| Module Identifier |
SP31110 |
| Module Title |
SURREALISM IN SPAIN |
| Academic Year |
2006/2007 |
| 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 | 1 per week |
| |
Seminars / Tutorials | 4 per semester |
| 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
Ades, Dawn (1982) Dali,
London Thames and Hudson
Aranda Luis (1981) El surrealismo espanol
Barcelona
Aranda,Franscisco (1969) Biografia Critica
Barcelona
Bodini V (1971) Los poetas surrealistas espanoles
Barcelona
Bowra, C.M. (1949) The Creative Experiment
London
Breton A (1972) The Dali Case in Surrealism and Painting
London
Breton Andre Manifestos of Surrealism
Buache Freddy (1970) Luis Bunuel
Lausanne
Bunuel L (1985) My Last Breath
London
Connell G W (1963) 'The Autobiographical Element in Sobre los angeles,
BHS
Dali S The Unspeakable Confessions Of S D
London 1977
Duran M (1975) Rafael Alberti, El escritor y la critica
Madrid
Durgnat, Raymond (1964) Luis Bunuel
London
Edwards G (1982) The Discreet Charm of Luis Bunuel
London
Garcia Sarria F (1978) 'Sobre los angeles de R Alberti y el surrealismo',
Papeles de Son Armadans
Gibson Ian The Shameful Life of Salvador Dali
Havard R (1988) From romanticism to Surrealism
University of Wales
Havard Robert (2001) The Crucified Mind. Rafael Alberti and the Surrealist Ethos in Spain
Tamesis, London
Higginbotham V (1979) Luis Bunuel
Boston
Ilie Paul (1968) The Surrealist Mode in Spanish Literature
Ann Arbor
Mellen J (1978) The World of Luis Bunuel
New York
Morris C B (1972) Surrealism and Spain
Cambridge
Proll E (1941) 'The Surrealist Element in Rafael Alberti'
BHS
Salinas de Marichal (1975) El mundo poetico de Rafael Alberti
Madrid
Sanchez Vidal A (1984) Luis Bunuel
Madrid
Sanchez Vidal, A (1988) Bunuel, Lorca, Dali: El enigma sin fin
Barcelona
Santos Toroella R (1984) La miel es mas dulce que la sangre
Barcelona
Luis Bunuel Un perro andaluz (film, no text)
Maruja Mallo (paintings, no text)
Rafael Alberti Sobre los angeles
Catedra
Salvador Dali Salvador Dali
Tate Gallery Publications and Taschen
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6