SchoolLanguages,LiteraturesandCulturalStudies
DepartmentofHispanicStudies
1stYearJointHonors(JH)BookofModules2019-20
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FirstYear-JointHonours(JH)Spanishataglance
Spanishcoursecontent:Inallyears,theDepartmentprovidesintensivestudyoftheSpanish language. InYears1-3studentsstudySpanishandLatinAmericanHistory,Literature,andCulture throughavarietyofmodules.Final-year studentshave theopportunity to select from options among several literature and culturemodulestaughtinsmall-group,seminarformat.Final-yearJointHonoursstudentsalsowritea dissertation of 8,000-10,000 words on a topic of their choosing under thesupervisionofonetheDepartment’slecturers.
ResidenceinSpain:JointHonoursstudentsmayspendtheirsecondyearinSpainonanErasmusexchangeinanumberofSpanishuniversities.Third-yearstudentsmayalsospendeitherthefirstsemesterortheentireyearabroad,dependingupontheapprovaloftheirothersubject.
ProgrammeStructure:Studentstake30ECTSinYears1-3and60ECTSinYear4Year1SPU1100YSpanishGrammarandSyntax(Beginners)(10ECTS,Semesters1&2)ORSPU1101YSpanishGrammarandSyntax(Non-Beginners)(10ECTS,Semesters1&2)SPU1102YIntroductiontoModernSpain(10ECTS,Semesters1&2)SPU11031IntroductiontoSpanishandLatinAmericanCinema(5ECTS,Semester1)SPU11032IntroductiontoSpanishandLatinAmericanLiterature(5ECTS,Semester2)
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ModuleCode SPU1100Y
ModuleName SPANISHGRAMMARANDSYNTAX(BEGINNERS-JH,
ES)
Departmentname
Hispanic
ECTSweighting 10
Semestertaught/Semesterassessed
Semester1/Semester2
ContactHours 5contacthours:Core:3/Orals:1/Tutorials:1.
ModulePersonnel Core:Ms.PatriciaGonzálezBermúdez
Orals:Ms.NuriadeCosLara
Tutorials:Ms.NuriadeCosLara
LearningOutcomes Onsuccessfulcompletionofthemodule,students
willbeableto
1.demonstrateagoodgeneralknowledgeand
understandingofgrammarstructuresofthe
Spanishlanguage.
2.applytheirabilitytowriteshortnarrativeand
generalessays.
3.readandunderstandawiderangeoftextsfrom
newspaperarticlestoshortliterarypieces.
4.translatesentencesandshortpassagesfrom
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EnglishintoSpanishandviceversa.
5.reachabasicleveloffluencytoconverseon
generaltopics.
Howistheachievementoftheselearning
outcomesassessed?
Completionofarangeofweeklywrittenandon-
linelanguageexercisesincludinggrammar,text
analysis,essaywriting,andtranslationfromand
intoSpanish
ModuleLearningAims Thefirst-yearbeginners’courseisdesigned
primarilytoestablishandconsolidateyour
competenceinunderstandingandusingthe
Spanishlanguage.Bytheendofthecourse,
studentswillbefamiliarwithessentialreading,
writing,andspeakingtechniques,andableto
undertakefurtherindependentstudyofthe
language.
MethodsofTeachingandStudent
Learning
•Contactteaching:lectures&tutorials
•Directedlearning:Homework
ModuleContent Avarietyofgrammarexercises,reading,sentences
andshorttextsfortranslationandtextanalysis.
RecommendedReadingList None
ModulePreRequisite None
ModuleCoRequisite None
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AssessmentDetails AnnualAssessmentMTLanguage:Spanishlanguageexam(x1hr.)–15%HTLanguage:SpanishLanguageExam(x3hrs.)–75%OralExam–10%SupplementalAssessment
SpanishLanguageExamI(x3hrs.)–75%
SpanishLanguageExamII(x1hr.)–15%
Oral–10%
ModuleWebsite
AcademicStartYear 2019/2020
ModuleCode SPU11031
Module Name Introduction to Spanish and Latin American
Cinema
Department name
Hispanic Studies
Module Short Title
ECTS weighting 5
Semester taught/Semester
assessed
SEM1
Contact Hours 1
Module Personnel Dr. Daniel Mourenza
Learning Outcomes By the end of the module, students 1) will have
familiarised themselves with the history of
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Spanish and Latin American film; 2) will have
learnt different approaches to analyse film; 3) will
be able to understand Spanish and Latin
American films in their own social, political and
historical contexts.
Module Learning Aims • To introduce students to Spanish and Latin American cinema
• To give students analytical and critical skills to comprehend and analyse Spanish and Latin American films
• To make students aware of the most important debates around Spanish and Latin American cinema
Module Content A selection of Spanish and Latin American films.
