Module Identifier
SP30510
Module Title
SPANISH AMERICA 2-LITERATURE AND SOCIETY IN ARGENTINA
Academic Year
2008/2009
Co-ordinator
Semester
Intended for use in future years
Pre-Requisite
(Normally) Eligibility for entry to Level 3 Spanish.
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type |
Delivery length / details |
| Lecture |
1 per week |
| Seminars / Tutorials |
4 per semester |
Assessment
| Assessment Type |
Assessment length / details |
Proportion |
| Semester Assessment |
Continuous Assessment: Essay 2000-2500 words
|
30% |
| Semester Exam |
2 Hours
Written exam. 2 essays in 2 hours
|
70% |
| Supplementary Exam |
1 x 2 hour examination if continuous assessment submitted. 1 x 3 hour examination if no continuous assessment submitted.
|
100% |
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students will:
1) have an insight into major trends of Argentine history with particular references to the Anglo-Argentine Alliance and Peronism;
2) be able to relate key literary texts to their historical, social or cultural background;
3) be able to explian and evaluate literary texts with greater critical awareness
4) have had further developed skills in making
a) oral presentations
b) writing essays
Brief description
A brief introduction to Argentine society, followed by the detailed study of two representative but contrasting authors: Jose Hernandez and Jorge Luis Borges.
Argentina is perhaps the most European of all Latin American countries as a result of mass immigration and Europeanising policies adopted in the second half of the nineteenth century. This module offers a brief introduction to Argentine society, followed by detailed study of two representative but contrasting texts. Hernandez's 'Martin Fierro' was a defence of the local gaucho against the consequence of change, while Borges reflects the cosmopolitanism of twentieth-century Argentina. It is an advantage, but not a prerequisite, to have taken module SP20510.
Content
weeks 1-3 Argentina, 1852-1992.
weeks 4-5 Jose Hernandez, 'Martin Fierro'
weeks 6-11 The Prose Fiction of Jorge Luis Borges