Module Identifier |
SPM0530 |
Module Title |
TWENTIETH-CENTURY SPANISH CINEMA |
Academic Year |
2006/2007 |
Co-ordinator |
Mrs Gwladys E Evans |
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 (1995) Indecent Exposures: Bunuel, Saura, Erice @ Almodovar
London: Marion Boyars,
Edwards G (1982) The Discreet Charm of Luis Bunuel
London: Marion Boyars, London
Hidalgo M (1981) Carlos Saura
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,
Kinder M (1993) Blood Cinema
Los Angeles: University of California
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7