Hispanic Transatlantic and French-Speaking Caribbean Literatures and Cultures (P00295)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : LLC-P-P00295

The Hispanic world (Latin America, Iberia, and, at times, parts of West Africa) along with the French-speaking Caribbean, constitutes a major component of Atlantic civilisation, comparable in its dimensions only to the English-speaking Atlantic. This course examines significant cultural themes as they arise in similar and different ways from a Transatlantic perspective across the centuries and across the different cultures, countries and cultural figures of the region concerned. Topics covered may include relationships between any combinations of the Spanish-speaking Americas, Brazil, Iberia (Spain and Portugal), Spanish and Portuguese activities in West Africa, French-speaking Caribbean culture, and the Atlantic more generally. The course will be taught with texts in English translation and, on occasion, some visual images.

Entry Requirements

? Costs : Relevant book purchases.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Common Courses (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures), (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Thursday	09:00	10:50	Central

? Additional Class Information : Semester 2, Th 0900-1050

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students should reach an awareness of some important ways in which non-English-speaking Atlantic civilisation may be understood in cultural terms. Students should have an understanding of a series of significant cultural themes, of different ways in which comparisons may be made and cultural exchanges or contrasts observed in the geographical areas concerned.
Through consideration of a substantial cultural and historical space, the course will enhance high-level critical understanding of modes or representation, develop comparative skills, and enable students to heighten their already sophisticated writing and interpretative skills, and (in seminars) communicative skills. It will also encourage alternative Atlantic perspectives to Anglophone norms, developing an open-minded appreciation of diversity.