Unit name | Dictatorships, prisons, and writing(s) in the Portuguese and Spanish-speaking worlds |
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Unit code | HISP30070 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Infante |
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 |
There were many dictatorships in Lusophone and Hispanophone countries during the 20th century.
The unit;
The aim of this unit;
By the end of the unit, students will be able to:
(a) demonstrate a high-level knowledge of four dictatorships in Portuguese and Spanish-speaking countries (Brazil, Portugal, Chile, and Spain) as appropriate at Level H.
(b) show an in-depth understanding of the social and political background of literary texts written during those dictatorships;
(c) demonstrate an advanced understanding of the social consequences of those dictatorships for the current collective memory in Brazil, Portugal, Chile, and Spain;
(d) demonstrate an academic level of the language skills in either Portuguese or Spanish (or both), so as to build solid arguments in written Portuguese and/or Spanish.
Teaching will be delivered through a combination of synchronous sessions and asynchronous activities, including seminars, lectures, and collaborative as well as self-directed learning opportunities supported by tutor consultation
1 x 1000 word commentary (summative, 25%) Testing ILO's a-d
1 x 4000 word essay (summative, 75%) Testing ILO's a-d
Álvarez, Carlos, Escrito en las paredes; Papeles encontrados por un preso (Paris: Librairie du Globe, 1967).
Bryan, T. Avril, Censorship and Social Conflict in the Spanish Theatre: the Case of Alfonso Sastre (Washington D.C., University Press of America, 1982).
Courteau, Joanna, ‘Memórias do Cárcere: Between History and Imagination’, in Hispania, 82, 1, 1999, pp. 46-55.
Stern, Steve J., Reckoning with Pinochet: the memory question in democratic Chile (Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2010).
Wener, Richard E., The Environmental Psychology of Prisons and Jails (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012).