Department of European Studies & Modern Languages, Unit Catalogue 2006/07

EU20556 Spanish cultural studies 2A: modern and contemporary Spain

Credits: 3

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW33EX67

Requisites:

Aims: To provide a theoretical framework for cultural analysis; to understand culture as a wide range of discursive practices; to understand culture as a site for the struggle over meaning and identity; to apply this conceptual paradigm to Modern and Contemporary Spain.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this unit, students will be able to:
* argue how a cultural text or practice works;
* analyse a cultural text in terms of the construction of national, ethnic, gender or class narratives;
* understand and discuss the cultural elements at stake in Spanish Modernity and Postmodernity.
Skills:
Skills in critical analysis, conceptual thinking, precision in the use of written and spoken language, exercise of independent judgement, reasoned argument, effective communication in the target language and the planning/conduct/reporting of non-quantitative research are taught and assessed in this unit. Skills in effective learning are developed in this unit.
Content:
Cultural analysis, theoretically informed, of different practices and discourses in Modern and Contemporary Spain. This unit is taught in Spanish.General Bibliography: Graham, Helen and Labanyi, Jo, eds. Spanish Cultural Studies. An Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995; Jordan, Barry and Morgan Tamosunas, Rikki, eds. Contemporary Spanish Cultural Studies. London: Arnold, 2000.

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