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Class number:
3309
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Title: Popular Cultures of Spain |
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Department: Language and Culture Studies |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 19 |
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Current enrollment: 9 |
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Available seats: 10 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: MW: 2:55PM-4:10PM, MC - 307 |
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Instructor(s): Baena, Diego |
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Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic Studies 221, or permission of instructor. |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities Requirement |
Course Description:
This course is meant to provide an overview of some of the most important mass-market literary, dramatic, and audiovisual cultural products of modern Spain, from the seventeenth century to the present. From Cervantes' classic parody and rewriting of the popular chivalry novel and Lope de Vega's early reflections on popular 'style' and taste in the theater, to the popular episodic and serialized novels of the 19th Century, and the birth of the comic strip and modern TV serial (telenovela), this course is not only meant to familiarize students with some of the most iconic works of Spanish cultural canon, folklore, and 'pop,' it is also meant to engage them in critical discussions concerning their own relationships to the changing technologies of modern culture industries. |