Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE SPA2107

 
TITLE Spanish Film

 
UM LEVEL 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course

 
MQF LEVEL 5

 
ECTS CREDITS 2

 
DEPARTMENT Spanish and Latin American Studies

 
DESCRIPTION A review of the works of Bunuel, Saura, Erice, Almodovar and Gutierrez Aragon in the context of the wider Spanish Film movement.

Reading List:

Kinder, M. (1993) Blood cinema: the reconstruction of national identity in Spain. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Edwards, G. (1994) Indecent Exposures: Buñuel, Saura, Erice, Almodóvar. New York: M. Boyars.
D'Lugo: M. (1991) The Films of Carlos Saura: the Practice of Seeing. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Smith, P.J. (1994) Desire unlimited: the Cinema of Pedro Almodovar. New York: Routledge, Chapman and Hall.

 
ADDITIONAL NOTES The language of instruction of this study-unit is English. Students can follow this study-unit without having any knowledge of Spanish.

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Assessment Due Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Assignment SEM2 Yes 100%

 
LECTURER/S Saviour Catania

 

 
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