Approaches to Spanish Culture and Society (Level 5)
Classes
Tuesday 01 October - Tuesday 10 December 2024, 6pm-9pm
10 sessions - Check class timetable
Overview
In this Approaches to Spanish Culture and Society short course we study Spanish culture and society from the late eighteenth century to the present, conceived as a reflection on the development of modernity in the country. You will become familiar with:
- cultural movements and phenomena such as the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Realism, Avant-garde, popular and mass culture
- political forms and actors such as the Catholic Church, liberalism, Republic, dictatorship and democracy
- historical events such as civil war, the crisis of 1898, transition.
We will study diverse material, ranging from literature to visual culture, and all texts will be available in the original and in English translation/with English subtitles. They include:
- Inés Joyes y Blake, Apología de las mujeres (1798)
- Juan Pablo Forner, Amor de la patria (1794)
- Mariano José de Larra, El castellano viejo (1832)
- Carolina Coronado, Selection of poems (1843)
- José María Blanco White, Bosquexo del comercio de esclavos (1814) and 'Letter III' from Letters from Spain (1825)
- Prosper Merimée, Carmen (1845)
- Jose Martí, Nuestra América (1891)
- Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Luces de bohemia (1920)
- Benito Perojo (director), El negro que tenía el alma blanca (film, 1927)
- excerpts from Fascist literature
- Rafael Alberti, selected poems
- José Luis Saenz de Heredia, Raza (film, 1941)
- Max Aub, Enero sin nombre (1994)
- Manuel Hernández Sanjuan (director), Una cruz en la selva and Bajo la lámpara del bosque (films, 1944-46)
- José Val del Omar, Fuego en Castilla (film, 1957-1960)
- Montserrat Roig, Tiempo de cerezas (1977)
- José Luis Garci, Volver a empezar (film, 1982)
Assessment for this course is via a two-hour in-class examination (60%) and a 3000-word essay (40%).
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Entry requirements
Entry requirements
Most of our short courses have no formal entry requirements and are open to all students.
This short course has no prerequisites.
As part of the enrolment process, you may be required to submit a copy of a suitable form of ID.
International students who wish to come to the UK to study a short course can apply for a Visitor visa. Please note that it is not possible to obtain a Student visa to study a short course.
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How to apply
How to apply
You register directly onto the classes you would like to take. Classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis - so apply early. If you wish to take more than one short course, you can select each one separately and then register onto them together via our online application portal. There is usually no formal selection process, although some modules may have prerequisites and/or other requirements, which will be specified where relevant.