Spanish (SP) modules Modern Languages - Honours Level - 2016/7 - August 2016 SP3001 Spanish Language 1

ModernLanguages-HonoursLevel-2016/7-August2016
Spanish(SP)modules
SP3001SpanishLanguage1
SCOTCATCredits:
15
SCQFLevel9
Semester:
Academicyear:
2016/7&2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
9.00amThu,plus1practicaltobearranged.
1
Theoverallobjectiveofthiscoremoduleistopromoteadvancedskillsinlistening,speaking,readingand
writinginSpanish.Inadditiontherewillbeelementsthatstimulateahighlevelofawarenessofgrammar.
ThesyllabusisbasedonaselectionofmodernSpanishtextsfrombothSpainandSpanishAmericawhich
areusedassourcesforthestudyofvariousregistersthroughreadingandlisteningcomprehension,precis
andwritingandrewritingexercises.Thegrammarinvolvesafullunderstandingofanarrayofissuesdealt
withbyButtandBenjamin.
Programmemoduletype: CompulsoryforalldegreesinvolvingSpanish
Pre-requisite(s):
Passwithanaverageofgrade11orbetterinallSPmodulestaken.
Requiredfor:
SP3002
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1class,1practicaland1surgeryhour.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
Scheduledlearning:32hours
Guidedindependentstudy:118hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrJLetrán
SP3002SpanishLanguage2
SCOTCATCredits:
15
SCQFLevel9
Semester:
Academicyear:
2016/7&2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
9.00amThu,plus1practicaltobearranged.
2
Theoverallobjectiveofthiscoremoduleistopromoteadvancedskillsinlistening,speaking,readingand
writinginSpanish.Thesyllabuscombinestwomaintypesofmaterial:listeningcomprehensiononthebasis
ofrecordingsandaselectionoftextsforthestudyofdifferentlinguisticregisters(includingdialoguesfrom
fictional works and essays, books and sports reviews and written portraits of famous characters from
newspapers.)
Programmemoduletype: CompulsoryforalldegreesinvolvingSpanish
Pre-requisite(s):
SP3001
Requiredfor:
SP4003,SP4102
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1class,1practicaland1surgeryhour.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=60%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=40%
Scheduledlearning:32hours
Guidedindependentstudy:118hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=60%,Coursework=40%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrJLetrán
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ModernLanguages-HonoursLevel-2016/7-August2016
SP3006LiteraryTranslation
SCOTCATCredits:
15
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2016/7&2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
9.00am-10.30amWed
Semester:
1&2(taughttwice)
This module is designed to guide and train the student of the Spanish language in the translation of
demanding literary texts, both from and into Spanish. The emphasis will be on practical translation. The
sourcetextswillbechosensoastorepresentavarietyofperiods,genresandregisters.Themodulehasa
complementaryrelationshiptolanguageworkinthecorelanguagemodules.Itwillrequiresystematicuse
of sources of information about Spanish (e.g. dictionaries, grammars). Emphasis will be placed on the
qualityofthetranslation.Toachievethatend,themodulewillbeconductedinseminarmodeinorderto
stimulatediscussionandrevisionofdrafttranslations.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforalldegreesinvolvingSpanish,oncecompulsorymoduleshave
beentaken.
Pre-requisite(s):
PermissionoftheSpanishHonoursAdviser
Co-requisite(s):
CompulsorymodulesforSingleandMajorSpanishprogrammes
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1(x1.5-hour)seminarand1surgeryhour.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:28hours
Guidedindependentstudy:122hours
WrittenExaminations=60%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=40%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=60%,Coursework=40%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
ProfGSanRomán
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
ProfGSanRománandDrCO'Leary
SP3011HistoryoftheSpanishLanguage
SCOTCATCredits:
15
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
2.00pm-3.30pmFri
Semester:
1
ThemoduleexplorestheevolutionofSpanishfromLatintotheseventeenthcentury.Apriorknowledgeof
Latin is not expected. In addition to linguistic and socio-political history, the module involves an
introductiontotheworksofSpanishlinguistsoftheperiod.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforadegreesinvolvingSpanish,oncecompulsorymoduleshave
beentaken.
