Hispanic World Civilization : from the 19th century to the Present

Teacher(s)

Fabry Geneviève;

Language

Spanisn

Prerequisites

Prerequisite: Advanced Spanish level.

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.

Main themes

The course presents a historical course of the 20th century which stresses the cultural implications of the social and economic political transformations.

Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	At the end of the course, the student : - will master the principal aspects and stages of the history of Spain at the 19th and 20th century; - will be able to locate in its historical context a literary or artistic work of the 19th or 20th Spanish century.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Content

The course alternates the explanations on the great stages of the Spanish history of the 19th and the 20th century, with large plans on the most significant cultural currents, presented starting from an outstanding work.
1. The century of political instability (1808-1875). Goya and the "Guerra de Independancia".
2. The Restoration (1875-1923). Sorolla, Zuloaga and the turn of the century.
3. From the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera to the civil war (1923-1939). The house of the 4. Spanish Republic at the World Fair of Paris.
4. The franquist period (1939-1975). Official art: El Valle de los Caídos. Carlos Saura's paintings.
5. From the final of the Franco's regime till our days (1975-2000).  The Movida.

Teaching methods

The course alternates between lecture sessions about the political and cultural history of the period dealt with analyzes of written and iconographic documents.

Evaluation methods

Written exam

Other information

Support : textual documents (historical and literary), visual and audio-visual varied;

Bibliography

Manuel de référence :  « Edad contemporánea », Historia de España, J. Valdeón, J. Pérez, S. Juliá, Madrid, Austral, 2011, pp. 360-578.

Faculty or entity

ROM