| Date | Topic |
Assessment
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| 25 Jan |
Intro
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Luis Buñuel: Auteurism, Exile and the Emergence of a National Cinematography
| Date | Topic | Assessment |
| 30 Jan (Tu) |
Buñuel: Chien andalou / Tierra sin pan
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| 1 Feb (Th) | Luis Buñuel, Los olvidados (The Young and the Damned, 1950) |
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| 6 Feb (Tu) |
Buñuel in context (excerpts from Spanish cinema of the 40s)
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| 8 Feb (Th) | Luis Buñuel, Viridiana (1961) |
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| 13 Feb (Tu) |
Luis Buñuel, El ángel exterminador (Exterminating Angel,
1962)
| Review 1 (submit via Moodle) |
The Spanish Postwar: The Emerging Culture of Dissidence
| Date | Topic | Assessment |
| 15 Feb (Th) | Luis García Berlanga, ¡Bienvenido, Mr. Marshall! (Welcome Mr. Marshall!, 1953) |
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| 20 Feb (Tu) | Berlanga in context (excerpts from contemporary Spanish films) |
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| 22 Feb (Th) | Juan Antonio Bardem, Muerte de un ciclista (Death of a Cyclist, 1955) |
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| 27 Feb (Tu) | Berlanga/Bardem in context (excerpts from cinema of the 50s) | Analysis 1 (Moodle timed test) |
Constructing Democracy in the Shadows of the Past (1970-1990)
| Date | Topic | Assessment |
| 29 Feb (Th) | Carlos Saura, Cria cuervos (Cría, 1975) |
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| 5 Mar (Tu) | Cria cuervos in context (excerpts from Spanish cinema of the 70s) |
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| 7 Mar (Th) | Víctor Erice, El espíritu de la colmena (The Spirit of the Beehive, 1973) |
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| | SPRING BREAK |
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| 26 Mar (Tu) | Mario Camus, Los santos inocentes (The Holy Innocents, 1984) | |
| 28 Mar (Th) | Vicente Aranda, Amantes (1990) | Review 2 (submit via Moodle) |
| 2 Apr (Tu) | Icíar Bollain, Te doy mis ojos (Take My Eyes, 2003) |
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| 4 Apr (Th) | | Analysis 2 (in class) |
Persisting Auteurism: The Almodóvar Effect
| Date | Topic | Assessment |
| 9 Apr (Tu) | Pedro Almodóvar, ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto? (What Have I Done to Deserve This?, 1984) |
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| 11 Apr (Th) | Pedro Almodóvar, Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, 1988) |
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| 16 Apr (Tu) | Pedro Almodóvar, Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother, 1999) |
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| 18 Apr (Th) | Pedro Almodóvar, Volver (2004) | Analysis 3 (Moodle timed test) |
Transcending National Idioms: Seeing, Remembering and Knowing in the Era of Globalization
| Date | Topic | Assessment |
| 23 Apr (Tu) | Isabel Coixet, La vida secreta de las palabras (The Secret Life of Words, 2005) |
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| 25 Apr (Th) | Alejandro Amenábar, Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes, 1997) |
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| 30 Apr (Tu) | Alex de la Iglesia, La comunidad (Common Wealth, 2000) |
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| 2 May (Th) | Guillermo del Toro, El laberinto del fauno (Pan’s Labyrinth, 2006) |
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| 7 May (Tu) | | Analysis 4 (in class) |
| 13-18 May |
Term paper due
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