Pre-requisite(s):
PermissionoftheSpanishHonoursAdviser
Co-requisite(s):
CompulsorymodulesforSingleandMajorSpanishprogrammes
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1(x1.5-hour)seminarand1surgeryhour.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:28hours
Guidedindependentstudy:122hours
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
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Re-Assessmentpattern: WrittenCoursework=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrKAnipa
ModernLanguages-HonoursLevel-2016/7-August2016
SP3101SpanishIntegratedYearAbroad
SCOTCATCredits:
60
SCQFLevel9
Semester:
Academicyear:
2016/7&2017/8
Availabilityrestrictions:
Maybesubjecttorestrictionsfromreceivingcountry.
Plannedtimetable:
PleaseContactDepartment
WholeYear
Theobjectiveofthemoduleislanguagelearningandculturalfamiliarisationthroughaworkplacementina
Spanish-speaking country. Placements will be as Language Assistants in schools or on other assignments
approvedbythedepartment.
Formallearningandassessmentwillbethrough:
(i) a supervised project of 5,000 words in Spanish chosen in consultation with the module co-ordinator.
Guidedstages(unassessed)ofthedissertationtobesubmittedatvariousspecifiedpointsduringtheyear,
acrossbothsemesters.ThedissertationtobesubmittedinMay.
(ii) a 10-minute oral exam in Spanish to be sat upon the student’s return to St Andrews after the WIYA
year,duringwhichtheyearabroadexperiencewillbepresentedanddiscussed.
Programmemoduletype: CompulsoryforalldegreesinvolvingSpanishwithIntegratedYearAbroad
Pre-requisite(s):
SP2002.AdmissiontotheHonoursProgrammewithIntegratedYearAbroad.
Anti-requisite(s):
SP4102orErasmusexchange.
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
ThisisaStudyAbroadorExternalPlacementmodule.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=20%,Coursework=80%
Weeklycontact:Bycorrespondencethroughouttheyear.
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 2-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
TBC
SP3121SpanishAmericanLiteratureI(GauchosandIndians)
SCOTCATCredits:
15
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
9:30am-11:00amWed
Semester:
2
The aim of the module is to study a selection of Spanish American 'Americanist' texts. These are works
which are self-consciously Latin American in their depiction of historical or cultural aspects of the
continent. The selection is likely to include works dealing with one or more of the following topics:
gauchos,Indians,ruralLatinAmerica.ThreeorfourtextsarestudiedfromalistincludingHidalgo'spoetry,
Facundo,DonSegundoSombra,Losrmosprofundos,Amalia,DoqaBarbaraandtheruralshortstoryinthe
RiverPlate.Apartfromgeneralandhistoricalintroductions,thecourseproceedsonthebasisofseminar
papersgivenbystudents.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforalldegreesinvolvingSpanishoncecompulsorymoduleshave
beentaken
Pre-requisite(s):
PermissionoftheSpanishHonoursAdviser.
