HISTORY OF SPANISH CULTURE

Academic year
2018/2019 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
HISTORIA DE LA CULTURA ESPAÑOLA
Course code
LMI970 (AF:262442 AR:157088)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
Educational sector code
L-LIN/05
Period
2nd Semester
Course year
2
Where
VENEZIA
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Symptomatic knowledge of the social and cultural history of Spain, from the sixteenth century to the present, through the study of different models of women's insertion in literary and cultural life.
Good knowledge of spoken and written Spanish.
Definition of the concepts of culture and cultural history from a contemporary point of view. Analysis of literary texts and cultural essays (written by women from the sixteenth through the twenty-first century) that reflect the mentality and the customs of the historical moment.
LITERARY TEXTS and ESSAYS:

Reading packet prepared by professor: Fragmentos de Santa Teresa de Jesús: LIBRO DE LA VIDA. María de Zayas: “ESTRAGOS QUE CAUSA EL VICIO”. Rosalía de Castro: “CARTA A EDUARDA”. Emilia Pardo Bazán: “EL ENCAJE ROTO”. Carmen Martín Gaite: “DE MADAME BOVARY A MARILYN MONROE”. Estrella de Diego: “FEMINISMO, QUEER, GÉNERO, ‘POST’, REVISIONISMO.: O TODO LO CONTRARIO. SER —O NO SER— HISTORIADOR/A DEL ARTE FEMINISTA EN EL ESTADO ESPAÑOL”.

Burgos, Carmen de, LA ENTROMETIDA (on line).
Martín Gaite, Carmen, USOS AMOROSOS DE LA POSTGUERRA ESPAÑOLA, Barcelona, Anagrama,

CRITICAL TEXTS:

Fusi, Juan Pablo, HISTORIA MÍNIMA DE ESPAÑA, Madrid, Turner, 2017.

Lotman Juri M. - Uspenkij, "Sul meccanismo semiotico della cultura", in TIPOLOGIA DELLA CULTURA, Milano, Bompiani, pp. 39-68 (on line).
Johnson, Roberta – Zubiaurre, Maite, ANTOLOGÍA DEL PENSAMIENTO FEMINISTA ESPAÑOL, Madrid, Cátedra, 2012.

Additional didactic materials available online.
Final exam is a written test in Spanish. It consists of four questions (the student must answer two of their choice) in order to ensure the skills acquired in the analysis of filmd. Questions include two or more topics discussed in the course.
To pass the course is required:
-active participation in class.
-short critical essay on each one of the films.
-class presentation of one of these films.
-final written exam.

The constant and active participation in lessons and two cultural activities by the teacher will award a bonus of up to 3 points on the final grade.
Lectures in Spanish. Interdisciplinary presentation of topics and problems.
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Definitive programme.