SchoolLanguages,LiteraturesandCulturalStudies

DepartmentofHispanicStudies

SeniorFresh–TSMBookofModules2019-20

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SeniorFresh-TSMSpanishataglance

Spanishcoursecontent:Inallyears,theDepartmentprovidesintensivestudyoftheSpanish language. InYears1-3studentsstudySpanishandLatinAmericanHistory,Literature,andCulture throughavarietyofmodules.Final-year studentshave theopportunity to select from options among several literature and culturemodulestaughtinsmall-group,seminarformat.Final-yearJointHonoursstudentsalsowritea dissertation of 8,000-10,000 words on a topic of their choosing under thesupervisionofonetheDepartment’slecturers.

ResidenceinSpain:JointHonoursstudentsmayspendtheirsecondyearinSpainonanErasmusexchangeinanumberofSpanishuniversities.Third-yearstudentsmayalsospendeitherthefirstsemesterortheentireyearabroad,dependingupontheapprovaloftheirothersubject.

ProgrammeStructure:Studentstake30ECTSinYears1-3and60ECTSinYear4Year2SPU2200YSpanishGrammarandSyntax(10ECTS,Semesters1&2)SPU22041IntroductiontoGoldenAgeLiterature(5ECTS,Semester1)SPU22051TheSpanishLanguageinContext(5ECTS,Semester2)SPU22022ModernSpanishPoetry(5ECTS,Semester2)SPU22092GenderinHispanicCinema(5ECTS,Semester2)

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ModuleCode SPU2200Y

ModuleName SPANISHGRAMMARANDSYNTAX(JH,ES,MEELC)

Departmentname

Hispanic

ECTSweighting 10

Semestertaught/Semester Semester1/Semester2

ContactHours

ModulePersonnel Core:DrBrianBrewer,DrDanielMourenza&Dr

CiaraO'Hagan

Orals:Ms.CarmenLópezCara

LearningOutcomes 1. identifyandeffectivelydeployarangeoflinguisticregisters,vocabularyandgrammaticalstructures

2. developstudents’understandingofstructuraldifferencesinEnglishandSpanish

3. communicateeffectivelywithnativeSpanishspeakersinbothwrittenandoralcontexts

4. synthesiseideasandorganisematerialintoeffectiveoral(classdiscussion/formalpresentations)andwritten(essay-writing)arguments

5. translateaccuratelyarangeoftextsfromandintoSpanish

6. drawonavarietyofresourcestorefineandimprovestudents’knowledgeandunderstandingofSpanishlanguageandculture(autonomouslearningandresearchskills)

ModuleLearningAims Themainlearningaimsofthismoduleareto

enablestudentstodevelopcompetenceinarange

oflanguagetasks,withafocusonthefollowing

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essentialskillsinSpanish:

• writing• reading• listening• speaking

MethodsofTeachingandStudent

Learning

•Contactteaching:lectures&tutorialsplusgroup

workandclasspresentations

•Directedlearning:Homework(weekly)

ModuleContent Avarietyoftextsfortranslationandtextanalysis,

grammarexercisesandtopicalresourcesfororal

discussion.

RecommendedReadingList Selectedtextsprovidedbytheinstructor.

ModulePreRequisite

ModuleCoRequisite

AssessmentDetails AnnualAssessmentMTLanguage:TextAnalysis(x1hr.)–20%HTLanguage:SpanishLanguageExam(x3hrs.)–60%Oral(HT)-20%SupplementalAssessment

TextAnalysis(x1hr.)–20%

SpanishLanguageExam(x3hrs.)–60%

Oral–20%

ModuleWebsite

AcademicStartYear 2019/2020

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ModuleCode SPU22041

ModuleName INTRODUCTIONTOGOLDENAGELITERATURE

POETRY,PROSE,THEATRE

Departmentname(NewAR/TEPrequirement)

Hispanic

ECTSweighting 5

Semestertaught/Semesterassessed

(NewAR/TEPrequirement)

Add coding convention

Semester1

ContactHours

ModulePersonnel DrBrianBrewer

LearningOutcomes Uponcompletionofthiscourse,studentswillhave

learnedtoidentifysomeofthemostimportant

formalandthematicfeaturesoftheprosefiction

andtheatreproducedinSpainduringthesixteenth

andseventeenthcenturies;theywillbeableto

situatetheworksstudiedintobroadculturaland

historicaltrendswithinSpain;andtheywillhave

developedavocabularyandanalyticalskillset

withwhichtoread,thinkandwritecriticallyabout

literature.

ModuleLearningAims Thiscoursewillintroducestudentstosomeofthe

major currents in theprose fictionand theatreof

sixteenth-andseventeenth-centurySpain.

MethodsofTeachingandStudent Lectures,assignedreadings,guidedin-class

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Learning discussion.

