Contemporary Spanish Culture

Code:

LA004

Acronym:

CECON

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Cultural Studies - Hispanic

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Applied Languages

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LA	39	Study Plan - Applied Languages: Business Relations	1	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan-Applied Languages: Translation	1	-	6	52	162
LLC	89	Joint Language Plan - English/Spanish	2	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-French/Spanish	2	-	6	52	162
			3
		Single Language Plan-Spanish	2	-	6	52	162
			3
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage (Spanish)	3	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) with Spanish	2	-	6	52	162
			3
LRI	0	Study Plan - Minor in Spanish Studies	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

Espanhol

Objectives

The main goal for this class is to provide students with tools which will allow them to critically reflect upon today’s Spain, returning to a recent past in order to draw a political, social, economical and artistic point of view.
Students will be talked through the profound changes Spain has experienced over the last century, as well as the processes which have transformed the nation in a modern and developed country, despite the meaningful core diversity and the consequent internal and external conflicts.

Program

Part 1: Politics
1.1.-The Civil War (1936-1939)
1.1.1.- Background: The 2nd Republic
1.1.2.- Results: The Franquism
1.2.- The Democratic Transition
1.2.1.- Spain of the autonomous regions
1.4.- The democratic governments up to today
1.5.- Nationalisms
1.6.- Internal and external conflicts of the Spanish state

Part II: Economy and Society
2.1.- The contemporary Spanish economy (primary, secondary or tertiary sectors)

2.2.- The contemporary Spanish society
2.2.1.- Emigration and immigration
2.2.2.- The Spanish family in the 21st century
2.2.3.- The female role in the contemporary society
2.2.4.- The education system
2.2.5.- Spain’s image abroad

2.3.- Problems in the Spanish society
2.3.1.- The unemployment
2.3.2.- The terrorism
2.3.3.- Gender-based violence
2.3.4.- The language issue

Part III: Artistic manifestations in contemporary Spain
3.1.- Madrid's night-life (La Movida)
3.2.- The Spanish cinema
3.3.- 20th Century painting
3.4.- 20th Century architecture and sculpture
3.5.- Spanish museums
3.6.- Monumental cities

Mandatory literature

Gay Armenteros, J.C.; La España del siglo XX, Edi-6, 1986. ISBN: 84-85786-98-X
López Moreno, Cristina; España Contemporánea, Sgel, 2005. ISBN: 978-84-9778-186-2
Millares, Sergio; España en el siglo XX, Edinumen, 1998. ISBN: 84-89756-89-9
Quesada Marco, Sebastián; Historia del Arte de España e Hispanoamérica, Edelsa, 2005. ISBN: 84-7711-598-2
Bellón, Víctor y Roncero, Eugenio; España ayer y hoy: apuntes de lengua y civilización españolas, Edinumen, 2005. ISBN: 84-95986-42-6
Quesada, Sebastián; Curso de civilización española, Sgel, 1987. ISBN: 84-7143-489-X
Tamanes, Ramón y Quesada, Sebastián; Imágenes de España, Edelsa, 2001. ISBN: 978-847711-581-6
Vidal, César y Vidal, Lara; Camino hacia la cultura española, Planeta, 2011. ISBN: 978-84-08-10201-4
Quesada Marco, Sebastián; España, manual de civilización, Edelsa, 2006. ISBN: 978-84-7711-619-6
Aixalá, Evelyn et al.; Clase de cine. Actividades para la visualización de películas en español., Difusion, 2009. ISBN: 978-84-8443-596-9

Complementary Bibliography

Raymond Carr y Juan Pablo Fusi; España, de la dictadura a la democracia, Planeta, 1979. ISBN: 84-320-5651-0
VVAA; Un paseo por España, Difusión, 2002. ISBN: 978-84-8443-365-1
Juan Pablo Fusi;España; La evolución de la identidad nacional, Temas de hoy, 2000. ISBN: 84-7880-834-5
J. L. Ocasar Ariza; Literatura española contemporánea, Edinumen, 1997. ISBN: 84-89756-85-6
Maximiano Cortés Moreno; Guía de usos y costumbres de España, Edelsa, 2004. ISBN: 84-7711-592-3

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes, practical classes and tutorial sessions
Resources: PowerPoint presentations, real documents (texts, audio and visual) exercises.
All topics and materials necessary for the course will be made digitally available on the platform.

Software

www.todoele.org
http://www.mec.es
http://www.mae.es
http://www.cineiberico.com
http://www.bne.es
http://www.sispain.org/spanish/index.html
http://www.cadena40.es
http://www.el-mundo.es
http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/
http://www.cadenaser.com
http://www.vanguardia.es
http://www.cope.es/
http://www.cervantes.es
http://www.cadena100.es
http://www.elpais.es
http://www.virtual-spain.com/periodicos.html
www.elenet.org

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	52,00
	Exame	2,00		2013-02-22
	Trabalho escrito	35,00		2013-02-22
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	73	2013-02-22
	Total:	73,00

Eligibility for exams

Students must attend 75% of classes, except for cases provided for by law.
The maximum obtainable grade in the written exam is 14 points; to get a positive mark students must have at least 7 points in the written exam, this grade will complemented with the remaining 6 points from the mandatory paperwork, which will be assigned at the beginning of the semester and must be handed in during the last class week in December. Students who fail to deliver this paperwork will not be allowed to go the written exam.
Both the written exam and the paperwork may be presented in Spanish or Portuguese, according to the students’ choice.

Calculation formula of final grade

Class work - 30%
Exame - 70%

Student must obtain at least 7 point in the written exam. The points from the mandatory assignment will be added to the exam, and that shall be the final grade.

Examinations or Special Assignments

During the semester all students must do a presentation in class, those students who are working students should deliver that presentation in a written format.
Mandatory reading: «Vaya país», W. Herzog
All information needed to complete this class will be handed in throughout the first class sessions and will be available online.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.