Course overview
The course represents advanced learning, scholarship and research in the area of Spanish Studies. It is the final stage of formal culture tuition in the Spanish language as well as extending students' knowledge and research skills in Spanish culture, building on the learning and research capabilities gained in the Spanish Studies major. It focuses on skills of higher order spoken and written expression, through tasks such as literary translations and academic writing exercises. It will also develop skills of textual analysis and documentary scholarship in relation to specific forms of cultural expression, such as literature, film, media and social issues.
Course learning outcomes
- Comprehend the cognitive nature of artistic practices inSpain in the last 500 years.
- Explore a wide range of diverse Spanish literary practices/discourses
- To improve their interpretative competence in the target language
- To analyse and discuss Spanish literary texts with an advanced level of sophistication
- Consolidate their communicative competence in the Spanish language
- Enhance their intercultural competence
- Understand the different loci of enunciation from which Spanish writers speak from as an expresion of situated knowledge
- Enhance their reading & writing skills in the Spanish language