Luso-Hispanic Cinemas (Autumn)
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| MLAC2112 | Modern Languages and Cultures | 2 | 10 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- MLAC2112
- School
- Modern Languages and Cultures
- Level
- 2
- Credits
- 10
- Semesters
- Autumn 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
For registration by Exchange or U21 students ONLY. A reading knowledge of Spanish is required.
Classes
- One 3-hour screening each week for 4 weeks
- One 2-hour lecture each week for 11 weeks
1 x 2 hour lectures per week. Screening - 3 hrs every 2 weeks - Total 4. Module is part of MLAC2117. For mobility students only. 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
- 100% Coursework 1: 1 x 2000 word film clip test
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
Students will learn the basics of how to analyse a painting in terms of what is spatially and metaphorically represented on the canvas, they will learn how to relate paintings to their socio-historical and cultural contexts and they will learn how to discuss paintings both as aesthetic entities and as documents which bear witness to the temper of their own times.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;
- (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.
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;
- (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.
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;
- (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.