Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis This subject aims to familiarise students with the origins of the war in earlier Spanish history, the ideologies of the European background against which it unfolded and its broad impact on the intellectual life and artistic production of the 1930s and beyond. The subject will involve the reading of historical and literary selections as well as the study of visual material - posters, painting and film. The film for special study will be Saura's Mama Turns a Hundred. Other films on, or related to, the Spanish Civil War will be shown at lunchtime during the semester.
Assessment Document analysis (2000 words): 22.5% + Essay (2000 words) or 2-hour exam: 22.5% + Research project requiring the reading of additional primary material and the preparation of an extensive bibliography (5000 words): 55%