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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : European Languages and Cultures - Hispanic Studies

Undergraduate Course: The Spanish Baroque: Theatre, Literature and Visual Arts in the Golden Age (ELCH10001)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaEuropean Languages and Cultures - Hispanic Studies Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course studies a selection of Spain's most influential and original writers and artists. The seventeenth century saw the emergence of a distinctly modern mentality as old ideas and beliefs were challenged and overturned. Intense political and intellectual turmoil, social unrest and religious uncertainty forced authors and artists to confront, in startling and often disturbing ways, the paradoxes at the heart of their society: extreme doubt and religious fanaticism, sexual violence and idealized love, rigid order and hierarchy and overwhelming chaos.

No prior knowledge of art is required or assumed.


Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Entry to Spanish Hons required, unless taken as part of Spanish 3
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesIn 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).
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
CentralSeminar1-11 14:00 - 15:50
First Class Week 1, Thursday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: Central. Appleton Tower 2.06
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)3:00
Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Part-year visiting students only (VV1) WebCT enabled:  No Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
CentralSeminar1-11 14:00 - 15:50
First Class Week 1, Thursday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: Central. Appleton Tower 2.06
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)3:00
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The course has two primary objectives:

(1) to appreciate the various social, intellectual and aesthetic factors which led to the creation of the distinctive and highly influential art and literature (prose, poetry, and theatre) of Spain's Golden Age;

(2) to consider whether there are common thematic and stylistic traits between the art and literature of this period sufficient to group both under a common descriptive term, the Baroque.

These objectives will be achieved via a close and contextualized study of key works of the period, and the course's primary interpretative emphasis is on the non-anachronistic understanding of artistic and literary production and reception.

Assessment Information
Examination.

Presentations/essays produced for seminars, but do not count towards final assessment.
Special Arrangements
For visting students taking Spanish 3 wishing to enrol, the course is available only with the explicit permission of the Course Organiser for Spanish 3.
Additional Information
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Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiserProf Jeremy Robbins
Tel: (0131 6)50 3675
Email: Jeremy.Robbins@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Fiona Scanlon
Tel: (0131 6)50 3646
Email: Fiona.Scanlon@ed.ac.uk
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