Introduction to modern Spain
J Paredes
8 points
* 3 hours per week
* First semester
* Clayton
*
Prerequisites: SPN1020 or SPN1080
Objectives Students completing this subject should have acquired a broad awareness of a key area of cultural knowledge relating to contemporary Spain, some understanding of the relationship between society and literature, and a knowledge of the principal modes of contemporary Spanish narrative and drama.
Synopsis The subject studies Spain from 1936 to the present day. The approach to be used is interdisciplinary in nature, allowing lectures to survey major social, political and cultural developments of the period. Tutorial work focuses on specific textual and audiovisual material: cultural documents, literary texts and films. The main goal of the subject is to present a coherent and balanced account of Spain's emergence from a backward, predominantly agricultural country in the 1930s to a modern, progressive industrial nation today.
Assessment Written (3000 words): 60%
* Examinations (2 hours): 40%
Prescribed texts
Buero Vallejo A La doble historia del doctor Valmy Austral, 1976
Monash anthology of reading materials (available from the department)
Sender R Réquiem por un campesino español Manchester U P, 1991
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