This paper will be running in the academic year 2024-25.
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Introduction
This hybrid paper aims to provide the students with a comprehensive knowledge of Catalan cultures and Catalan language.
The cultural part of Sp10 offers an extensive introduction to the literature and culture of Catalonia and other Catalan-speaking regions and countries, most notably Valencia and the Balearic Islands. Consisting of fourteen lectures (combined with the supervisions), this course will examine major tendencies in literature, architecture, sociolinguistics, politics, history, film and the visual arts.
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The paper is divided into three cultural sections, ordered chronologically. The first is devoted to the 鈥渞e-birth鈥, consolidation and diversification of linguistic, cultural and national consciousness from the听romantically inflected听Renaixen莽a听to the internationally orientated Avant-Garde (c.1833-1936), with an emphasis on poetry, linguistic politics, urban planning, architecture, painting, photography and World鈥檚 Fairs. The second period focuses on cultural production during the Franco dictatorship (1939-1975), with special attention to literature and film. The final section addresses questions of constitutional democracy, postmodernism and globalism, with reference to cinema, theatre, poetry and prose fiction.
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The language part will provide two weekly advanced language classes that will prepare the students to obtain a B2/C1 level in Catalan. The aim of the language component of the SP10 paper is to equip students as proficient users of the Catalan language, able to understand a wide range of demanding, long texts, and recognise implicit meaning. Students will be able to express themselves fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions, as well as to use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic, and professional purposes. As for the written language, students will work on their skills to produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors, and cohesive devices.
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I. Renaixen莽a, Modernisme, Noucentisme and the Avant-garde
1.听The听Renaixen莽a听and the听Jocs Florals: Poetry from Aribau to Verdaguer.
2. Alternative Geographies and Affects in 脌ngel Guimer脿鈥檚 Terra Baixa.
3. Modernisme:听Joan Maragall, 鈥渓a paraula viva鈥 and Civic Engagement.
4. Noucentisme, Nationalism, Language and the Institutionalisation of Culture.
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II. The Civil War and the Francoist Dictatorship
5. Visualising and Recording Revolution and Civil War: Aurora de Esperanza (Sau Olite), Barrios bajos (Pedro Puche), El entierro de Durruti (1936) and the war photography of Agust铆 Centelles.
6. Transatlantic Gazes: Exile and Nostalgia in Ramon Vinyes.
7. Gabriel Ferrater and the Poetics of Intertextuality: Carles Riba, Josep Carner.
8, 9. Civil War, Memory, 澳门六合彩开奖记录: The Politics of Everyday Life in Merc猫 Rodoreda鈥檚听La pla莽a del Diamant. (2 sessions)
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III. Democracy and Globalization
10. Queerness and Nationality: The Poetics of Maria-Merc猫 Mar莽al and Biel Mesquida.
11. Memory and Trauma of the Civil War: Helena Tornero's No parlis amb estranys
12. Other Borders: Peripheric Gazes in Carla Sim贸n鈥檚 Alcarr脿s.
13. Branding the City: Tourism, Fashion, and Urban Development in the Olympic and Post-Olympic Barcelona.
14. On Race and Heritage: Catalan Black Theatre and Performance.
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- Bou, Enric; Jaume Subirana (ed.). The Barcelona Reader. Cultural Readings of a City. Ajuntament de Barcelona / Liverpool University Press, 2017.
- Dowling, Andrew. Catalonia: A New History. London and New York: Routledge, 2022.
- Castellanos, Jordi; Jordi Marrugat (ed.). Hist貌ria de la literatura catalana. Vol. VI. Modernisme. Noucentisme. Avantguardes. Enciclop猫dia Catalana / Barcino / Ajuntament de Barcelona, 2020.
- Keown, Dominic (ed.). A Companion to Catalan Culture. Tamesis, 2011.
- Terry, Arthur. A Companion to Catalan Literature. Tamesis, 2003.
- Vilar贸s, Teresa M. 鈥淎 cultural mapping of Catalonia.鈥 David T. Gies (ed.) The 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Companion to Modern Spanish Culture. 澳门六合彩开奖记录 UP, 1999. 37-53.
CULTURAL PART
Instruction in this paper will consist of fourteeen lectures and supervisions focused on each of the three periods. Students will be examined are thus expected to study works from all three historical periods, four to five lectures devoted to each.
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LANGUAGE PART
The language component will be covered in two one-hour long weekly sessions (16 in Michaelmas, 16 in Lent, 8 in the first four weeks of Easter), adding to 40 hours.
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The content will be structured in thematic units, which will revolve around the achievement of a communicative task. The completion of the task will imply the deployment of a set of cultural, communicative, and discourse content, together with grammar, vocabulary and phonetic items corresponding to the level students are expected to achieve. The organisation of the language component of the paper is going to follow, as closely as possible, the logics of the deployment of the cultural component of the paper, so that the linguistic component established an enriching dialogue with cultural and literary topics covered in the other component of the paper. Specifically, the syllabus of the language component has been designed to match both the comprehension and production skills required to students in the cultural part of the paper.
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Candidates enrolled on this course will be of intermediate language level having successfully completed SP6 at IB or satisfied the Director of Section of their appropriate linguistic proficiency in Catalan.
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SP10 2024: The examination will consist of two parts:
1) Language Exam
The language exam is a standard 澳门六合彩开奖记录 test, consisting of several exercises to test grammar, vocabulary, and verbal tenses, plus a question on translation, synthesis, and commentary in Catalan.
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2) Literary Exam (3h timed online)
Answer two questions. At least one of your answers should show some knowledge of Catalan visual culture. At least one answer should be comparative. Each answer should be no longer than 1,500 words in length.
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Candidates for this paper may not draw substantially on material from their dissertations or material that they have used or intend to use in another scheduled paper.听 Candidates may not draw substantially on the same material in more than one question on the same paper. Candidates may use materials from across the three historical periods to make comparative points, as long as the historical period indicated in the rubric remains central. Candidates are free to refer to literary texts, films, and other works of art in their answers.
Dr. Isa铆as Fanlo (cultural component) | |
Dr. Ares Llop (language component) |