University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 15

ECTS credits : 7

Level : SCQF level 9

Semester: 1

Planned timetable: 11.00 am- 12.30 pm Wednesday.

This module is designed to introduce students to the complex and fascinating relations between culture and history within the context of post-Civil War Spain, providing them with an interdisciplinary knowledge of that period. In particular, it aims at exploring the value of film and poetry as modes of cultural resistance to dominant political and ideological discourses. In order to do so, we will be looking at the work of a number of key authors in the history of contemporary Spanish literature (such as José Hierro, Ángel Gonzalez, Gloria Fuertes, Jaime Gil de Biedma, and José Ángel Valente, amongst others) and cinema (typically, L. García Berlanga, J. A. Bardem, B. Martín Patino, V. Erice, C. Saura, etc).

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisite(s): Before taking this module you must pass SP2002

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 1.5-hour seminar, one film viewing session every other week and 1 weekly surgery hour.

Scheduled learning hours: 28

Guided independent study hours: 122

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 100%

As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 0%
Practical examinations : 0%
Coursework: 100%

Re-assessment: Coursework = 100%

Personnel