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Valencia

Spanish Language and Literature - Winter 1 2009
Spanish Cinema

45
Language Level: Advanced
Placement Exam Required
Spanish Cinema
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Course taken with: ISA Students Only
University of Valencia (Valencia, Spain)

Course Description

Area of Study

Language and Literature

Hours & Credits

45

Hours of Instruction

3

Semester Credit Units

4

Quarter Credit Units

Prerequisites and Language Level

Note: A placement exam will be required when you arrive on site.

Advanced
This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of four semesters (or six quarters) of college-level Spanish. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

Overview

OBJECTIVE

The general objective of this course is to introduce and/or increase the students’ knowledge of Spanish cinematography throughout its history through the critical analysis of certain representative films.

PROGRAM

1. Introduction

2. Primary Cinematographic Manifestations: the model of primative representation
Introduction
Viewing of a selection of primitive short films and the documentary “Imagenes perdidas”
Class discussion
Individual assignment (outside of class)

3. Vanguard Cinema: surrealism
Introduction
Viewing of short film “Un chien andalou” (1929), L. Buñuel
Article by N. Bertier (1993) “El ojo mutilado en Un perro andaluz: acto de nacimiento del cine como instrumento de poesía”
Class discussion
Individual assignment (outside of class)
Individual critical composition (outside of class)

4. Documentary Film during the Second Republic
Introduction
Viewing of the documentary Las Hurdes.Tierra sin pan (1932), L. Buñuel.
Article by L. Pancorbo (1986) “Buñuel de Tierra sin pan”.
Class discussion
Individual assignment (outside of class)
Individual critical composition (outside of class)

5. Spanish Film under the Dictatorship of Franco: 1940s - 1970s
Part I
Introduction
Viewing and commentary of the documentary Las huellas de la censura (prod. RTVE)
Viewing of the film Calle Mayor (1956) by J. A. Bardem
Article by R. Mestre (2001) “Seducir gracias a Dios”
Class discussion
Individual assignment (outside of class)
Individual critical composition (outside of class)
Part II
Introduction
Viewing of the film El verdugo (1963), L. G. Berlanga
Article by F. Llinàs (1981) “El verdugo: algunos aspectos de la puesta en escena berlanguiana”
Class discussion
Individual assignment (outside of class)
Individual critical composition (outside of class)

6. The Film of Transition: 1970s - 1980s
Introduction
Viewing of the film El espíritu de la colmena (1973), V. Erice
Article by F. Savater (1976) “Riesgos de la iniciación al espíritu”
Class discussion
Individual assignment (outside of class)
Individual critical composition (outside of class)

7. The Film of Democracy: From the 1990s to the Present
Part I
Introduction
Viewing w/ commentary of a selection of Velazquez’ paintings
Viewing of film El Rey pasmado (1992), de I. Uribe
Class discussion
Individual assignment (outside of class)
Individual critical composition (outside of class)
Part II
Introduction
Synopsis and brief commentary of La vida es sueño, de P. Calderón de la Barca
Viewing of film Éxtasis (1995), de M. Barroso
Class discussion
Individual assignment (outside of class)
Individual critical composition (outside of class)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

-AGUILAR, Carlos y GENOVER, Jaume: El cine español en sus intérpretes. Madrid: Verdoux, 1992.
-A.A.V.V.: Historia del cine español. Madrid: Cátedra, 1995.
-A.A.V.V.: Los paréntesis de la mirada. Teruel: Diputación Provincial de Teruel-Gobierno de Aragón, 1993.
-A.A.V.V.: Escritos sobre el cine español 1973-1987. Valencia: Filmoteca Generalitat Valenciana, 1989.
-CA"EQUE, Carlos y GRAU, Maite: Bienvenido, Mr. Berlanga! Barcelona: Destino. 1993.
-CAPARR"S LERA, José María: El cine español bajo el régimen de Franco. Barcelona: Edicions de la Universtitat de Barcelona, 1983.
-El cine español de la democracia. De la muerte de Franco al "cambio" socialista (1975-1989). Barcelona: Anthropos, 1992.
-CONLEY, Tom: "Su realismo. Lectura de Tierra sin pan, Documentos de trabajo, vol. 6. Valencia: Fundación Instituto Shakespeare/Instituto de Cine y RTV-Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Minnesota, diciembre 1988.
-FANÉS, Félix: CIFESA. La antorcha de los éxitos. Valencia: Institución Alfonso el Magnánimo. 1982.
-GARCÍA DE LE"N, María Antonia y MALDONADO, Teresa: Pedro Almodóvar. La otra España cañí (sociología y crítica cinematográfica). Ciudad Real: Area de Cultura de Ciudad Real, 1989.
-GUBERN, Román: Historia del cine. Barcelona: Lumen, 1989.
-Cine español en el exilio (1936-39). Barcelona: Lumen, 1976.
-El cine sonoro en la segunda República (1929-36). Barcelona: Lumen, 1977.
-La guerra de España en la pantalla. Madrid: Lumen, 1986.
-HEREDERO, Carlos F.:Las huellas del tiempo: Cine español 1951-1961. Valencia: Filmoteca de la Generalitat Valenciana; Filmoteca Española, 1993.
-HOPEWELL, John: Out of the past. Spanish Cinema After Franco. London: British Film Institute, 1986 (versión española: El cine español después de Franco (1973-1988), Madrid: El Arquero, 1989).
-L"PEZ, José Luis: Diccionario de actores. Madrid: J.C., 1993.
-MARTÍNEZ TORRES, Augusto: Diccionario de cine español. Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1994.
-MERINO, Azucena: Diccionario de directores de cine español. Madrid: JC, 1994.
-PAYÁN, Miguel Juan: Diccionario de actores, vol. II. Madrid: J.C., 1995.
-SÁNCHEZ VIDAL, Agustín: Luís Buñuel. Madrid: Cátedra, 1991.
-TALENS CARMONA, Jenaro: El ojo tachado. Madrid: Cátedra, 1986.
-TORRES, Augusto M.: Diccionario del cine español. Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1994.
-VIDAL, Nuria: El cine de Pedro Almodóvar. Madrid: ICAA, Ministerio de Cultura.