| Unit name | Spain in Transition: Literature, Culture and Society (1966-1992) |
|---|---|
| Unit code | HISP30035 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Wells |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
For this unit students focus on the relationship between literary developments and social and cultural change in Spanish society between the late 1960s and the early 1990s. The unit examines how the diversification in narrative genres corresponds to the process of democratisation which took place in Spain during this period. Four key literary texts are examined; extracts from memoirs and short stories are also integrated into the course through seminar classes. The following themes are considered: transformation in literary genre, gender and sexuality, memory and history, urbanisation, 1992, postmodern Spain and the rise of consumer culture.
