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Archived Version 2006 - 2007

Module Title	Spanish Literature
Module Code	SP290
School	SALIS
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Level	1	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None

Module Aims

Module Aims:

This module has two broad aims:

· To provide an overview of Latin American cultural history during the 20th Century;

· To examine in detail a selection of contemporary literary texts.

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this module students will have gained an appreciation of the most significant movements and periods of XX Century Latin American cultural history and its social context. You will have read and analysed in depth a short novel, five short stories and poems with a view to reflecting on issues that arise in them that are of universal relevance.

Indicative Time Allowances
	Hours
Lectures	24
Tutorials	0
Laboratories	0
Seminars	0
Independent Learning Time	51

Total	75
Placements
Assignments

NOTE

Assume that a 5 credit module load represents approximately 75 hours' work, which includes all teaching, in-course assignments, laboratory work or other specialised training and an estimated private learning time associated with the module.

Indicative Syllabus

Indicative Syllabus:

Cultural diversity in time and space is the main theme of this course: examining the twentieth century in other cultural latitudes requires questioning assumptions that we make about the nature and composition of other societies and involves us in the process of adopting, at least temporarily, beliefs and attitudes that in some cases are alien to our own. We start by examining the colonial background of some Latin American countries and how some of that mentality is not altogether gone. We then move into the twentieth century and to the analysis of the selected texts to reflect upon diverse tendencies and national communities and their increasingly crucial importance in the world.

Students read the following material:

A representative short novel.
A selection of short stories.
A selection of poems.

Assessment
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Indicative Reading List

Indicative Reading List/Resources:

Williamson, Edwin, The Penguin History of Latin America . London : Penguin Books, 1992. Skidmore, Thomas E. and Peter H. Smith, Modern Latin America . New York and Oxford : 2005. Rulfo, Juan, Pedro Páramo. Madrid : Cátedra, 1998. Stories by Horacio Quiroga, Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortázar as well as poems will be provided on line.