SchoolLanguages,LiteraturesandCulturalStudies

DepartmentofHispanicStudies

1stYearJointHonors(JH)BookofModules2019-20

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FirstYear-JointHonours(JH)Spanishataglance

Spanishcoursecontent:Inallyears,theDepartmentprovidesintensivestudyoftheSpanish language. InYears1-3studentsstudySpanishandLatinAmericanHistory,Literature,andCulture throughavarietyofmodules.Final-year studentshave theopportunity to select from options among several literature and culturemodulestaughtinsmall-group,seminarformat.Final-yearJointHonoursstudentsalsowritea dissertation of 8,000-10,000 words on a topic of their choosing under thesupervisionofonetheDepartment’slecturers.

ResidenceinSpain:JointHonoursstudentsmayspendtheirsecondyearinSpainonanErasmusexchangeinanumberofSpanishuniversities.Third-yearstudentsmayalsospendeitherthefirstsemesterortheentireyearabroad,dependingupontheapprovaloftheirothersubject.

ProgrammeStructure:Studentstake30ECTSinYears1-3and60ECTSinYear4Year1SPU1100YSpanishGrammarandSyntax(Beginners)(10ECTS,Semesters1&2)ORSPU1101YSpanishGrammarandSyntax(Non-Beginners)(10ECTS,Semesters1&2)SPU1102YIntroductiontoModernSpain(10ECTS,Semesters1&2)SPU11031IntroductiontoSpanishandLatinAmericanCinema(5ECTS,Semester1)SPU11032IntroductiontoSpanishandLatinAmericanLiterature(5ECTS,Semester2)

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ModuleCode SPU1100Y

ModuleName SPANISHGRAMMARANDSYNTAX(BEGINNERS-JH,

ES)

Departmentname

Hispanic

ECTSweighting 10

Semestertaught/Semesterassessed

Semester1/Semester2

ContactHours 5contacthours:Core:3/Orals:1/Tutorials:1.

ModulePersonnel Core:Ms.PatriciaGonzálezBermúdez

Orals:Ms.NuriadeCosLara

Tutorials:Ms.NuriadeCosLara

LearningOutcomes Onsuccessfulcompletionofthemodule,students

willbeableto

1.demonstrateagoodgeneralknowledgeand

understandingofgrammarstructuresofthe

Spanishlanguage.

2.applytheirabilitytowriteshortnarrativeand

generalessays.

3.readandunderstandawiderangeoftextsfrom

newspaperarticlestoshortliterarypieces.

4.translatesentencesandshortpassagesfrom

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EnglishintoSpanishandviceversa.

5.reachabasicleveloffluencytoconverseon

generaltopics.

Howistheachievementoftheselearning

outcomesassessed?

Completionofarangeofweeklywrittenandon-

linelanguageexercisesincludinggrammar,text

analysis,essaywriting,andtranslationfromand

intoSpanish

ModuleLearningAims Thefirst-yearbeginners’courseisdesigned

primarilytoestablishandconsolidateyour

competenceinunderstandingandusingthe

Spanishlanguage.Bytheendofthecourse,

studentswillbefamiliarwithessentialreading,

writing,andspeakingtechniques,andableto

undertakefurtherindependentstudyofthe

language.

MethodsofTeachingandStudent

Learning

•Contactteaching:lectures&tutorials

•Directedlearning:Homework

ModuleContent Avarietyofgrammarexercises,reading,sentences

andshorttextsfortranslationandtextanalysis.

RecommendedReadingList None

ModulePreRequisite None

ModuleCoRequisite None

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AssessmentDetails AnnualAssessmentMTLanguage:Spanishlanguageexam(x1hr.)–15%HTLanguage:SpanishLanguageExam(x3hrs.)–75%OralExam–10%SupplementalAssessment

SpanishLanguageExamI(x3hrs.)–75%

SpanishLanguageExamII(x1hr.)–15%

Oral–10%

ModuleWebsite

AcademicStartYear 2019/2020

ModuleCode SPU11031

Module Name Introduction to Spanish and Latin American

Cinema

Department name

Hispanic Studies

Module Short Title

ECTS weighting 5

Semester taught/Semester

assessed

SEM1

Contact Hours 1

Module Personnel Dr. Daniel Mourenza

Learning Outcomes By the end of the module, students 1) will have

familiarised themselves with the history of

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Spanish and Latin American film; 2) will have

learnt different approaches to analyse film; 3) will

be able to understand Spanish and Latin

American films in their own social, political and

historical contexts.

Module Learning Aims • To introduce students to Spanish and Latin American cinema

• To give students analytical and critical skills to comprehend and analyse Spanish and Latin American films

• To make students aware of the most important debates around Spanish and Latin American cinema

Module Content A selection of Spanish and Latin American films.

