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SP2036: LATIN AMERICA: TEXTS AND CONTEXTS (2017-2018)

Last modified: 11 Jul 2018 10:29


Course Overview

This course uses texts, which can include plays, films, novels, music, letters and an etiquette guide, to understand issues, concerns and themes in Latin American history. The course is organised chronologically and each week classes focus on texts from a particular country as a means to discuss bigger questions, such as how to make a new nation after three hundred years of colonial rule and a decade of warfare, how to demonstrate your honourability in an anonymous city and what cultural models are the best source of inspiration. The course also focuses on 'context' shared throughout Latin America.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 2
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Professor Patience Schell

Qualification Prerequisites

  • Programme Level 2

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • One of SP1028 Spanish Language 2 (Passed) or SP1528 Spanish Language 2 (Passed) or SP2025 Spanish Language 3 (Passed) or SP2525 Spanish Language 3 (Passed)
  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course explores themes and issues raised by written and visual texts from Latin America. The texts will be related to their local and international contexts of production and consumption. The course aims to equip students with analytical skills in preparation for more advanced study of literary and visual texts at Honours level, but is also suitable for students not intending to proceed to Honours.

Further Information & Notes

Students intending to proceed to honours are advised to take Spain: Texts and Contexts as well as this course.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

1st Attempt: 40% short story + commentary 1,500 words total (40%); group project (20%); and one two-hour written examination (40%)

Resit: 1 two-hour written examination (100%).

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

The above assessments are given CAS marks, and additional written or verbal feedback is also given.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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