Love and Death in Spanish Drama (MLS2060)

Staff	Professor Derek Flitter - Convenor
Credit Value	15
ECTS Value	7.50
NQF Level	5
Pre-requisites	MLS1001 or MLS1056
Co-requisites
Duration of Module	Term 1: 11 weeks;

Module aims

The module aims to:

Familiarise you with key aesthetic processes affecting Spanish drama in the period from 1920 to the early 1940s
Examine the personal aesthetics of Lorca and Valle-Inclán, probably Spain’s two greatest twentieth-century dramatists
Examine how Spain’s historical culture finds theatrical expression, in Casona’s work and in new and modern ways

ILO: Module-specific skills

1. Demonstrate a sound general understanding of the chosen texts, including reference to their place in the historical / literary / cultural context of their time

ILO: Discipline-specific skills

2. With some guidance from the course tutor, evaluate and apply a range of critical approaches to the material covered
3. Mount a detailed argument in the appropriate register of English, mustering a range of textual or other evidence in its support
4. Understand and use, in written and oral contexts, a range of critical terms
5. Analyse selected Spanish texts, relating them to significant elements in their cultural / historical / generic context
6. Use recommended reference works to compile a bibliography, within given parameters (chronological, thematic, etc) on a specified topic
7. Show awareness of the origins and nature of cultural differences

ILO: Personal and key skills

8. Undertake defined learning activities with a measure of autonomy, asking for guidance where necessary
9. Adopt a critical approach to the selection and organisation of material in order to produce, to a deadline, a written or oral argument
10. Present information and arguments on a defined topic to a group of listeners
11. Present a cogent and sustained argument on a topic chosen from a range of options provided, following broad guidelines but selecting and adapting them as required
12. Using course material provided, research, plan and write an essay on a chosen aspect of the subject, to a specified length and deadline
13. Contribute to a group presentation
14. Demonstrate general competence in word-processing and in use of the Internet

Syllabus plan

Whilst the content may vary from year to year, it is envisioned that it will cover some or all of the following topics:

Introduction to modern Spanish theatre
Symbolism and poetic drama
Expressionism and the absurd
Folkloric elements in the theatre
The social and political context of the plays
Divinas palabras: love, lust and greed; death and ritual; authority and subversion
Mariana Pineda: love and sacrifice; the mythology of death; political commitment
La dama del alba: familial love; imaging/personifying death; folk culture
Staging the universal
Revision

Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
16	134	0

Details of learning activities and teaching methods

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching	15	Class time
Scheduled Learning and Teaching	1	Tutorial
Guided Independent Study	134	Private study

Formative assessment

Form of assessment	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Presentation Plan	750 words	1-10	Feedback in class and formal debriefing

Summative assessment (% of credit)

Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
100	0	0

Details of summative assessment

Form of assessment	% of credit	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Essay	100	3000 words	1-10	Written feedback

Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)

Original form of assessment	Form of re-assessment	ILOs re-assessed	Timescale for re-assessment
Essay	Essay	1-10	Referral/Deferral period

Re-assessment notes

Deferral – if you miss an assessment for certificated reasons judged acceptable by the Mitigation Committee, you will normally be either deferred in the assessment or an extension may be granted. The mark given for a re-assessment taken as a result of deferral will not be capped and will be treated as it would be if it were your first attempt at the assessment.

Referral – if you have failed the module overall (i.e. a final overall module mark of less than 40%) you will be required to submit a further assessment as necessary. If you are successful on referral, your overall module mark will be capped at 40%.