SPAN10110

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
- use close analysis to develop a persuasive argument about prescribed texts in relation to their context and form/medium
- reason, argue and clearly express in accurate written English (or Spanish if desired) their own readings of the prescribed texts
- reflect on, modify, and improve their command of Spanish

Indicative Module Content:

Indicative module schedule for 2024 which is subject to change:

Block 1: Peninsular Literature in Translation
Week 1 - Module Introduction & About Mercè Rodoreda
Week 2 - "La salamandra" / "The Salamander"
Week 3: "Mi Cristina" / "My Christina"

Block 2: Spanish Early Modern Poetry
Week 4: Garcilaso de la Vega, Sonnet XXIII & Luis de Góngora, Sonnet CLXVI
Week 5: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, "El pintar de Lisarda la belleza" / "The Painting of Lisarda's Beauty"
Week 6: Francisco de Quevedo, "Poderoso caballero es don Dinero" / "A mighty knight is Don Dinero"

Block 3: Latin American Literature
Week 9: About Gabriel García Márquez
Week: "Ojos de perro azul" / "Eyes of a blue dog"
Week 11: "Los funerales de mamá grande" / "Big mama's funerals"

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

This module is delivered through one weekly 50-minute lecture and one weekly 50-minute tutorial, which are timetabled on different days. Lectures and tutorials will take place in person unless otherwise specified and are scheduled according to the university timetable, so students should make sure to check the timeslots, rooms, and the tutorial group in which they have been enrolled carefully. Attendance of both lectures and tutorial groups is crucial for successful engagement with this module, so students must inform their tutor if there is a reason why they are unable to attend class. Active participation in tutorials and full engagement with material and tasks made accessible in Brightspace is expected every week.

Generative AI cannot be used for any of the assessments. This corresponds to red on the traffic light system: https://www.ucd.ie/artshumanities/study/aifutures/trafficlightsystem/

The resit assignment for this module will be a 1000-word essay.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Learning Requirements:

A basic level of Spanish language proficiency (Level A2 of the European Framework, or its equivalent) is required.

Learning Recommendations:

This module studies literary texts written in Spanish. It is not recommended that this module be taken without parallel study of the language modules SPAN 10050 or SPAN10150, except by students with adequate attainment in the language.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Incompatibles:
SPAN10120 - Reading Hispanic Texts (Beg)

Equivalents:
Intro to Hispanic Studies II (SPAN10070), Intro to Hisp Stds II (Beg) (SPAN10080)


 

Assessment Strategy

 

Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Formative feedback will be given to students on reading and writing skills relating to the first two submitted tasks. Individual feedback will be provided to students online and collective feedback on common issues that emerge in these commentaries will be given in tutorials.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.