49059 - History of Spanish Culture

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student knows the issues and historical contexts, social aspects of Spanish culture. He can explain socio-cultural issues related to the culture studied and knows the critical tools most appropriate to contextualize, analyze and comment on texts and documents of various kinds, and to relate them with the most significant transformations related to the areas of language reference.

Course contents

TRAUMA, MEMORY, POST-MEMORY: RE-ELABORATIONS AND CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS THROUGH THE 20TH CENTURY AND THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
Traumatic events of the 20th century and contemporary times will be analysed. The focus will be on the testimonies of trauma, memory and post-memory, the manipulations of regimes, the forms of communication that characterise contemporary societies and the semantic inversions that result.
Literary and cinematographic reworkings of the '98 crisis, the Spanish Civil War and Franco's repression, the Transition and the emergencies of our times will be considered. Examples of the public debate on memory and current forms of repression will also be proposed.
In particular, the following themes will be addressed:
'98, the Second Republic; the Civil War; Franco's repression; the Democratic Transition; the recovery of historical memory in the new century; past and present totalitarianisms.
Debates on ethical issues: collective memory, forgetting and recognition, reparation and post-memory, individual rights and mass education.
Images, sound documents, fragments of historical and philosophical essays, newspapers, documentaries will also be considered.

 

Readings/Bibliography

- Javier Cercas, Soldados de Salamina, Barcelona, Tusquets, 2001

- Dulce Chacón, La voz dormida, Madrid, Alfaguara, 2002

Filmografía:

Raza, dir. José Luis Sáenz de Heredia (1941)

 

Per i NON-FREQUENTANTI è valido il presente programma d'esame con l'aggiunta di:

-materiale on-line dedicato ai non frequentanti e che verrà messo a disposizione entro la fine del corso;

- Luigi Contadini, La causa di Soledad Luque Delgado. Il furto dei bambini nella Spagna franchista, Roma, Castelvecchi, 2021

- Carlos Fonseca, Trece rosas rojas, Madrid, Temas de hoy, 2004

Teaching methods

Lectures and seminars.

Assessment methods

The exam consists of an oral interview in Spanish. Will verify the critical and methodological skills gained by the student, who will be invited to confront the texts studied during the course. Will be particularly assessed the student's ability to move himself within the sources and bibliographical material in order to identify in them the useful information to illustrate the similarities and cultural areas of the discipline. The achievement by the student of an organic vision of the issues, joined with their critical use, the ownership of expression and specific language will be assessed with a mark of excellence. A mechanical and/or mnemonic knowledge of the topics, synthesis and analysis partially articulated and/or correct but not always appropriate language, will be judged as good; gaps in the preparation and / or inappropriate language - although in a context of minimal knowledge of readings - will lead to votes as sufficiency. Important gaps, inappropriate language, lack of knowledge within the reference materials offered during the course will be evaluated negatively.

Teaching tools

Will be projected images and video.

Will be made available on-line teaching materials, the study of which is obligatory, some of the main themes of the program.

Office hours

See the website of Luigi Contadini