Introductory description

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Module aims

Outline syllabus

This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.

How has the Spanish language travelled around the world and what happens when it coexists with other languages? How do writers exploit language to explore identity, and what happens when they work between two (or more!) languages? What skills do we need as readers to interpret the nuances of texts that travel between languages?
This module will equip you with an understanding of the cultural and sociolinguistic diversity of the Hispanic world, and a strong grounding in the literary and cultural analysis of texts that address this diversity

Learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate relevant factual knowledge of the cultural and sociolinguistic diversity of the Hispanic world
• Argue the relation between the cultural and sociolinguistic diversity of the Hispanic world and literary texts that address this diversity; evaluate literary expressions of cultural and linguistic diversity in the context of the cultural and sociolinguistic diversity of the Hispanic world
• Use knowledge acquired in lectures, seminars, and from prescribed reading as a basis for individual research

Indicative reading list

Generic Reading lists can be found in Talis

Specific reading list for the module can be found on

International

All modules delivered in SMLC are necessarily international. Students engage with themes and ideas from a culture other than that of the UK and employ their linguistic skills in the analysis of primary materials from a non-Anglophone context. Students will also be encouraged to draw on the experiences of visiting exchange students in the classroom and will frequently engage with theoretical and critical frameworks from across the world.

Subject specific skills

This module will develop students’ linguistic skills through engaging with primary materials in the target language. It will build students’ capacity to engage with aspects of Hispanic culture through analysis of this primary material and through seminar discussion aimed at deeper critical thinking. In particular, students’ awareness of the Hispanic World will be enhanced through lectures and seminars which engage in scholarship in the field.

Transferable skills

All SMLC culture modules demand critical and analytical engagement with artefacts from target-language cultures. In the course of independent study, class work and assessment students will develop the following skills: written and oral communication, creative and critical thinking, problem solving and analysis, time management and organisation, independent research in both English and their target language(s), intercultural understanding and the ability to mediate between languages and cultures, ICT literacy in both English and the target language(s), personal responsibility and the exercise of initiative.