Writing 1939 to the 1990s., Oxford UP, Oxford,
Turner, Harriet & LÃ³pez de MartÃnez, Adelaida: 2003, The Cambridge Companion to the Spanish Novel, Cambridge UP, Cambridge,
GarcÃa Lorca, Federico and Havard, Robert.: 1990, Romancero gitano, Aris & Phillips,, Warminster, England,

Articles:
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Other Resources

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