Recommended Reading List Mark Alinson and Barry Jordan, Spanish

Cinema: A Student’s Guide (London: Hodder

Arnold, 2005)

Stephen M. Hart, Latin American Cinema

(London: Reaktion Books, 2015)

Jo Labanyi and Tatjana Pavlović (eds), A

Companion to Spanish Cinema (London: Wiley-

Blackwell, 2013)

Michael T. Martin (ed.), New Latin American

Cinema (Detroit: Wayne State U. P., 1997)

Deborah Shaw (ed.), Contemporary Latin

American Cinema: Breaking into the Global

Market (Lenham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007)

Rob Stone, Spanish Cinema (Harlow: Longman,

2002)

Module Pre Requisite N/A

Module Co Requisite N/A

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Assessment Details One 2-hour final exam (100%)

Module Website

Module approval date

Approved By

Academic Start Year

Academic Year of Data

ModuleCode SPU11032

ModuleName IntroductiontoSpanishandSpanishAmerican

Literature

Departmentname

Hispanic

ECTSweighting 5

Semestertaught/Semesterassessed

SEMESTER2

ContactHours 1hrlecture

ModulePersonnel DrBrianBrewer,ProfOmarGarcíaandDrCiara

O’Hagan

LearningOutcomes Upon completion of thismodule, students should

beableto:

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1) critically analyze a selection of literary texts

from a range of genres, including drama, poetry

andprosefiction;

2) distinguish between generic literary

conventionsandliterarymovements;

3) identify the fundamental and distinguishing

characteristicsofliterarydiscourse.

Graduate Attributes developed through Learning

Outcomes: independent thinking, effective

communication, continuous development, and

responsibleaction.

ModuleLearningAims Thismodulewillintroducestudentstothe

fundamentalprinciplesofliteraryanalysisand

textualcriticismthroughtheclosereadingofa

varietyoftextsdrawnfromthegenresofpoetry,

proseanddrama.

MethodsofTeachingandStudent

Learning

Weeklylectureandguidedin-classdiscussion.

ModuleContent Aselectionofliterarytextsfromacrossthe

Spanish-speakingworld.

RecommendedReadingList Cortázar,Julio,Todoslosfuegoselfuego(Anyprint

ordigitaledition)

Lorca,FedericoGarcía,Bodasdesangre(Any

moderncriticaledition)

Allpoemsstudiesaspartofthemodulewillbe

distributedbytheDepartmentofHispanicStudies

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anduploadedtoBlackboardinadvanceofthe

lecture.

ModulePreRequisite

ModuleCoRequisite

AssessmentDetails AnnualAssessment:

2-hourwrittenexam(100%)

SupplementalAssessment:

2-hourwrittenexam(100%)

ModuleWebsite

AcademicStartYear 2019/2020

ModuleCode SPU1102Y

ModuleName IntroductiontoModernSpain

Departmentname

HispanicStudies

ModuleShortTitle

ECTSweighting 10

Semestertaught/Semesterassessed YEAR

ContactHours 1

ModulePersonnel Dr.DanielMourenza

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LearningOutcomes Onsuccessfulcompletionofthemodule,students

willbeableto:a)identifythemajorhistorical,

socio-economic,political,andculturalshiftsthat

haveaffectedSpaininthe20thand21stcenturies;

b)recognisetheextenttowhichSpanishsocietyis

stillrespondingtothehistoricalexperiencesofthe

CivilWarandtheFrancoregime;c)comparethe

aspirationsofSpain’shistoricalautonomous

regionswiththepoliciesoftheMadrid

government;andd)combinethestudiedthemes

intoacoherentoverviewofcontemporarySpanish

society.

ModuleLearningAims Tofamiliarisestudentswithrecentand

contemporarySpanishhistory,politics,economics

andculture.

ModuleContent ThemodulewillfocusonSpanishhistoryand

societyfrom1898tothepresent.Readingsonthe

themescoveredeachweekwillbeavailableon

Blackboard.

RecommendedReadingList ÁlvarezJunco,José,andAdrianShubert(eds),

SpanishHistorysince1808(London:Arnold,2000)

Brenan,Gerald,TheSpanishlabyrinth:Anaccount

ofthesocialandpoliticalbackgroundoftheSpanish

CivilWar(Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,

2014)

Carr,Raymond,Spain1808-1975(Oxford:Oxford

UniversityPress,1982)

Carr,Raymond,ModernSpain1875-1980(Oxford:

OxfordUniversityPress,1980)

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Graham,Helen,andJoLabanyi(eds).Spanish

CulturalStudies:AnIntroduction.TheStrugglefor

Modernity(Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,1995)

Graham,Helen,TheWarandItsShadow:Spain’s

CivilWarinEurope’sLongTwentiethCentury

(Brighton:SussexAcademicPress,2012)

