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

Undergraduate Course: The Novel of the Spanish Transition (ELCH10019)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course aims to provide students with a broad knowledge of the political implications of the After Franco-Spain through the most important novels of the period.
Course description These works will be studied from the point of view of the new society being built and all its popular culture implications integrated in the Spanish new narrative. These texts reflect the change in the Spanish people mentality and a rethinking and recovering of a past transformed by the old regime.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Entry to Spanish Hons required.
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Understand the political implications of post-Franco Spain through the most important novels of the period.
  2. Reflect critically and make judgements in light of evidence and argument.
  3. Extract and synthesise key information from written and spoken sources.
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
Additional Class Delivery Information 10 tutorials of 2 hours
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Jose Saval
Tel: (0131 6)50 3677
Email: Jose.Saval@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Kat Zabecka
Tel: (0131 6)51 1822
Email: K.Zabecka@ed.ac.uk
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