Spanish 481-1, Spring 2000
Film & Literature
in Spain & Latin America
California State
University, Chico
Professor: Pilar Alvarez-Rubio
Office: Trinity Hall 144
Communications: Tel. 898-6370; palvarez-rubio@csuchico.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays: 11 to 12, and 2 to 5
Thursdays: 11 to 12
Description and
Objectives: Drawing from Spanish and Latin
American¹s literary works and film, this course will focus on a wide range of
issues, beginning with the complexities involved y the cinematic adaptation of
the short story, drama, novel, poetry and biography. Some topics covered will be standard fictional and dramatic
elements in film and literary analysis, questions of editing, cinematic and
literary point of view, the concept of director¹s style, theory of reception,
and the didactic uses of cinema.
Thematically, we will examine issues of culture and society in both
Spanish-speaking continents:
representation of history, ideology, and art; the construction of gender
and sexuality through cultural representation; myths related to race, class and
nation. Classes will combine
lectures, screenings and discussions, and students will be encouraged to
critically examine these and other related issues from the vantage-point of
their personal interests and disciplines.
Conducted in Spanish.
Texts and films: Donoso, José. El lugar sin límites
Skármeta,
Antonio. Ardiente paciencia
o El cartero de Neruda
Azuela,
Mariano. Los de abajo
Pérez
Galdós, Benito. Tristana
Rodoreda,
Mercedes. La plaza del
diamante
Almodóvar,
P. Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios.
Anónimo. El mío Cid (Selección)
Sanchis
Sinisterra, José . ¡Ay Carmela!
García
Márquez, Gabriel. ³Un hombre muy
viejo con unas alas enormes²
Vargas
Llosa, Mario. Pantaleón y las
visitadoras
De
la Cruz, Sor Juana. Sonetos y La
carta
Requirements:
Prerequisites: SPAN 104A, 105A or 105B; or faculty
permission.
Disciplined reading,
attendance and participation are key elements for the
successful completion
of this course. All readings are
to be done before class.
There will be
quizzes, a mid-term exam (take-home), a first draft-final paper, and
a final paper. No make-ups or late assignments.
Alvarez-Rubio SPAN 260
Absence
Policy: Students are expected
to attend all class during each
session.
Students may
make up a maximum of 2 excused absences by reading texts
on reserve and
viewing corresponding videos.
Grade: Quizzes: 20%
Mid-term
exam 30%
First-draft
of final paper 15%
Final paper 35%
PLAN SEMESTRAL TENTATIVO
Enero 27 Introducción
al curso.
Mujeres
al borde de un ataque de nervios: La ³movida madrileña,² y la postmodernidad
(Almodóvar). El cine y la
didáctica del español
Febrero 3 Tristana:
Ideologías y moralidades de la España decimonónica
Concepto de auteur
en la cinematografía (Buñuel y Pérez Galdós)
Problemas de adaptación; guión ,
novela, filme.
10 ¡Ay
Carmela! : La guerra civil y el arte (Saura y Sanchis Sinesterra) Drama
y cine. Aproximación histórica.
17 La
plaza del diamante: La
posguerra y la subjetividad femenina.
(
Rodoreda)
24 El
Cid: El héroe según Hollywood
(De
Sica) Poesía épica y cine
Marzo 2 Idem. El héroe según la TVE
9 El
rey pasmado:
Comentarios r(R)eales sobre la moralidad (Uribe y
Torrente Ballester)
16 Yo
la peor de todas.
Inquisiciones: la mujer de
Nueva España
(Bemberg,
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, y Paz) Poesía, biografía y cine
EXAMEN
PARCIAL
Vacaciones
de primavera
Alvarez-Rubio SPAN 260
30 Los
de abajo: La revolución mexicana
(Gonzáles
y Azuela) Historia y cine
Abril 6 Pantaleón
y las visitadoras: Militarismo y farsa
(Vargas
Llosa) Comentario social y cine
13 El
lugar sin límites:
Sexualidad y marginalización (Ripstein
y Donoso)
20 Memorias
del subdesarrollo: Cine
cubano.
**ENTREGAR
BORRADOR DEL TRABAJO CRITICO**
27 Un
hombre muy viejo con unas alas enormes: lo real maravilloso
(García
Márquez)
Mayo 4 Ardiente
Paciencia o el Cartero de Neruda: el poeta y sus admiradores
(Skármeta
y ) Adaptación chilena
11 Idem.
Adaptación italiana
18 TRABAJO
FINAL
P. Alvarez-Rubio
ADDENDUM TO SYLLABUS, SPA 260, 2/3/00
Questions and reflections
on narrative and cinema.
As
part of your grade evaluation (20%),
you must send me via e-mail
(palvarez-rubio@csuchico.edu):
* two coherent questions/statements
that speak to the significance of the theme of the novel, and that will serve
as a discussion topic in our next
meeting. You may be asked to lead
the discussion at times.
* one question that speaks to the
narrative¹s possibilities of adaptation to film.
I
must receive this assignment by 4 p.m., the Tuesday previous to our class
meeting.