PhillipsJr.,WilliamD.andCarlaRahnPhillips,A

ConciseHistoryofSpain(Cambridge:Cambridge

UniversityPress,2010)

Radcliff,Pamela,1808tothePresent(Hoboken:

Wiley-Blackwell,2017)

Ross,ChristopherJ.,Spain1812-2004(Modern

HistoryforModernLanguages)(London:Arnold,

2004)

Schubert,Adrian,andJoséAlvarezJunco,The

HistoryofModernSpain:Chronologies,Themes,

Individuals(London:Bloomsbury,2017)

Shubert,Adrian,ASocialHistoryofModernSpain

(CrowsNest:UnwinHyman,1990)

Townson,Nigel(ed),IsSpainDifferent?(Brighton:

SussexAcademic,2010)

ModulePreRequisite N/A

ModuleCoRequisite N/A

AssessmentDetails 2-hourwrittenexaminationattheendofSemester

2(100%)

SupplementalAssessment:

2-hourwrittenexamination(100%)

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ModuleWebsite

Moduleapprovaldate

ApprovedBy

AcademicStartYear

AcademicYearofData

ModuleCode SPU1101Y

ModuleName SPANISHGRAMMARANDSYNTAX(NON

BEGINNERS-JF,ES,MEELC)

Departmentname(NewAR/TEPrequirement)

Hispanic

ECTSweighting 10

Semestertaught/Semesterassessed

(NewAR/TEPrequirement)

Addcodingconvention

MT+HT

ContactHours segurav@tcd.ietoarrangeameeting

ModulePersonnel Core:VirginiaSeguraGonzalez

Orals:NuriaCosdeLara

Tutorials:FernandaGarcia

LearningOutcomes Onsuccessfulcompletionofthemodule,students

willbeableto

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1.demonstrateagoodgeneralknowledgeand

understandingofgrammarstructuresinSpanish

2.writearangeoftextssuchasshortnarrative

pieces,dialogues,etc.

3.readandunderstandawidevarietyoftexts

rangingfromnewspaperarticlestoshortliterary

pieces

4.translatesentencesandshortpassagesfrom

EnglishintoSpanishandviceversa

5.converseongeneraltopicswithagoodlevelof

fluency.

Howistheachievementoftheselearning

outcomesassessed?

• Completionofarangeofweeklywrittenlanguageexercisesincludinggrammar,textanalysis,essaywriting,andtranslationfromandintoSpanish(formativeassessment).

• Oralexamination(summativeassessment)

• Two2-hourend-of-yearwrittenexaminations(summativeassessment).

GraduateAttributesDevelopedThroughLearning

Outcomes:

1.Tothinkindependentlyisdevelopedthrough

theacquisitionofagoodknowledgeofSpanish

LanguageGrammarandSyntaxstructures.

2.Tocommunicateeffectivelyisdevelopedby

havingworkedcloselywithawidevarietyoftexts

anddevelopedtheskillsoflistening,speaking,

readingandwritinginarangeofsituationsand

contexts.

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3.Todevelopcontinuouslyisachievedthrough

promotingaloveoffurtherlearning.

4.Toactresponsiblyisdevelopedthroughtaking

personalchargeofthenatureandqualityoftheir

learning.

ModuleLearningAims Thefirst-yearcourseisdesignedprimarilyto

establishandconsolidateyourcompetencein

understandingandusingtheSpanishlanguage.

MethodsofTeachingandStudent

Learning

ModuleContent Thismoduleoffersstudentsopportunitiesto

consolidatetheirknowledgeofSpanishgrammar

andsyntaxandwillhelpthemtofamiliarise

themselveswithessentialreadingtechniquesthat

willsupportfurtherindependentstudyofthe

writtenandspokenlanguage.

RecommendedReadingList GrammarBookletandDepartmentclassmaterials.

JuanKattán-Ibarra&ChristopherJ.Pountain.ModernSpanish

Grammar:APracticalGuide(London:Routledge,2003),2ndEdition

AllstudentsshouldpossesstheirowncopyofagoodbilingualdictionarysuchasTheOxfordSpanishDictionary,TheCollinsSpanish-EnglishEnglish-SpanishDictionary,orDiccionarioEspañol-InglésInglés-Español(Larousse)andofareferencegrammar,e.g.,JohnButtandCarmenBenjamín,ANewReferenceGrammarofModernSpanish(Arnold).

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ModulePreRequisite None

ModuleCoRequisite None

AssessmentDetails LanguagePaperI:twohours/40%.

LanguagePaperII:twohours/30%.

Oralexam:10minutes/10%.

Continuousassessment:twoonehourin-class

tests/20%.

ModuleWebsite

AcademicStartYear 2019/2020