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SPAN246

Dictatorship to Democracy: Spanish Post-War Culture through Film and Theater
SPAN246 SP

SectionClass Size*AvailableTimes
1 16 0 Times: .T.T... 10:00AM-11:20AM; M...... 7:30PM-9:30PM;

*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration. (Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:00:40 EST 1998 )

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 sub-genres 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: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA RLIT

Prerequisites: None

Section 01
Gonzalez, B
Times: .T.T... 10:00AM-11:20AM; M...... 7:30PM- 9:30PM;
Grading Mode: A/F
Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 3, Fr: 2
Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-03-1998




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