SP3147 The Art of Subversion in Post-War Spain (1939-1975)

2025 to 2026 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

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SCQF level

SCQF level 9

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Planned timetable

TBC

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Module coordinator

Dr F J Letran

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Module Staff

Dr J Letrán

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Module description

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-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS SP2002

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

Coursework = 100%

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

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

122

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.