Module Identifier SP30410  
Module Title THE SPANISH TRADITION  
Academic Year 2000/2001  
Co-ordinator Professor Gwynne Edwards  
Semester Semester 1  
Other staff Professor Robert Havard  
Pre-Requisite (Normally) eligibility for entry to Level 3 Spanish.  
Course delivery Lecture   Total of 15 contact hours - 11 lectures, 2 seminars, 2 tutorials  
  Seminars / Tutorials   Total of 15 contact hours - 11 lectures, 2 seminars, 2 tutorials  
Assessment Exam   2 Hours Written exam - 2 essays in 2 hours   70%  
  Continuous assessment   Essay of 1500 - 2000 words   30%  

Brief description
A study of four classical texts from the Medieval and Golden Ages: the Cid, the Celestina, the Quijote and La vida es sueno.

In this module students have the opportunity to read and familiarise themselves with three great 'classics' of the Renaissance and Golden Age periods. In them we find three of the most fascinating and archetypal characters in world literature - the Celestina, Don Quijote and Segismundo - who come to life, comically or tragically, through the imagination of Spain's greatest writers whose influence on the modern period has been immense.

Reading Lists
Books
Fernando de Rojas. La Celestina. Alianza or other
Miguel de Cervantes. Don Quijote. Harrap
Calderon. La vida es sue?o. Manchester University Press