Co-requisite(s):
CompulsorymodulesforSingleandMajorSpanishprogrammes
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x1.5-hourseminarand1surgeryhour.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
Scheduledlearning:28hours
Guidedindependentstudy:122hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: WrittenCoursework=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
ProfGSanRoman
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
ProfGSanRoman
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ModernLanguages-HonoursLevel-2016/7-August2016
SP3122SpanishAmericanLiterature2
SCOTCATCredits:
15
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2016/7
Plannedtimetable:
9.00am-10.30amWed
Semester:
2
The aim of the module is to study a topic or genre in Spanish American literature. The module includes
texts which are not particularly Latin American in their depiction of historical or cultural aspects of the
continent, such as modernismo, River Plate cosmopolitanist literature or the novel of the Boom. The
selectionislikelytoincludethreeorfourworksbythefollowingauthors:Borges,Onetti,Cortázar,Donoso,
Sábato, García Márquez, Rosario Castellanos, Alfonsina Storni, Juana de Ibarbourou. Apart from general
andhistoricalintroductions,thecourseproceedsonthebasisofseminarpapersbystudents.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforalldegreesinvolvingSpanishoncecompulsorymoduleshave
beentaken,exceptMinor'withSpanish'degrees
Pre-requisite(s):
PermissionoftheSpanishHonoursAdviser
Co-requisite(s):
CompulsorymodulesforSingleandMajorSpanishprogrammes
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x1.5-hourseminarand1surgeryhour.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
Scheduledlearning:28hours
Guidedindependentstudy:122hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: WrittenCoursework=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
ProfGSanRoman
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
ProfGSanRoman
SP3138MexicointheNineteenthCentury
SCOTCATCredits:
15
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2016/7&2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
11.00am-12.30pmWed
Semester:
1
StudentswillexaminepoliticalandhistoricaldevelopmentsofMexicointheSiglodeCaudillos(fromthe
beginning of Independence in 1810 to the start of the Mexican Revolution in 1910). Particular attention
willbegiventothetensionswhichcharacterisedtheperiod-suchasChurch-Staterelations,military-civil
relations, federalism versus centralism, conservatism versus liberalism, constitutionalism versus
authoritarianism-andtokeypoliticalleaders,'caudillos',suchasHidalgo,Morelos,Iturbide,SantaAnna,
Juarez, Maximilian and Diaz. Reading will include primary material such as letters, speeches and articles
fromtheMexicanpressaswellassecondaryhistoricalstudiesoftheperiod.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforalldegreesinvolvingSpanishoncecompulsorymoduleshave
beentaken.
Pre-requisite(s):
PermissionoftheSpanishHonoursAdviser.
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x1.5-hourseminarand1surgeryhour.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
Scheduledlearning:28hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
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Re-Assessmentpattern: Coursework=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
ProfWMFowler
Guidedindependentstudy:122hours
ModernLanguages-HonoursLevel-2016/7-August2016
SP3145Post-1975WritinginSpain1
SCOTCATCredits:
15
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
3.00pm-4.30pmTue
Semester:
1
Theaimofthemoduleistheclosestudyofaselectionofliterarytexts(worksofprosefictionandpoetry,inthe
main) produced in the post-Franco period. These narratives distance themselves from the realist (and
experimental)modeofwritingthatdominatedmuchoftheliteratureproducedbetween1939andthe1970s.
Instead,theyconstructsubjectiveworldsthat,nevertheless,tendtowardsauniversalityofexperienceandcan
be seen as part of a process of the gradual 'normalization', Europeanisation, and universalisation of Spanish
culturalcreations.TheselectionislikelytoincludefiveworkswrittenbyauthorsbornaftertheendoftheCivil
War,suchas:A.Bautista,F.BenítezReyes,J.Cercas,L.A.deCuenca,L.GarcíaMontero,JMarmas,E.Mendoza,
A. Muñoz Molina, A. Orejudo, A. Pérez-Reverte, S. Puértolas and A. Rosetti. In the case of poetry, a relevant
anthologyincludingsomeoftheseauthorswillberecommended.
Programmemoduletype:
OptionalforalldegreesinvolvingSpanishoncecompulsorymoduleshavebeen
taken.
Pre-requisite(s):
PermissionoftheSpanishHonoursAdviser.
Co-requisite(s):
CompulsorymodulesforSingleandMajorSpanishprogrammes
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:Seminarandsurgeryhour.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
Scheduledlearning:28hours
Guidedindependentstudy:122hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: Coursework=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrJLetran
SP3147TheArtofSubversioninPost-WarSpain(1939-1975)
SCOTCATCredits:
15
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2016/7
Plannedtimetable:
11.00am-12.30pmWednesday.
Semester:
2
This module is designed to introduce students to the complex and fascinating relations between culture and
historywithinthecontextofpost-CivilWarSpain,providingthemwithaninterdisciplinaryknowledgeofthat
period.Inparticular,itaimsatexploringthevalueoffilmandpoetryasmodesofculturalresistancetodominant
politicalandideologicaldiscourses.Inordertodoso,wewillbelookingattheworkofanumberofkeyauthors
inthehistoryofcontemporarySpanishliterature(suchasJoséHierro,ÁngelGonzalez,GloriaFuertes,JaimeGil
deBiedma,andJoséÁngelValente,amongstothers)andcinema(typically,L.GarcíaBerlanga,J.A.Bardem,B.
