| Module Identifier |
SP31110 |
| Module Title |
SURREALISM IN SPAIN |
| Academic Year |
2005/2006 |
| Co-ordinator |
Mr Jose M Goni Perez |
| Semester |
Intended for use in future years |
| Next year offered |
N/A |
| Next semester offered |
N/A |
| Pre-Requisite |
(Normally) eligibility for entry to Level 3 Spanish. |
| Course delivery |
Lecture | |
| |
Seminars / Tutorials | (3 seminars; 3 tutorials) |
| Assessment |
| Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
|---|
| Semester Assessment | Continuous Assessment: 2 essays of 2000 words each and one presentation. | 100% |
| Supplementary Exam | 1 x 2 hour examination if continuous assessment submitted. 1 x 3 examination if no continuous assessment submitted. | 100% |
|
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 Mallo (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) + slides
5-8 Luis Bunuel, Un perro andaluz + 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 2000 words each and one presentation.
Reading Lists
Books
** Recommended Text
Dali S The Unspeakable Confessions Of S D
London 1977
Breton A (1972) The Dali Case in Surrealism and Painting
London
Santos Toroella R (1984) La miel es mas dulce que la sangre
Barcelona
Gibson Ian The Shameful Life of Salvador Dali
Ades, Dawn (1982) Dali,
London Thames and Hudson
Aranda,Franscisco (1969) Biografia Critica
Barcelona
Bunuel L (1985) My Last Breath
London
Edwards G (1982) The Discreet Charm of Luis Bunuel
London
Mellen J (1978) The World of Luis Bunuel
New York
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. Rafael Alberti and the Surrealist Ethos in Spain
Tamesis, London
Havard R (1988) From romanticism to Surrealism
University of Wales
Morris C B (1972) Surrealism and Spain
Cambridge
Bodini V (1971) Los poetas surrealistas espanoles
Barcelona
Sanchez Vidal A (1984) Luis Bunuel
Madrid
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
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
Higginbotham V (1979) Luis Bunuel
Boston
Durgnat, Raymond (1964) Luis Bunuel
London
Buache Freddy (1970) Luis Bunuel
Lausanne
Rafael Alberti Sobre los angeles
Catedra
Salvador Dali Salvador Dali
Tate Gallery Publications and Taschen
Maruja Mallo (paintings, no text)
Luis Bunuel Un perro andaluz (film, no text)
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6