Module Identifier | SP30720 | ||
Module Title | ROMANTICISM AND REALISM | ||
Academic Year | 2002/2003 | ||
Co-ordinator | Professor Robert G Havard | ||
Semester | Intended for use in future years | ||
Next year offered | N/A | ||
Next semester offered | N/A | ||
Other staff | Dr Rob Stone, Roger S Mills | ||
Pre-Requisite | (Normally) eligibility for entry to Level 2 Spanish. | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 22 Hours | |
Seminars / Tutorials | 4 Hours | ||
Assessment | Semester Exam | 2 Hours Written exam. | 60% |
Semester Assessment | Continuous Assessment: 2 essays of 1500 - 2000 words each | 40% |
1) acquired a sound knowledge of the Romantic movement in Spain and a similar knowledge of the main features relating to the realist novel
Following the political of 1868, the last third of the 19th century saw a revival of the Spanish novel. The module continues by focusing on two major examples of the genre.
Weeks 1-2 Introduction to Romanticism and Rivas's Don Alvaro
3-5 Becquer, Rimas y leyendas
5-7 Rosalia de Castro, En las orillas del sar
8-10 Introduction to Realism and Galdos's La de Bringas
11-12 Blasco Ibanez, La barraca