MartínPatino,V.Erice,C.Saura,etc).
Programmemoduletype:
OptionalforalldegreesinvolvingSpanishoncecompulsorymoduleshavebeen
taken.
Pre-requisite(s):
PermissionoftheSpanishHonoursAdviser.
Co-requisite(s):
CompulsorymodulesforSingleandMajorSpanishprogrammes
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1-hourseminarand1surgeryhour.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
Scheduledlearning:28hours
Guidedindependentstudy:122hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: Coursework=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrJLetrán
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrJLetrán
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ModernLanguages-HonoursLevel-2016/7-August2016
SP3148TheArgentineandChileanAvant-Garde(1920s-1930s)
SCOTCATCredits:
15
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
Tobearranged.
SCQFLevel9
Semester:
TBC
This module is designed to introduce students to the Argentine and Chilean avant-garde poetry of the
interwarperiodthroughtheworkofthreeinternationallyacclaimedauthors:JorgeLuisBorges(Fervorde
Buenos Aires, 1923), Oliverio Girondo (Veinte poemas para ser leídos en el tranvía, 1922) and Vicente
Huidobro (Altazor, 1931). Its aim is to examine the literary modernisms of Chile and Argentina, probing
issuesofculturalnationalism,‘LatinAmericanness’,aestheticsyncretismandurbanspace.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforalldegreesinvolvingSpanishoncecompulsorymoduleshave
beentaken
Pre-requisite(s):
PermissionoftheSpanishHonoursAdviser.
Co-requisite(s):
CompulsorymodulesforSingleandMajorSpanishprogrammes
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1Seminarand1surgeryhour.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
Scheduledlearning:26hours
Guidedindependentstudy:124hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: Coursework=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrEKefala
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrEKefala
SP3157AutobiographicalWritinginTwentieth-CenturySpain
SCOTCATCredits:
15
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
11.00am-12.30pmWed
Semester:
2
InthismoduletheexplorationofautobiographicalwritingincontemporarySpainhasmultipleobjectives.It
will provide an introduction to the problems and characteristics of autobiographical writing as an
importantliterarygenre.Thesetheoreticaltoolswillbeappliedtoaproblematicandambiguousexample
(Lazarillo de Tormes) as well as to the works of major writers who have had an impact on their society
(RafaelAlberti,CarmenMartinGaite,TerenciMoix).Itwillalsoconsiderthetextsasinterventionsinthe
cultural and historical context as well as identity debates in contemporary Spain. In this context, exile,
popular culture, collective identity and the relations of genre and gender will be studied in relation to
autobiographicalwriting.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforalldegreesinvolvingSpanishoncecompulsorymoduleshave
beentaken.
Pre-requisite(s):
PermissionoftheSpanishHonoursAdviser.
Co-requisite(s):
CompulsorymodulesforSingleandMajorSpanishprogrammes
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x1.5-hourseminarand1surgeryhour.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
Scheduledlearning:28hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
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Re-Assessmentpattern: Coursework=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrRFernándezRomero
Guidedindependentstudy:122hours
ModernLanguages-HonoursLevel-2016/7-August2016
SP3160FacingtheNew:SpanishLiteratureandSociety(1888-1918)
SCOTCATCredits:
15
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2016/7
Plannedtimetable:
2.00pm-3.30pmFri
Semester:
1
This module will explore changes and tensions in Spanish culture, society, literature and art from the
evolution of literary realism and naturalism to the beginning of the historical avant-gardes and the First
World War. Through varied materials (poems, short stories, novels, plays, paintings, etc.) students will
discuss the transformations of the role of the artist and the intellectual, the modernist 'tradition of the
new' and the aesthetical currents of the era. The module will focus on specific literary examples (the
novelsbyMigueldeUnamunoandJoseMartinezRuis'Azorin')aswellastheculturalandartisticlifeofthe
timesthroughtheanalysisofliterarymagazines.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforalldegreesinvolvingSpanishoncecompulsorymoduleshave
beentaken.
Pre-requisite(s):
PermissionoftheSpanishHonoursAdviser.