Recommended Reading List Mark Alinson and Barry Jordan, Spanish
Cinema: A Student’s Guide (London: Hodder
Arnold, 2005)
Stephen M. Hart, Latin American Cinema
(London: Reaktion Books, 2015)
Jo Labanyi and Tatjana Pavlović (eds), A
Companion to Spanish Cinema (London: Wiley-
Blackwell, 2013)
Michael T. Martin (ed.), New Latin American
Cinema (Detroit: Wayne State U. P., 1997)
Deborah Shaw (ed.), Contemporary Latin
American Cinema: Breaking into the Global
Market (Lenham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007)
Rob Stone, Spanish Cinema (Harlow: Longman,
2002)
Module Pre Requisite N/A
Module Co Requisite N/A
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Assessment Details One 2-hour final exam (100%)
Module Website
Module approval date
Approved By
Academic Start Year
Academic Year of Data
ModuleCode SPU11032
ModuleName IntroductiontoSpanishandSpanishAmerican
Literature
Departmentname
Hispanic
ECTSweighting 5
Semestertaught/Semesterassessed
SEMESTER2
ContactHours 1hrlecture
ModulePersonnel DrBrianBrewer,ProfOmarGarcíaandDrCiara
O’Hagan
LearningOutcomes Upon completion of thismodule, students should
beableto:
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1) critically analyze a selection of literary texts
from a range of genres, including drama, poetry
andprosefiction;
2) distinguish between generic literary
conventionsandliterarymovements;
3) identify the fundamental and distinguishing
characteristicsofliterarydiscourse.
Graduate Attributes developed through Learning
Outcomes: independent thinking, effective
communication, continuous development, and
responsibleaction.
ModuleLearningAims Thismodulewillintroducestudentstothe
fundamentalprinciplesofliteraryanalysisand
textualcriticismthroughtheclosereadingofa
varietyoftextsdrawnfromthegenresofpoetry,
proseanddrama.
MethodsofTeachingandStudent
Learning
Weeklylectureandguidedin-classdiscussion.
ModuleContent Aselectionofliterarytextsfromacrossthe
Spanish-speakingworld.
RecommendedReadingList Cortázar,Julio,Todoslosfuegoselfuego(Anyprint
ordigitaledition)
Lorca,FedericoGarcía,Bodasdesangre(Any
moderncriticaledition)
Allpoemsstudiesaspartofthemodulewillbe
distributedbytheDepartmentofHispanicStudies
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anduploadedtoBlackboardinadvanceofthe
lecture.
ModulePreRequisite
ModuleCoRequisite
AssessmentDetails AnnualAssessment:
2-hourwrittenexam(100%)
SupplementalAssessment:
2-hourwrittenexam(100%)
ModuleWebsite
AcademicStartYear 2019/2020
ModuleCode SPU1102Y
ModuleName IntroductiontoModernSpain
Departmentname
HispanicStudies
ModuleShortTitle
ECTSweighting 10
Semestertaught/Semesterassessed YEAR
ContactHours 1
ModulePersonnel Dr.DanielMourenza
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LearningOutcomes Onsuccessfulcompletionofthemodule,students
willbeableto:a)identifythemajorhistorical,
socio-economic,political,andculturalshiftsthat
haveaffectedSpaininthe20thand21stcenturies;
b)recognisetheextenttowhichSpanishsocietyis
stillrespondingtothehistoricalexperiencesofthe
CivilWarandtheFrancoregime;c)comparethe
aspirationsofSpain’shistoricalautonomous
regionswiththepoliciesoftheMadrid
government;andd)combinethestudiedthemes
intoacoherentoverviewofcontemporarySpanish
society.
ModuleLearningAims Tofamiliarisestudentswithrecentand
contemporarySpanishhistory,politics,economics
andculture.
ModuleContent ThemodulewillfocusonSpanishhistoryand
societyfrom1898tothepresent.Readingsonthe
themescoveredeachweekwillbeavailableon
Blackboard.
