Module Identifier
SP31110
Module Title
SURREALISM IN SPAIN
Academic Year
2008/2009
Co-ordinator
Dr Jose M Goni Perez
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: 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 List

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

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6