Co-requisite(s):
CompulsorymodulesforSingleandMajorSpanishprogrammes
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x1.5-hourseminarand1surgeryhour.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
Scheduledlearning:28hours
Guidedindependentstudy:122hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: Coursework=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrRFernándezRomero
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrRFernándezRomero
SP3162StrangeGirlsandDomesticAngels:Women’sWritinginSpain
SCOTCATCredits:
15
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
2.00pm–3.30pmThu
Semester:
1
ThismoduleintroduceswritingbywomenduringandaftertheFrancodictatorshipinSpainandtracethe
developments in female-authored literature that went hand in hand with social and political change.
Despite the regime’s insistence on their secondary status and the dismissal of their writing as trivial,
severalimportantfemalewritersemergedduringtheFrancoperiodandtheirworksengagewithissuesof
gender and identity, as well as questions of freedom and conformity. The module will explore how they
conveyed a subversive message and portrayed alternative role models to a female readership despite
restrictions. The module will also consider how later generations, while echoing some of the same
concerns, also draw on Anglo-American traditions in their work. A selection of literary texts by authors
such as Carmen Laforet, Rosa Chacel, Carmen Martin Gaite, Ana Maria Matute, Josefina Aldecoa, Rosa
Montero,LuciaEtxebarriaandBelenGopeguiwillbestudied.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforalldegreesinvolvingSpanishoncecompulsorymoduleshave
beentaken.
Pre-requisite(s):
PermissionoftheSpanishHonoursAdviser.
Co-requisite(s):
CompulsorymodulesforSingleandMajorSpanishprogrammes
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1.5-hourseminarand1surgeryhour
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
Scheduledlearning:28hours
Guidedindependentstudy:122hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: Coursework=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrCO'Leary
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrCO'Leary
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ModernLanguages-HonoursLevel-2016/7-August2016
SP3163TalesoftheNation
SCOTCATCredits:
15
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2016/7
Plannedtimetable:
2.00pm-3.30pmTue.
Semester:
1
The purpose of this module is to study a variety of fictional and non-fictional narratives of the Spanish
nation-state as well as stateless nations within the Spanish state from the modern and contemporary
period.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforalldegreesinvolvingSpanishoncecompulsorymoduleshave
beentaken.
Pre-requisite(s):
PermissionoftheSpanishHonoursAdviser.
Co-requisite(s):
CompulsorymodulesforSingle,JointandMajorSpanishprogrammes
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x1.5-hourseminarand1surgeryhour.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:28hours
Guidedindependentstudy:122hours
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: Coursework=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
ProfJLarios
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
ProfJLarios
SP3222Language,LoveandLoss
SCOTCATCredits:
15
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2016/7
Plannedtimetable:
2.00pm-3.30pmThu.
Semester:
1
ThismoduleaimstoprovideasoundunderstandingofimportantmodesofliteraryexpressioninSpainand
Spanish America following an expression of emotional tension across the centuries. The syllabus will
involvethestudyofaselectionofcanonicaltextsfromSpainandSpanishAmerica.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforalldegreesinvolvingSpanishoncecompulsorymoduleshave
beentaken
Pre-requisite(s):
PermissionoftheSpanishHonoursAdviser.
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x1.5-hourseminarand1surgeryhour.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=60%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=40%
Scheduledlearning:28hours
Guidedindependentstudy:122hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=60%,Coursework=40%
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Re-Assessmentpattern: Coursework-100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
ProfGSanRoman
ModernLanguages-HonoursLevel-2016/7-August2016
SP4003SpanishLanguage3
SCOTCATCredits:
15
SCQFLevel10
Semester:
Academicyear:
2016/7&2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
9.00amThu,plus1practicaltobearrangedonTue
1
Theoverallobjectiveofthiscoremoduleistobuildonadvancedskillsinlistening,speaking,readingand
writinginSpanish.Thesyllabusismadeupofaselectionoftextsindifferentregisterswhichprovidethe
basisforbothwrittenandoralworkinclass.
Programmemoduletype: CompulsoryforalldegreesinvolvingSpanish.
Pre-requisite(s):
SP3002(seeHonoursAdviserif
thereisaproblem).
