| Module Identifier |
SP21110 |
| Module Title |
SURREALISM IN SPAIN |
| Academic Year |
2004/2005 |
| Co-ordinator |
Professor Robert G Havard |
| Semester |
Intended for use in future years |
| Next year offered |
N/A |
| Next semester offered |
N/A |
| Course delivery |
Lecture | 9 Hours |
| |
Seminars / Tutorials | 6 Hours (3 seminars; 3 tutorials) |
| Assessment |
| Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
|---|
| Semester Assessment | Continuous Assessment: 2 essays of 1,500 words each and one presentation. | 100% |
| Supplementary Exam | 2 Hours 1 x 2-hour paper (two essays) | |
|
Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students will have a knowledge of the way the Surrealist movement evolved in Spain through several phases, from the Freudian to the Marxist. They will be familiar with major works by three of its foremost practitioners in three separate genres, namely Luis Bunuel (film), Salvador Dali (painting) and Rafael Alberti (poetry). They should know what is meant by such challenging concepts as ''''psychic dictation'''', oneiric symbolism and the ''''surrealist object'''', and they should be able to elucidate these and other concepts in relation to the specific works studied.
Brief description
How was it that such a traditional country as Spain produced some of the most avant-garde figures of the twentieth century? This module inquires into the fascinating world of Surrealism, a revolutionary movement born of Freudian theory and stimulated by the anti-bourgeois ethos of Marxism. Major creative figures are studied in four separate genres, Bunuel as film director, Alberti as poet, Dali as painter and, briefly, Maruja Malla (Alberti's lover) as a painter. This variety illustrates the different facets of Surrealism and its distinctiveness in the Spanish context.
Syllabus:
weeks 1-4 Salvador Dali (Taschen) and slides
5-8 Luis Bunuel, 'Un perro andaluz', and Las Hurdes (films)
9-12 Rafael Alberti, 'Sobre los angeles' (+ Maruja Mallo)
The module will be assessed entirely on the basis of two essays of 1,500 words each.
Reading Lists
Books
** Recommended Text
Dali S (1977) The Unspeakable Confessions Of S D
London
Breton A (1972) The Dali Case in Surrealism and Painting
London
Ades, Dawn (1982) Dali,
London Thames and Hudson
Gibson Ian The Shameful Life of Salvador Dali
Buache, Freddy (1970) Luis Bunuel
Lausanne
Durgnat Raymond (1964) Luis Bunuel
London
Higginbotham V (1979) Luis Bunuel
Boston
Sanchez Vidal A (1984) Luis Bunuel
Madrid
Morris C B (1972) Surrealism and Spain
Cambridge
Duran M (1975) Rafael Alberti, El escritor y la critica
Madrid
Connell G W (1963) 'The Autobiographical Element in Sobre los angeles,
BHS
Bowra C.M. (1949) The Creative Experiment
London
Sanchez Vidal, A (1988) Bunuel, Lorca, Dali: El enigma sin fin
Barcelona
Breton Andre Manifestos of Surrealism
Ilie Paul (1968) The Surrealist Mode in Spanish Literature
Ann Arbor
Aranda Luis (1981) El surrealismo espanol
Barcelona
Havard Robert (2001) The Crucified Mind
Tamesis, London
Havard Robert (1988) From Romanticism to Surrealism
Seven Spanish Poets - Cardiff, includes chapters on Lorca, Guillen, Machado, Salinas.
Salinas de Marichal (1975) El Mundo poetico de Rafael Alberti
Madrid
Proll E (1941) 'The Surrealist Element in Rafael Alberti'
BHS
Garcia Sarria F (1978) 'Sobre los angeles de R Alberti y el surrealismo',
Papeles de Son Armadans
Bodini V (1971) Los poetas surrealistas espanoles
Barcelona
Mellen J (1978) The World of Luis Bunuel
New York
Edwards G (1982) The Discreet Charm of Luis Bunuel
London: Marion Boyars, London
Bunuel L (1985) My Last Breath
London
Aranda Francisco (1969) Biografia critica
Barcelona
Santos Torroella R (1984) La miel es mas dulce que la sangre
Barcelona
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 5