| Unit name | From History to Hollywood: Exploiting El Cid |
|---|---|
| Unit code | HISP30027 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Professor. Hook |
| 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 |
To introduce students to the multiple interpretations of the figure of El Cid from medieval to modern prose and verse accounts, up to the film version of the twentieth century; to examine the transformation of historical fact into heroic legend, and the intrusion of mythic elements, with particular attention to studying contrasting uses of the hero-figure in varieties of artistic and political discourse in different historical and cultural contexts.