Anti-requisite(s):
Requiredfor:
SP4004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1classand1practicaland1surgeryhour.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
Scheduledlearning:33hours
SP4102,SP4103
Guidedindependentstudy:117hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrRFernándezRomero
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrRFernándezRomero
SP4004SpanishLanguage4:CommunicationSkills
SCOTCATCredits:
15
SCQFLevel10
Semester:
Academicyear:
2016/7&2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
9.00amThu,plus1practicaltobearrangedonTue
2
Theoverallobjectiveofthiscoremoduleistobuildonadvancedskillsinlistening,speaking,readingand
writing in Spanish. The syllabus uses listening comprehension based on recording, debates and oral
presentationsbystudents,andaselectionoftextsforthestudyofdifferentlinguisticregisters.Thefinal
oralexaminationwillformpartofthismodule.
Programmemoduletype: CompulsoryforalldegreesinvolvingSpanish.
Pre-requisite(s):
SP4003orSP4102
Anti-requisite(s):
Co-requisite(s):
Requiredfor:
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1classand1practicaland1surgeryhour.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=60%,Coursework=40%
Scheduledlearning:33hours
Guidedindependentstudy:117hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
15-minuteOralExamination=30%,AuralComprehension=30%,Coursework
=40%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
TBC
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
TBC
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ModernLanguages-HonoursLevel-2016/7-August2016
SP4012LinguisticStudyoftheSpanishLanguage
SCOTCATCredits:
15
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2016/7&2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
2.00pm-3.30pmFri
Semester:
2
This module presents the scientific approach to describing languages as well as the concept of linguistic
variabilityandsomeofitssalientmanifestationsinSpanishacrosstheHispanicworld.Structuralfeatures
will be treated at phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexico-semantic levels, and variation will be
examinedatgeographical,socialandstylisticlevels.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforalldegreesinvolvingSpanishoncecompulsorymoduleshave
beentaken.
Pre-requisite(s):
PermissionoftheSpanishHonoursAdviser
Co-requisite(s):
CompulsorymodulesforSingleandMajorSpanishprogrammes
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x1.5-hourseminarand1surgeryhour.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
Scheduledlearning:28hours
Guidedindependentstudy:122hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: Coursework=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrKAnipa
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrKAnipa
SP4013CultureandConflict:RepresentingtheSpanishCivilWar
SCOTCATCredits:
15
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2016/7
Plannedtimetable:
2.00pm-3.30pmThu.
Semester:
2
This module considers how the Spanish Civil War has been represented in culture over time, from
contemporary literary responses to the testimonial writings of post-war exiles and the fictional
representations of subsequent generations. Students will explore such issues as the tensions between
cultureandpolitics(propaganda,censorship,etc.),thereliabilityofmemorytexts,the‘memoryboom’in
recentSpanishfictionandpost-memory.Aselectionofliterarytextsandfilmwillbestudied.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforalldegreesinvolvingSpanishoncecompulsorymoduleshave
beentaken.
Pre-requisite(s):
PermissionoftheSpanishHonoursAdviser
Co-requisite(s):
CompulsorymodulesforSingleandMajorSpanishprogrammes
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1.5-hourseminarand1surgeryhourandoccasional
film/videoviewing
Scheduledlearning:28hours
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
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Guidedindependentstudy:122hours
Re-Assessmentpattern: Coursework=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrCO'Leary
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrCO'Leary
ModernLanguages-HonoursLevel-2016/7-August2016
SP4014SpanishAvant-garde(s)
SCOTCATCredits:
15
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
3.00pm-4.30pmTue
Semester:
2
Thismodulewillexaminetheconceptsof‘modernity’,‘modernism’andthe‘avant-garde’inthecontextof
Spanishcultureinthe1920sand1930s;itwillcontextualiseJoséOrtegayGasset’sreflectionson‘newart’
or ‘dehumanised art’; it will take stock of Ortega’s theory of the novel; it will explore the critique of
Westernvaluesandthecelebrationofdesireintheworkofsurrealistpoets;itwillanalyserepresentations
ofthelife(vitalism)/reason(rationalism)dichotomyintheworkoffictionwriters;anditwilllookatthe
useofthe‘mythicalmethod’bythoseverysamewriters.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSpanish
Pre-requisite(s):
PermissionoftheSpanishHonoursAdviser
Co-requisite(s):
CompulsorymodulesforSingleandMajorSpanishprogrammes
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x1.5-hourseminarand1surgeryhour
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
Scheduledlearning:28hours
Guidedindependentstudy:122hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: Coursework=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
ProfJLarios
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
ProfJLarios
SP4015ActionHeroesandAnti-heroesinEarly-ModernSpain
SCOTCATCredits:
15
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
9.30am–11.00amTue
Semester:
1
Thismodulewillintroduceprose,poetry,theatre,andsongsthatwerewrittenmostlyforentertainmentin
thesixteenthandseventeenthcenturiesinSpain.Allworkswillcenteraroundasingleprotagonistwho
createssympathyandenthusiasmintheaudiencebycommittingactsofbravery,daring,andcleverness.
