Undergraduate Course: The Novel of the Spanish Transition (ELCH10019)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This 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.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Entry to Spanish Hons required. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 18 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
196 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Formative Presentation 0%
1,250-word Essay 40%
1,250-word Time Limited Take-Home Essay 60% |
| Feedback |
Feedback on Essay and on non summative presentation as well as exam by both internal examiners |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand the political implications of post-Franco Spain through the most important novels of the period.
- Reflect critically and make judgements in light of evidence and argument.
- Extract and synthesise key information from written and spoken sources.
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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.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
10 tutorials of 2 hours |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Jose Saval
Tel: (0131 6)50 3677
Email: Jose.Saval@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Hope Hamilton
Tel: (0131 6)50 4167
Email: hope.hamilton@ed.ac.uk |
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