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Module Title	Spanish Literature
Module Code	SP290
School	SALIS
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Module Co-ordinator	Dr Pat O'Byrne	Office Number	C2107
Level	1	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None

Module Aims

This module has two broad aims:

1. to facilitate a guided reading of two contemporary literary texts and to view and study a film of a contemporary Spanish director.

2. to consider the texts and film as artistic expressions of social and political trends in Spanish or Latin American society

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this module students will have examined in detail two literary works and a film and will have related them to major artiistic trends and currents. Students will also consider the texts and film as social documents reflecting different historical and cultural issues relevant to twentieth century or Latin America .

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

The cultural flourish of years of the Second Republic will be discussed using the literary works -and in particular the poetry- of Lorca to exemplify the peak of achievement of this decade. The universal significance of Romancero gitano will be considered alongside its clearly indigenous features. A study of Carmen Laforet''s first novel Nada will allow for a study of the emergence of women writers of the bildungroman in the period as well as providing a forum for the discussion of the literary portrayal of post-Civil War in an era of rigid censorship. The third part of the course will consist of an introduction to the film director Iciar Bollaín, followed by an analysis of one of her films e.g Flores de otro mundo or Te doy mis ojos. Discussion and analysis will consider her artistic portrayal of controversial contemporary issues.

Assessment
Continuous Assessment	0%	Examination Weight	100%

Indicative Reading List

Chandler R. E., (1991). A new history of Spanish literature (Louisiana: Louisiana

State University Press)

Davies, C., (2002). The companion to Hispanic studies (London: Arnold ).

Harvard, R. (ed.), (1990). Lorca, poet and playwright: essays in honour of

J.M Aguirre (Cardiff: University of Wales Press)

Turner Harriet & López de Martínez Adelaida (2003). The Cambridge companion to the Spanish novel : from 1600 to the present ( Cambridge : Cambridge UP)

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