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Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Spanish Literature and Film
Module Code	SP290
School	SALIS
Online Module Resources
Module Teacher	Patricia O'Byrne
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

To facilitate a guided reading of two contemporary literary texts and to critically view and analyse a film of a contemporary Spanish directorTo consider the social and political background in which the texts were producedTo consider the literary/cinematic genre to which each belongsTo discuss the texts and film as artistic expressions of social and political trends in Spanish or Latin American societyTo identify principal narrative features and show how they function in the text/film

Learning Outcomes

1. Appraise the value of literature and film in offering insight into some of the major political, social and cultural events in twentieth century Spain or Latin America.
2. Recognize and interpret the significance of key social and politician events in twentieth and twenty-first century Spain
3. Identify and describe selected narrative features and recognize how they function in literature and film.
4. Develop reading, comprehension and listening competence in Spanish

Workload	Full-time hours per semester
*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Lecture	24	Lecture combined with discussion groups
Independent learning	61	Reading texts and related material and viewing films
Group work	40	Student-organised study groups
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Review of socio-historical and cultural background.
This section revises and expands on key twentieth and twenty-first century events that influenced cultural production during the period in which the text or film was produced..

Narrative discourse.
How do narrative features function in text and film? In relation to the texts and films studied, students will examine the "mechanics" behind the text: e.g. role of author/director, types of narrators and focalization..

Literary texts and films.
The literary texts and film read/viewed and analysed will be considered both as literary/artistic works but also as documenting essential aspects of the society in which they were produced.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	0%	Examination Weight	100%

Course Work Breakdown
Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Labanyi, Jo: 2002, Constructing identity in contemporary Spain : theoretical debates and cultural practice, Oxford University Press, Oxford,
Herman, David: 2007, The Cambridge companion to narrative, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
Davies, Catherine: 2002, The companion to Hispanic studies, Arnold, London,
Bonaddio, Federico: 2007, A Companion to Federico Lorca, Tamesis, London,
Martín Gaite, Carmen.: 1958, Entre visillos, 2004, Destino, Barcelona,
FerraÌn, Ofelia and Glenn, Kathleen (editors): 2002, Women's narrative and film in twentieth-century Spain : a world of difference(s), Routledge, New York,
Ortega, José: 1989, Conciencia estética y social en la obra de Garcia Lorca, Universidad de Granada, Granada,
Perriam, Chris et al: 2000, A New History of Spanish Writing 1939 to the 1990s., Oxford UP, Oxford,
Turner, Harriet & López de Martínez, Adelaida: 2003, The Cambridge Companion to the Spanish Novel, Cambridge UP, Cambridge,
GarciÌa Lorca, Federico: 1982, AntologiÌa poeÌtica, Ediciones Orbis, S.A, Barcelona,
GarciÌa Lorca, Federicoand Havard, Robert.: 1990, Romancero gitano, Aris & Phillips,, Warminster, England,