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

Undergraduate Course: Written Lives: Literature, Digressiveness, and the Real (Ordinary) (ELCH09006)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryAn introduction to the study of 20th- and 21st-century Spanish prose writings (peninsular prose narratives, in the main) that are concerned with recounting lives and "the real", representing the coherence of experience in narrative form, whilst engaging anew with history (Spain's recent historical past -- the Civil War and the Franco years in particular). An exploration of the ways in which these narratives normally partake of more than one genre of writing, such as autobiographical and biographical writing, memoir, essay, travelogue, or fiction, without necessarily always belonging to any one mode and not normally in the name of the novel. An exploration of generic questions, in particular an analysis of the range of writing extending from autobiography and biography to fiction, thematic ones (esp. the importance accorded to memory, representations of the multiplicity of relationships, the interconnectedness of the worlds represented, and the relationship of the creative imagination with writing), as well as formal ones, especially narrative form and structure, digressiveness or errancy (rhetorical and narrative).
Course description Primary texts studied:
Javier Marías, NEGRA ESPALDA DEL TIEMPO
Javier Cercas, ANATOMÍA DE UN INSTANTE
Antonio Muñoz Molina, SEFARAD
Rosa Montero, LA LOCA DE LA CASA
Vicente Molina Foix, EL ABRECARTAS
Juan José Millás, EL MUNDO
Enrique Vila-Matas, DIETARIO VOLUBLE
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Ordinary and Visiting Students only.
Additional Costs Purchase of primary texts studied
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).
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course students will be expected to show the ability:
- to demonstrate sound knowledge and understanding of the chosen specialism(s)
- to recognise and acknowledge the complexity of the subject
- to show an understanding of and apply competently relevant concepts and theories
- to construct coherent arguments which demonstrate an awareness of the problems posed by the texts/ issues studied
- to demonstrate a high level of expression in both written and oral presentations
- to offer alternative perspectives and show an awareness of contrasting viewpoints
Reading List
Primary texts studied:
Javier Marías, NEGRA ESPALDA DEL TIEMPO
Javier Cercas, ANATOMÍA DE UN INSTANTE
Antonio Muñoz Molina, SEFARAD
Rosa Montero, LA LOCA DE LA CASA
Vicente Molina Foix, EL ABRECARTAS
Juan José Millás, EL MUNDO
Enrique Vila-Matas, DIETARIO VOLUBLE
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements N/A
Study Abroad N/A
KeywordsSpain,prose narratives,genre,autobiography,digression,creative imagination
Contacts
Course organiserProf Alexis Grohmann
Tel: (0131 6)50 3678
Email: a.grohmann@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Kat Zabecka
Tel: (0131 6)51 1822
Email: K.Zabecka@ed.ac.uk
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