Heorshethusbecomesahero(orheroine)oranti-hero(oranti-heroine)dependingonthelegalityofthe
act,andtheopinionoftheaudience.Worksstudiedforthismodulefeaturesuperhero-likeknights,real
storiesfromsoldiersoffortune,butalsoviolentmenandwomenonthewrongsideofthelaw.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforalldegreesinvolvingSpanishoncecompulsorymoduleshave
beentaken.
Pre-requisite(s):
PermissionoftheSpanishHonoursAdviser
Co-requisite(s):
CompulsorymodulesforSingleandMajorSpanishprogrammes
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1.5-hourseminarand1surgeryhour.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
Scheduledlearning:28hours
Guidedindependentstudy:122hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: Coursework=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrTBergman
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrTBergman
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ModernLanguages-HonoursLevel-2016/7-August2016
SP4098DissertationonaSpanishTopic
SCOTCATCredits:
15
SCQFLevel10
Semester:
1&2(taughttwice)
Academicyear:
2016/7&2017/8
Availabilityrestrictions:
AvailableonlytostudentsintheFinalyearoftheHonoursProgramme.
Plannedtimetable:
Tobearranged.
This module offers students the possibility of personal advanced study on a topic on which they already
haveadequatebasicknowledgeandforwhichasuitableSupervisorcanbefound.Guidancewillbeoffered
on research methods and on presentation. The Critical Review involves the evaluation of a range of
secondarymaterialonagivensubject.Itshouldbenomorethan5,000wordsinlength,besubmittedin
accordance with guidelines and deadlines, and normally written in English. The topic must be formally
agreed in advance with the research co-ordinator and potential supervisor.(Guidelines for printing and
bindingdissertationscanbefoundat:http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/printanddesign/dissertation/)
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforalldegreesinvolvingSpanishoncecompulsorymoduleshave
beentaken.
Pre-requisite(s):
PermissionoftheSpanish
HonoursAdviser
Co-requisite(s):
CompulsorymodulesforSingleandMajorSpanishprogrammes
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:3seminarsplus4contacthourswithsupervisoroverthe
semester.
Scheduledlearning:7hours
Assessmentpattern:
SP4099or
dissertationin
anothersubject
Guidedindependentstudy:143hours
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Dissertation=100%
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Anti-requisite(s):
Re-Assessmentpattern: ResubmissionofDissertation
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrTBergman
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
TBC
ModernLanguages-HonoursLevel-2016/7-August2016
SP4099LongDissertationonaSpanishTopic
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Semester:
WholeYear
Academicyear:
2016/7&2017/8
Availabilityrestrictions:
AvailableonlytostudentsintheFinalyearoftheHonoursProgramme.
Plannedtimetable:
Tobearranged.
Thedissertationoffersstudentsthepossibilityofpersonaladvancedstudyonatopiconwhichtheyalreadyhave
adequate basic knowledge and for which a suitable Supervisor can be found. Guidance will be offered on
research methods and on presentation. The dissertation will, as a rule, consist of a study of a given body of
primarymaterialinagivenperspective.Itslengthshouldbe10,000wordsmaximum,anditshouldbesubmitted
in accordance with guidelines and deadlines, and normally be written in English. The topic must be formally
agreedinadvancewithboththeresearchco-ordinatorandthepotentialsupervisor.(Guidelinesforprintingand
bindingdissertationscanbefoundat:http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/printanddesign/dissertation/)
Programmemoduletype:
SP4099isrequiredforstudentstakingSP4102.
