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School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
From the mean streets of Buenos Aires to México City’s Colonia Roma, from the labyrinthine Paraguayan markets in Asunción to the revolutionary corners of 1960s Havana, from the oppressive atmosphere of Francoist Spain to modern-day Chile —in this course, we will watch a variety of feature films from across Latin America and Spain, examining how they picture socio-political as well as aesthetic turning points in Hispanic film history. We will read these audio-visual texts through a series of intersections such as aesthetical and political representation; fiction and history; masculinity and violence; feminism and agency; gender and class; Spanish and Indigenous languages and cultures. These diverse lenses will help us enhance our understanding of the Hispanic world and its filmic traditions.
5 short response papers (200w x 5 weeks = 1000 words x semester) in Spanish
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Final paper (1000 words) in Spanish
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
In-Class Oral presentation in Spanish, Recorded
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 5
Class participation
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 5
In-class midterm test
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 5
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 60 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 24 hours of lectures, 12 hours of tutorials and 24 hours of film screening; b) 70 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
All texts will be supplied on the course Wattle page.