ModuleContent Thismodulewillparticularlyfocusonthe

interplayofthenarrativemodesofromanceand

comedyasreflectedinvariousgenresofearly

modernSpanishliterature:theMoorishand

picaresquenovels,thetheItalian-stylenovella,and

thetheatrical‘newcomedy’.Wewillreadeach

workbothasanindependentcreativeexpression

andaspartofanintellectualandartistic

continuum.Tothisend,wewillstudytheformal

attributesofeachtext,aswellastheoverlapping

socio-economic,political,culturalandideological

contextsinwhichitwascreated.Wewillfurther

considerhoweachtextachievescharacter

developmentandpsychologicalcomplexity

throughthejuxtapositionoftraditionalgeneric

modesandcategories.

RecommendedReadingList ElAbencerraje(anonymous)

LazarillodeTormes(anonymous)

Elcelosoextremeño(MigueldeCervantes)

FuenteOvejuna(LopedeVega)

ModulePreRequisite

ModuleCoRequisite

AssessmentDetails SummativeAssessment:One2-hourexam

FormativeAssessment:Readingquizzeson

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Blackboard

ModuleWebsite

AcademicStartYear 2019/2020

ModuleCode SPU22051

ModuleName THESPANISHLANGUAGEINCONTEXT(JH)

Departmentname(NewAR/TEPrequirement)

Hispanic

ECTSweighting 5

Semestertaught/Semesterassessed

(NewAR/TEPrequirement)

Add coding convention

Semester1

ContactHours 2

ModulePersonnel KateriaGarcia

LearningOutcomes Uponcompletionofthismodulestudentsshould

beableto:

1. Accuratelydiscernthecontext,styleandregisterofcontemporarySpanishtexts.

2. Identifythevariousverbalstrategiesappliedbyauthors,andtheirintendedeffectswithinthecommunicativeact.

3. RecogniseandbeabletodiscussissuesregardinglanguageanditsroleincontemporarySpanishsociety(e.g.the

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languageofpolitics,thelanguageoftechnology,genderandlanguage,etc.)

ModuleLearningAims Languagecanservemultiplepurposesinthe

publicsphere,becomingatooltoachieveavariety

ofgoals,beyonditsprimarycommunicative

function.Throughouttheterm,closeanalysisofa

widerangeofdiversetextualmaterialswillbe

undertaken,withtheaimofidentifyingthevarious

verbalstrategiesappliedbytheirauthors,and

theirintendedeffectswithinthecommunicative

act.Furthermore,thecoursewillintroduce

studentstotheSpanishlanguageinabroadrange

ofcommunicativecontexts,increasingtheir

awarenessofitscontemporaryregistersand

styles.

Theaimofthismoduleistoencouragestudentsto

criticallyengagewithtextualmaterial,focusingon

itsnon-literalmeaningssuchascontext,

communicationstrategiesandpragmaticintention.

MethodsofTeachingandStudent

LearningContactteaching:lecturesandseminars

Directedlearning:continuousassessment;

preparingofanoralpresentation

ModuleContent Language can serve multiple purposes in the

publicsphere,becomingatooltoachieveavariety

of goals, beyond its primary communicative

function.Throughout the term, closeanalysisof a

wide range of diverse textual materials will be

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undertaken,withtheaimofidentifyingthevarious

verbal strategies applied by their authors, and

their intended effects within the communicative

act. Furthermore, the course will introduce

studentstotheSpanishlanguageinabroadrange

of communicative contexts, increasing their

awareness of its contemporary registers and

styles.

RecommendedReadingList Schiffrin,Deborahetal.(eds.)TheHandbookof

DiscourseAnalysis.Oxford:Blackwell,

2001.

Levinson,StephenC.,Pragmatics,Cambridge

UniversityPress.

Reyes,Graciela,Elabecédelapragmática.Madrid:

Arco/Libros,2009.

Brown,DeborahandLevinson,Stephen

C.,Politeness:someuniversalsinlanguageusage.

CambridgeUniversityPress,1987.

Bravo,Diana(ed.),Estudiosdela(des)cortesíaen

español.Estocolmo/BuenosAires:Dunken,2005.

