Module Identifier
SP30920
Module Title
MODERN SPAIN (1930 - 2000)
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 |
2 per week (lectures/seminars/tutorials) |
Assessment
| Assessment Type |
Assessment length / details |
Proportion |
| Semester Assessment |
Continuous Assessment: 2 essays of 1,500 - 2,000 words.
|
40% |
| Semester Exam |
2 Hours
Written exam - 2 essays in 2 hours
|
60% |
| 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 should have:
1) a good knowledge of the Spanish Civil War, the Franco dictatorship and the transition to democracy
2) specific knowledge of four texts that reflect the key issues of these years
Brief description
A study of the making of modern Spain from the turmoil of the Second Republic and the trauma of the Spanish Civil War 1936-39, through to the Franco Dictatorship and the transition to democracy after Franco's death. Against this sociopolitical background, students explore through major representative works (of novel, film and poetry) the experience of living in twentieth-century Spain.
In their assignments students may choose to emphasise either literary/cultural or sociopolitical issues, or the way the latter are treated by writers.
Syllabus
Weeks 1-6 the Second Republic and the Spanish Civil War: two crucial phases illustrated by Alberti's depiction of Madrid under siege in De un momento a otro (poesia) and by Cela's tremendista novel, La familia de Pascual Duarte.
Weeks 7-12 The two novels by Delibes and Goytisolo are read against the background of the political changes which took place in Spain under the Franco regime.