Undergraduate Course: The Novel of the Spanish Transition (Ordinary) (ELCH09010)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will study the political implications of post-Franco through the most important novels of the period. These texts reflect the change in the Spanish people's mentality and a rethinking and recovering of a past transformed by the old regime. |
| Course description |
This course will study the political implications of post-Franco Spain through the most important novels of the period. These works will be studied from the point of view of the new society being built and all the implications for popular culture integrated in the Spanish new narrative. These texts reflect the change in the Spanish people's mentality and a rethinking and recovering of a past transformed by the old regime.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | In order to be eligible to take 4th Year Options, Visiting Students should have the equivalent of at least two years of study at University level of the appropriate language(s) and culture(s). |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2019/20, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 3 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 22,
Summative Assessment Hours 3,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
171 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
70 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
30% coursework (one 1,500-word essay) / 70% exam (one question to be answered in a take home exam) |
| Feedback |
Feedback on Essay and on non summative presentation as well as exam by both internal examiners |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand the political implications of post-Franco Spain through the most important novels of the period.
- Reflect critically and make judgements in light of evidence and argument.
- Extract and synthesise key information from written and spoken sources.
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Reading List
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Los mares del Sur.
Carmen Martín Gaite, El cuarto de atrás.
Lourdes Ortiz, Urraca.
Eduardo Mendoza, La ciudad de los prodigios.
Julio Llamazares, Luna de lobos.
Rosa Montero, Te trataré como una reina.
Josefina Aldecoa, Historia de una maestra.
Antonio Muñoz Molina, El invierno en Lisboa. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Jose Saval
Tel: (0131 6)50 3677
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Course secretary | Miss Kat Zabecka
Tel: (0131 6)50 4026
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