Luso-Hispanic Cinemas
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| MLAC2110 | Modern Languages and Cultures | 2 | 20 | Full Year UK |
- Code
- MLAC2110
- School
- Modern Languages and Cultures
- Level
- 2
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Full Year UK
Summary
This module will provide a general introduction to cinema in the Hispanic and Lusophone world. The first semester will examine contemporary cinema from Spain and Latin America addressing questions of style, form, socio-historical context and narrative content. The films will be available with English subtitles. The second semester will examine Lusophone cinema from Portugal, Brazil and Africa.
Target Students
Available for second year UG students with some knowledge of Spanish.
Classes
- One 3-hour screening each week for 8 weeks
- One 2-hour lecture each week for 20 weeks
Screening 3 hrs every 2 weeks - Total 8. The School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies operates an attendance policy. The details of this policy can be found in the student handbook on Workspace and in module handbooks.
Assessment
- 30% Coursework 1: 1 x 1500 word essay - Autumn semester
- 70% Exam (2-hour)
Assessed in both autumn & spring semest
Educational Aims
Students will learn how to analyse a visual culture (painting, images and film) in terms of what is spatial and metaphorical representations. Students will be encouraged and trained how to discuss visual representations both as aesthetic entities and as documents which bear witness to the temper of their own times. Visual cultures from Hispanic and Lusophone societies will be studied in the socio-historical and cultural contexts from which they emerged.Learning Outcomes
1. Knowledge and understanding
Students will (A2) acquire an in-depth awareness of the cultural, historical and political contexts appropriate to the Hispanic and Lusophone cultures addressed,
2. Intellectual skills
Students are given the tools with which to (B1) engage in informed discussion of artistic and historical material, archive texts and/or other cultural/sociological documentation from Hispanic/Lusophone cultures;
3. Professional/practical skills
The training offered during the course of the Hispanic Studies elements of the degree allows students to (C3) undertake relevant research and construct a reasoned argument on a topic/issue in English either orally or in writing.
4. Transferable/key skills
Students are provided with the training to be able to demonstrate (D3) the ability to construct and defend a coherent and well-researched argument in English;
(A3) develop an appreciation of the relationship between their own cultural, historical and social backgrounds and those of those aspects of the Hispanic/Lusophone worlds to which they are exposed;
(A4) handle with assurance a range of critical and analytical stratagems and tools in their approach to these areas.
(B2) demonstrate a critical awareness of the historical and socio-political contexts of Hispanic/Lusophone cultures;
(B4) deploy effectively a range of critical stratagems and approaches in their analytical work.
(D4) appropriate preparation skills in relation to written documents, oral presentation, illustrations and handouts and the delivery of oral presentations;
(D5) sufficient cross-cultural understanding to be able to negotiate effectively between cultures, particularly Hispanic/Lusophone cultures and their own culture of origin;
(D6) general research skills;
(D7) time-management, prioritising and general organisational skills.