Pre-requisite(s):
PermissionoftheSpanishHonoursAdviser
Anti-requisite(s):
SP4098ordissertationinanothersubject
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:3seminarsplus8contacthourswithsupervisorovertheyear.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
Scheduledlearning:11hours
Guidedindependentstudy:289hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Dissertation=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: ResubmissionofDissertation
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrTBergman
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
TBC
SP4102SemesterwithStudyAbroadinSpain
SCOTCATCredits:
30
Academicyear:
2016/7&2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
Tobearranged.
SCQFLevel10
Semester:
1
The objective of the module is to allow students who are unable to take a year or a semester away from St
AndrewsinaSpanish-Speakingcountrytospendoneterm(SeptembertoDecember)studyinginSpainatan
institutionwithwhichwehaveaErasmusexchange.Thestudentswilltakearangeofapprovedcoursesatthe
host university, Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. They will also take SP4099, Spanish Dissertation; a
dissertationtopicwillhavebeennegotiatedwiththeirtutorsbeforethesummerrecess.PreparationforSP4099
willbecarriedoutduringtheirstayinSpain,andcontinuedinStAndrewsduringJanuaryandSemester2.If
places are available, the module can also be open to students who spent their WIYA year at a non-Spanishspeakingcountry,butnottothosewhohavealreadyspentanErasmusyear.(Guidelinesforprintingandbinding
dissertationscanbefoundat:http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/printanddesign/dissertation/)
Programmemoduletype:
SP4003or(SP4102withSP4099)iscompulsoryforalldegreesinvolvingSpanish.
Pre-requisite(s):
SP3002,Permissionof
theSpanishHonours
Adviser
Anti-requisite(s):
SP4003,SP4103
Co-requisite(s):
SP4099
Requiredfor:
SP4004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
ThisisaStudyAbroadorWorkPlacementmodule.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: Coursework=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrKAnipa
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ModernLanguages-HonoursLevel-2016/7-August2016
SP4223LanguageandHistoryandCulture
SCOTCATCredits:
15
Academicyear:
2016/7
Plannedtimetable:
Tobearranged.
SCQFLevel10
Semester:
2
This module aims to provide a sound understanding of important modes of literary expression in Spain and
SpanishAmericafollowingtherepresentationofdifferenthistoricalmomentsthroughfictions.Thesyllabuswill
involvethestudyofaselectionofcanonicaltextsfromSpainandSpanishAmerica.
Programmemoduletype:
OptionalforalldegreesinvolvingSpanishoncecompulsorymoduleshavebeen
taken
Pre-requisite(s):
PermissionoftheSpanishHonoursAdviser
Anti-requisite(s):
SP4102
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1.5-hourseminarand1surgeryhour.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
Scheduledlearning:28hours
Guidedindependentstudy:122hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: Coursework=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
ProfJLarios
SP4224LanguageandRealityandIllusion
SCOTCATCredits:
15
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2016/7&2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
9.30am-11.00amTue
Semester:
1(16/7)2(17/8)
Thismodulecentresonthein-depthstudyofDonQuijote,byMigueldeCervantes,anditsculturalandliterary
impact.ItaimstoprovideasoundunderstandingofimportantmodesofliteraryexpressioninSpainandSpanish
Americafollowingtheconflictofrealityandillusionacrossthecenturies.Thesyllabuswillinvolvethestudyofa
selectionofcanonicaltextsfromSpainandSpanishAmerica.
Programmemoduletype:
OptionalforHonoursSpanish
Pre-requisite(s):
PermissionoftheSpanishHonoursAdviser
Co-requisite(s):
CompulsorymodulesforSingleandMajorSpanishprogrammes
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x1.5-hourseminarand1surgeryhour.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
Scheduledlearning:28hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
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Re-Assessmentpattern: Coursework=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrTBergman
Guidedindependentstudy:122hours