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Academic Year 2000/2001
Dictatorship to Democracy: Spanish Postwar Culture Through Film and Theater
SPAN 246 SP
Theater and film are among the most visible forms of art and are therefore the ones most directly affected by censorship. They will be studied for the way they reflect and are affected by social and political change
throughout the period of the Franco
dictatorship. The study begins with Franco's military victory in 1939 and ends with the Socialist party's election victory in 1981. Attention will be focused on the similarities and differences between theater and film
as communicative media and on the
formal composition of the various dramatic subgenres that appear on Spanish stage during this period (e.g., comedy vs. tragedy, historical drama, theater of the absurd, the farce).
MAJOR READINGS
Fernardo Fernan Gomez, LAS BICICLETAS SON PARA EL VERANO Max Aub, MORIR POR CERRAR LOS OJOS Alfonso Sastre, ESCUADRA HACIA LA MUERTE Antonio Buero Vallejo, HISTORIA DE UNA ESCALERA; EL CONCIERTO DE SAN OVIDIO
Miguel Mihura, TRES SOMBREROS DE COPA
Carlos Muniz, EL TINTERO Lauro Olmo, LA CAMISA Jose Martin Recuerda, LAS SALVAJES EN PUENTE SAN GIL Jose Maria Rodriguez Mendez, HISTORIA DE UNOS CUANTOS Alonso de Santos, BAJARSE AL MORO Films by Luis Bunuel,
Carlos Saura, Luis Garcia
Berlanga, Juan Antonio Bardem, Victor Erice, and Mario Camus.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Written: three short papers and one term project. Oral: 3-4 oral reports (depending on the size of the class). All readings, discussions and assignments are conducted exclusively IN SPANISH.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
SPAN246 is intended for students who have completed SPAN223. Students who have not done so should consult with the professor before preregistering. Please note that students enrolled in SPAN246 will be REQUIRED to
attend SCREENINGS of Spanish movies,
scheduled for MONDAY EVENING, at 7:30 p.m. Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list.
NOTE: Students must still submit a
completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA RLAN
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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