Literature & Film Under Franco
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| MLAC3156 | Modern Languages and Cultures | 3 | 20 | Full Year UK |
- Code
- MLAC3156
- School
- Modern Languages and Cultures
- Level
- 3
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Full Year UK
Summary
This module will present a survey of the literature and film produced in Spain during the Franco period (1939-1975), focusing in detail on at least one literary work and one film from each decade of the Dictatorship. The chosen literary texts will include poetry and prose fiction, while the filmic ones belong to a variety of genres, including historical drama, neorealism and melodrama, comedy, and documentary. The texts covered include some which reflect (and even help to propagate) the ideology of the régime and others which stand in opposition to it. Each will, in its own way, provide an insight into the political, social and cultural attitudes of the decade to which it belongs as well as into the changing role and conditions of literary and cinematic production during this period.
Target Students
Only available for Final Year students taking Spanish with SPLAS or Liberal Arts.
Classes
- One 2-hour lecture each week for 23 weeks
Assessment
- 40% Coursework 1: 1 x 2000 word coursework essay
- 60% Exam 1 (2-hour): 2hr written examination
Assessed in both autumn & spring semest