ModulePreRequisite None

ModuleCoRequisite None

AssessmentDetails Michaelmastermassessment:Oralpresentation(10%)Continuousassessment(20%)Writtenexam–2hours(70%)Supplementalassessment:Oralpresentation(10%)Continuousassessment(20%)

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Writtenexam–2hours(70%)

ModuleWebsite

AcademicStartYear 2019/2020

ModuleCode SPU22022

ModuleName MODERNSPANISHPOETRY(JH)

Departmentname

Hispanic

ECTSweighting 5

Semestertaught/Semesterassessed HT

ContactHours 2(1lecture;1tutorial)

ModulePersonnel DrCiaraO’Hagan

LearningOutcomes On successful completion of this module, students

should be able: to 1) identify and explain the

characteristic features of modern Spanish poetry

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through close textual reading of the works of

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Antonio Machado and

Federico García Lorca; 2) to analyze the thematic

and linguistic connections that exist between the

seemingly disparate works of the three poets

studied; 3) to organize material into effective and

detailedargumentsbothorally(presentation/class

discussion) and in writing; 4) to carry out

independent research; 5) to critically comment on

Spanish poetry of the 19th and 20th centuries and

formulate responses that are both discriminating

andhistoricallyinformed.

ModuleLearningAims The principal objectives of this course are to

familiarise students with the general trends in

modernSpanishpoetryandtoprovidethemwiththe

necessarycriticalapparatustomakediscriminating

and historically informed analyses of the poems

studied.

MethodsofTeachingandStudent

Learning

Lectures,tutorialsandguidedin-classdiscussion.

ModuleContent Throughaselectionofrepresentativeworksbysomeof

theprincipalwritersinSpainduringthe19thandearly

20thcenturies,thismoduleaimstoexplorethechief

meritsandcharacteristicfeaturesofmodernSpanish

poetry.Whilethebroadobjectiveofthemoduleisto

provideasenseoftherangeandqualityofmodern

Spanishpoetrybystudyingindepththeworksof

GustavoAdolfoBécquer,AntonioMachadoand

FedericoGarcíaLorca,itwillalsoexaminethethematic

andlinguisticconnectionsthatcanbeidentified

betweentheseeminglydisparateverseofallthree

poets.

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RecommendedReadingList Bécquer, Gustavo Adolfo, Rimas (Madrid: Cátedra,

2009)

Machado,Antonio, Poesíascompletas(Madrid:Espasa-

Calpe,2009)

GarcíaLorca,F.,Poemadelcantejondo;Romancero

gitano(Madrid:Cátedra,2009)

ModulePreRequisite

ModuleCoRequisite

AssessmentDetails 2hrExam(70%).Studentsanswertwoessay-style

questionsinEnglish

Oralpresentation(30%)

SupplementalAssessment2hrExam(70%).Studentsanswertwoessay-style

questionsinEnglish

Oralpresentation(30%)

ModuleWebsite

AcademicStartYear 2019/2020

ModuleCode SPU22092

ModuleName GenderinHispanicCinema

Departmentname

HispanicStudies

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ModuleShortTitle

ECTSweighting 5

Semestertaught/Semesterassessed

SEM202

ContactHours 3

ModulePersonnel Dr.DanielMourenza

LearningOutcomes Bytheendofthemodule,students1)willbe

familiarwithapproachesfromgendertheoryto

filmanalysis;2)willbeabletoanalyseSpanishand

LatinAmericanfilmsfromagenderperspective;3)

willhaveengagedindiscussionsaboutgenderand

sexuality;4)willbeawareofcriticaldebates

aroundSpanishandLatinAmericanfilm.

ModuleLearningAims • ToteachstudentsdifferentcriticalapproachestotheanalysisofSpanishandLatinAmericancinema

• Toprovidestudentswiththeoreticalandanalyticalskillstoreadfilmsfromagenderperspective

• ToallowstudentstoengagewithquestionsofgenderandsexualityinSpanishandLatinAmericanfilms.

ModuleContent AselectionofSpanishandLatinAmericanfilms

dealingwithquestionsofgenderandsexuality

RecommendedReadingList MarkAlinsonandBarryJordan,SpanishCinema:A

Student’sGuide(London:HodderArnold,2005)

MarshaKinder,BloodCinema:TheReconstruction

ofNationalIdentityinSpain(Berkeley:University

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ofCaliforniaPress,1993)

DeborahMartinandDeborahShaw(eds),Latin

AmericanWomenFilmmakers:Production,

Politics,Poetics(London:I.B.Tauris,2017)

SusanMartin-Márquez,FeministDiscourseand

SpanishCinema:SightUnseen(Oxford:Oxford

UniversityPress,1999)

ParvatiNairandJuliánDanielGutiérrez-Albilla,

HispanicandLusophoneWomenFilmmakers:

Theory,PracticeandDifference(Manchester:

ManchesterUniversityPress,2013)

GustavoSubero,QueerMasculinitiesinLatin

AmericanCinema:MaleBodiesandNarrative

Representations(London:I.B.Tauris,2014)

ModulePreRequisite N/A

ModuleCoRequisite N/A

AssessmentDetails Onein-classassessment(30%)andonefinalessay

(70%)

SupplementalAssessment:

FinalEssay(100%)

ModuleWebsite

Moduleapprovaldate

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