This module will introduce students to the theoretically reflected and methodologically guided study of history, society and cultural production from across the Spanish-speaking world.

Students will engage with concepts, theories and approaches that are central to Hispanic and Latin American Studies and will look at materials from a range of national contexts. Teaching is divided into two themed blocks: Power and Memory. Each block will be introduced by two cross-school lectures before students split into their specific languages for more in-depth study. Some classes may then take a more historical approach, others will emphasise critical analysis of different genres of cultural production.

Lectures, seminars and workshops will guide students in their exploration of texts and other cultural artefacts in Spanish. The materials examined in context typically include historical documents, literary texts, comics, films, photographs, paintings and music recordings.

1. Define a range of key concepts relevant to the study of Hispanic culture, history, and society within a transnational context; 
2. Select and analyse key text-based and visual course materials; 
3. Analyse how the cultural artefacts/texts studied relate to one another and to their context of production; 
4. Defend, both orally and in writing, a theoretically reflected position on the topics and materials studied; 
5. Build a coherent, evidence-based argument drawing on relevant secondary literature. 

The module will be delivered through a range of interactive teaching sessions supplemented by online teaching and learning activities and materials – and may include, where relevant, asynchronous materials such as lecture recordings. Full details on the delivery mode of this module will be available on Learning Central at the start of the academic year – and may be, in part, determined by Welsh Government and Public Health Wales guidance.  

Students will be expected to engage in substantial independent study outside the classroom. They will be guided in this respect by the learning materials provided and related reading lists.

• Close reading;
• Critical thinking;
• Basic research skills;
• Organisational skills;
• Study skills;
• Writing skills;
• Word-processing skills;
• Presentation skills; and
• Self-awareness.

The method(s) of assessing the learning outcomes for this module are set out in the Assessment Table which also contains the weightings of each assessment component.

MAPPING OF ASSESSMENTS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

Coursework assesses ILO 1,2,3,4,5

THE OPPORTUNITY FOR REASSESSMENT IN THIS MODULE:

Students who fail the module will have the opportunity to resit a synoptic re-assessment task for 100% of the module, capped at 40%

At the School-wide, transnational level, students will explore the following topics:

• Power
• Resistance
• Memory

In the Hispanic context students will explore:

• State crisis in Spain
• Repression, opposition and protest under dictatorship
• Social movements in Spain
• Cultural memory
• Colonialism and its heritage