SN1102 Text & Image in the Hispanic World
Terms 1- 2
Convenor: James Kent
Assessment:
Coursework essays worth 30% and 60% respectively of the final mark for the course and one in-class assessment worth 10% of the final mark.
One formative piece (0%) [Seminar contribution]
First Essay: 1,200-1,500 words
Second Essay: 1,500-2,000 words
Overview
On this course students will study a variety of literary and visual texts, including films, fine art, photography, poetry and short stories. This course is designed to equip students with the critical tools and vocabulary they will need as they embark on their studies. This is a survey course which focuses on literature and the visual arts and which ranges from the medieval period to the twenty-first century. It also provides an overview of Spanish history. The course is available as an option for students of Comparative Literature and Culture, as well as those taking Spanish language.
The course comprises 20 hours of lectures/seminars. Student participation in class is actively encouraged and the course page on Moodle contains both reading materials and discussion topics which students are expected to prepare before each class.
Key Bibliography
Literary / Photographic texts:
Francesc Català-Roca, Catala-Roca: Obras Maestras (Madrid: La Fabríca, 2010)
Miguel de Cervantes, ‘Rinconete y Cortadillo’ in Novelas ejemplares I, ed. Harry Sieber (Madrid: Cátedra, 2000 or any reprint since).
Federico Garcia Lorca, Poet in New York (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1990 or any reprint since)
Cristina García Rodero, Festivals and Rituals of Spain (New York: Abrams, 1994)
Filmic texts:
La Lengua de las Mariposas (dir. José Luis Cuerda, 1999)
Pa negre (dir. Agustí Villaronga, 2010)
Vacas (dir. Julio Medem, 1992)
Recommended Further Reading:
Dawson W. Carr and Xavier Bray, Diego Velázquez (London: National Gallery, 2006)
Jan Evans, ‘The Metaphor of the River in Unamuno's El Cristo de Velázquez: Subversive Text or Devotional Reading?’ in Romance notes, Volume: 50, Issue: 03, pages. 279 -286, 2010.
Rose-Marie Hagen, Francisco Goya 1746-1828 (London: Taschen, 2007)
Robert Havard, The Spanish eye: painters and poets of Spain (Woodbridge: Tamesis, 2007)
Ian Jeffrey, How to Read a Photograph: Understanding, Interpreting and Enjoying the Great Photographer (London: Thames & Hudson 2008)
Adrian Shubert and Jose Alvarez Junco, Spanish History Since1808 (London: Arnold, 2000)
Rob Stone, Spanish cinema (Harlow: Longman, 2002)
Janis Tomlinson, Francisco Goya y Lucientes, 1746-1828 (London: Phaidon, 1994)
Janis Tomlinson, Painting in Spain: El Greco to Goya, 1561-1828 (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997)
Liz Wells, The Photography Reader (London: Routledge, 2003)
Other primary reading and course materials (including primary texts) are all readily available in bilingual, Spanish-English editions for CLC students. All films taught on this course will be shown in scheduled screenings and will be subtitled.