RecommendedReadingList ÁlvarezJunco,José,andAdrianShubert(eds),
SpanishHistorysince1808(London:Arnold,2000)
Brenan,Gerald,TheSpanishlabyrinth:Anaccount
ofthesocialandpoliticalbackgroundoftheSpanish
CivilWar(Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,
2014)
Carr,Raymond,Spain1808-1975(Oxford:Oxford
UniversityPress,1982)
Carr,Raymond,ModernSpain1875-1980(Oxford:
OxfordUniversityPress,1980)
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Graham,Helen,andJoLabanyi(eds).Spanish
CulturalStudies:AnIntroduction.TheStrugglefor
Modernity(Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,1995)
Graham,Helen,TheWarandItsShadow:Spain’s
CivilWarinEurope’sLongTwentiethCentury
(Brighton:SussexAcademicPress,2012)
PhillipsJr.,WilliamD.andCarlaRahnPhillips,A
ConciseHistoryofSpain(Cambridge:Cambridge
UniversityPress,2010)
Radcliff,Pamela,1808tothePresent(Hoboken:
Wiley-Blackwell,2017)
Ross,ChristopherJ.,Spain1812-2004(Modern
HistoryforModernLanguages)(London:Arnold,
2004)
Schubert,Adrian,andJoséAlvarezJunco,The
HistoryofModernSpain:Chronologies,Themes,
Individuals(London:Bloomsbury,2017)
Shubert,Adrian,ASocialHistoryofModernSpain
(CrowsNest:UnwinHyman,1990)
Townson,Nigel(ed),IsSpainDifferent?(Brighton:
SussexAcademic,2010)
ModulePreRequisite N/A
ModuleCoRequisite N/A
AssessmentDetails 2-hourwrittenexaminationattheendofSemester
2(100%)
SupplementalAssessment:
2-hourwrittenexamination(100%)
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ModuleWebsite
Moduleapprovaldate
ApprovedBy
AcademicStartYear
AcademicYearofData
ModuleCode SPU1101Y
ModuleName SPANISHGRAMMARANDSYNTAX(NON
BEGINNERS-JF,ES,MEELC)
Departmentname(NewAR/TEPrequirement)
Hispanic
ECTSweighting 10
Semestertaught/Semesterassessed
(NewAR/TEPrequirement)
Addcodingconvention
MT+HT
ContactHours [email protected]
ModulePersonnel Core:VirginiaSeguraGonzalez
Orals:NuriaCosdeLara
Tutorials:FernandaGarcia
LearningOutcomes Onsuccessfulcompletionofthemodule,students
willbeableto
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1.demonstrateagoodgeneralknowledgeand
understandingofgrammarstructuresinSpanish
2.writearangeoftextssuchasshortnarrative
pieces,dialogues,etc.
3.readandunderstandawidevarietyoftexts
rangingfromnewspaperarticlestoshortliterary
pieces
4.translatesentencesandshortpassagesfrom
EnglishintoSpanishandviceversa
5.converseongeneraltopicswithagoodlevelof
fluency.
Howistheachievementoftheselearning
outcomesassessed?
• Completionofarangeofweeklywrittenlanguageexercisesincludinggrammar,textanalysis,essaywriting,andtranslationfromandintoSpanish(formativeassessment).
• Oralexamination(summativeassessment)
• Two2-hourend-of-yearwrittenexaminations(summativeassessment).
GraduateAttributesDevelopedThroughLearning
Outcomes:
1.Tothinkindependentlyisdevelopedthrough
theacquisitionofagoodknowledgeofSpanish
LanguageGrammarandSyntaxstructures.
2.Tocommunicateeffectivelyisdevelopedby
havingworkedcloselywithawidevarietyoftexts
anddevelopedtheskillsoflistening,speaking,
readingandwritinginarangeofsituationsand
contexts.
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3.Todevelopcontinuouslyisachievedthrough
promotingaloveoffurtherlearning.
4.Toactresponsiblyisdevelopedthroughtaking
personalchargeofthenatureandqualityoftheir
learning.
ModuleLearningAims Thefirst-yearcourseisdesignedprimarilyto
establishandconsolidateyourcompetencein
understandingandusingtheSpanishlanguage.
MethodsofTeachingandStudent
Learning
ModuleContent Thismoduleoffersstudentsopportunitiesto
consolidatetheirknowledgeofSpanishgrammar
andsyntaxandwillhelpthemtofamiliarise
themselveswithessentialreadingtechniquesthat
willsupportfurtherindependentstudyofthe
writtenandspokenlanguage.
RecommendedReadingList GrammarBookletandDepartmentclassmaterials.
JuanKattán-Ibarra&ChristopherJ.Pountain.ModernSpanish
Grammar:APracticalGuide(London:Routledge,2003),2ndEdition
AllstudentsshouldpossesstheirowncopyofagoodbilingualdictionarysuchasTheOxfordSpanishDictionary,TheCollinsSpanish-EnglishEnglish-SpanishDictionary,orDiccionarioEspañol-InglésInglés-Español(Larousse)andofareferencegrammar,e.g.,JohnButtandCarmenBenjamín,ANewReferenceGrammarofModernSpanish(Arnold).
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ModulePreRequisite None
ModuleCoRequisite None
AssessmentDetails LanguagePaperI:twohours/40%.
LanguagePaperII:twohours/30%.
Oralexam:10minutes/10%.
Continuousassessment:twoonehourin-class
tests/20%.
ModuleWebsite
AcademicStartYear 2019/2020