Spanish and Latin-American Contemporary Cultures - 1st semester
Code
711111113
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Secção de Estudos Espanhóis, Franceses e Italianos
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Pedro Santa María
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Spanish
Objectives
a) Improving knowledge of Spanish and Latin American cultures.
b) Improving knowledge of their historical, social, literary and artistic contexts.
c) Developing critical reading skills of essays and literary texts of that period.
d) Developing skills on finding, selecting and interpreting significant information, textual and non-textual, through transdisciplinary perspectives, regarding the proposed subjects.
e) Developing skills to elaborate reflections, based on argumentation through correctly gathered and articulated information.
f) Developing speech and writing: about adquired information, critical readings and personal perspectives and interpretations
Prerequisites
Not applicable
Subject matter
The student will be helped to achieve a wide and integrated knowledge of Spanish and Latin American cultural realities, through transdisciplinar dialog between History, Art and Literature. The program begins in 1898, a landmark in the independence process of the last Spanish colonies. It covers the first decades of the XXth century (social movements, political convulsions, art and literary modernism, ideological matters) in both geographical areas and focuses on the varied interaction between Spain and its former territories. The Spanish Civil War and the post-WWII dictatorships, followed by later democratic processes, allow reflections on this relevant and recent period of Universal History.
Bibliography
Cortázar, F. & Gónzález Vesga, J. M. (2009). Breve Historia de España. Madrid: Alianza.
Volpi, J. (2009). El insomnio de Bolívar. Madrid: Debate.
Halperin Donghi, T. (1998). Historia contemporánea de América Latina, Madrid: Alianza.
Mainer, J.-C. (1981). La Edad de Plata (1902-1939). Madrid: Cátedra.
Pires, M. L. B. (2006). Teorias da Cultura. Porto: Universidade Católica.
Teaching method
Presentation of the various topics by the lecturer; reading and discussion of a selection of texts covering the topics outlined in the syllabus.
In class teaching
Evaluation method
Short papers on varied subjects (20%) and 3 written exercices in class (15%, 20%, 45%)