Module Identifier |
SPM0530 |
Module Title |
TWENTIETH-CENTURY SPANISH CINEMA |
Academic Year |
2002/2003 |
Semester |
Intended for use in future years |
Next year offered |
N/A |
Next semester offered |
N/A |
Other staff |
Dr Rob Stone |
Course delivery |
Lecture | 24 Hours |
Learning outcomes
On completion of the module students will have an understanding of the work of four Spanish film directors covering the years 1930-1990, and of the similarities and differences between them both in terms of their preoccupations and their cinematic technique.
Aims
This module examines representative works by four outstanding film-directors. The forty-year period covered allows for an
examination of the evolution of Spanish cinema during the Franco dictatorship and the subsequent transition to democracy.
Luis Bunuel, Los olvidados; Carlos Saura, La prima Angelica; Victor Erice, El sur; Pedro Almodovar, Tacones lejanos,
Tutors: Professor Gwynne Edwards and Mr Rob Stone.
Reading Lists
Books
Edwards G. (1982)
The Discreet Charm of Luis Bunuel. London: Marion Boyars, London
Edwards G. (1995)
Indecent Exposures: Bunuel, Saura, Erice @ Almodovar. London: Marion Boyars,
Higginbotham V. (1988)
Spanish Film under Franco, Austin:. University of Texas
Hopewell J. (1986)
Out of the Past: Spanish Cinema after Franco. London, British Film Institute,
Hidalgo M. (1981)
Carlos Saura.
Kinder M. (1993)
Blood Cinema. Los Angeles: University of California