SPANISH 16 (1 unit) - Berkeley Study Abroad

SPANISH 16 (1 unit) - Berkeley Study Abroad

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
SPANISH 121
SUMMER 2013
Instructor: Patricia Rodríguez-Corredoira, Ph.D.
E-mail: [email protected]
Dates and Location: 31 May – 26 July 2013. Madrid, Spain.
Units: 2
Course material: instructor will provide students with material (worksheets, articles,
etc.). Students are required to use a bilingual dictionary of their choice.
Recommended reading (not mandatory): Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through a Country's
Hidden Past. Giles Tremlett (2006).
Course description: Spanish 121 is a 2-unit course of Contemporary Spanish History
and Culture: an overview of events leading to 20 th and 21st C. political and social changes
in Spanish society. It combines cultural activities inside and outside of the classroom
(lectures, field trips, visits to monuments and museums, etc.). It will be taught entirely in
Spanish. Attendance and field trips are mandatory. Upon successful completion of this
course, students will have a better understanding of Contemporary Spain: how the past
shaped the present and how the present deals with its past; cultural diversity and its
contradictions; Spain and globalization.
Pre-requisites: 4 semesters of Spanish.
Written Assignments:
1. Exercises assigned by instructor. Short readings provided by instructor will
prompt students to conduct research so they can complete the worksheets and
questionnaires assigned for each topic.
2. Short essays (4-5 pages): students will write two short essays analyzing a topic
given by instructor.
Grade distribution:
Attendance and participation: 20%
Written assignments: 30%
Oral presentation: 20%
Final exam: 30%
Grade Scale (P/NP or Letter Grade):
A+ = 98-100
A = 93-97
A- = 90-92
B+ = 87-89
B = 83-86
B- = 80-82
C+ = 77-79
C = 73-76
C- = 70-72
D+ = 67-69
D = 63-66
D- = 60-62
F = 0-59
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
31
Saturday
1
Sunday
2
8
9
15
16
22
23
29
30
6
7
12
13
14
19
20
21
27
28
Class at
Middlebury
College
3
4
5
6
7
Visit Royal
Palace and
Cathedral
10
11
12
13
14
Class at
Middlebury
College
17
18
19
20
21
Visit El
Escorial
1st essay due
24
25
26
27
28
Class at
Middlebury
College
Oral
Presentations
1
2
3
4
5
Class at
Middlebury
College
8
15
9
16
10
11
Field trip to
Toledo
Dinner at
Spanish
restaurant
17
18
Theater
22
23
24
Field trip to
Segovia
2nd essay due
25
26
Final exam
2
Contents
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31 May:
- Orientation and course introduction.
- Topic of discussion: La Segunda República y la guerra civil.
- Homework due for that day:
1. Turn in questionnaire “La Segunda República y la guerra civil en
España”.1
2. Read text by Josefina Aldecoa: “1930-1940. Esperanza y derrota.”
7th June:
- Visit: Royal Palace and Cathedral.
- Homework due:
1. Read text about “Guernica” and turn in questionnaire (after visiting Museo
Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía).
2. Watch La lengua de las mariposas (by José Luis Cuerda) and turn in
questionnaire.
14th June:
- Topic of discussion: Dictatorship, democracy, and memory.
- Homework due:
1. Turn in questionnaire “La posguerra y la transición democrática.”
2. Read text by José F. Colmeiro: “La crisis de la memoria.”
21st June:
- Visit: El Escorial.
- Homework due:
1. Read text by John Hooper: “La religión y la Iglesia”.
2. Turn in 1st essay.
28th June:
- Topic of discussion: Identidades nacionales en España.
- Homework due:
1. Read text by Manuel Castells: “El poder de la identidad” and answer
questions provided in text.
2. Group oral presentations: “Las comunidades autónomas históricas.”
5th July:
- Topic of discussion: Movimientos migratorios en España.
- Homework due:
1. Read text by David Reher, Miguel Requena y Alberto Sanz: “¿España en
la encrucijada? Consideraciones sobre el cambio de ciclo migratorio,” and
turn in questionnaire.
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All homework should be submitted electronically on the due date before 9:00am
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12th July:
- Homework due:
1. Watch Flores de otro mundo (by Icíar Bollaín)
2. Turn in 2nd essay.
19th July:
- Homework due:
1. Watch the following two documentaries and turn in questionnaire:
I. “¿Generación Perdida?” (Documentos TV).
II. “The Great Spanish Crash” (BBC).
26th July:
- Final Exam.
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