Fall 2000
Professor Gustavo Remedi (x2148)
Office Hrs. M-W 10-12 or by appointment
The course follows SPAN 221 (Grammar & Composition) and is parallel to SPAN 228 (Readings in Hispanic Literature). The objective of this course is to help students to (a) get acquainted to a series of landmarks of Spanish /Latin American Cinema and the aesthetic concerns related to it, (b) to discuss them in terms of the social, historical and cultural questions they raise, and (c) to provide a place and occasion for the discussion of students' interpretations and ideas in Spanish.
Students are expected to watch a series of films (approximately one film per week), be prepared to answer and discuss short questionaires about every film, read some short supplementary articles, actively participate in class discussions and make two formal oral presentations (one bibliographical review; one personal analysis and discussion of a film). Students also need to produce a Personal Journal with short weekly entries or “reaction papers” which will be collected every other week.
Students obligations and grades
Except for very extraordinary and grave circumstances, absences will not be excused. Every 3 absences lowers the final grade significantly. Req. courses: 221
Final Grade:
• Preparation of questionnaire and class participation 20%
• Personal Journal 20%
• Two oral presentations 20%
• Mid-term exam 20%
• Oral presentation of final paper 20%
Calendario de actividades
Films Screenings: every Monday at 7 PM (MCEC 270)
week
1 (Sept. 5-8) Luis Buñuel, Un chien andalou y Simón del desierto(España-Francia-Mexico)
2 (Sept. 11-15) Carlos Saura, Mamá cumple cien años (España)
3 (Sept. 18-22) Luis Argueta, Silencio de Neto (Guatemala)
4 (Sept. 25-29) Pedro Almodóvar, ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer ésto? (España)
5 (Oct. 2-6) Patricio Guzmán, La batalla de Chile (Chile)
6 (Oct. 9-13) Víctor Erice, El espíritu de la colmena (España) (class meets Th. Oct. 12)
7 (Oct. 16-20) Mid-term comprehensive exam (essays questions) (Oct. 19)
8 (Oct. 23-27) Montxo Armendáriz, Cartas de Alou (España)
9 (Oct. 30-Nov. 3) Héctor Babenco, Pixote (Brasil)
10 (Nov. 6-10) Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Fresa y Chocolate (Cuba)
11 (Nov. 13-17) Adolfo Aristaráin, Un lugar en el mundo (Argentina)
12 (Nov. 20-24) Nelson Pereira do santos, Qué gustoso está mi francés (Brasil) (class meets Tue. Nov. 21)
13 (Nov. 27-Dec.1) Pastor Vega, Retrato de Teresa (Cuba)
14 (Dec. 4-8) Ronda de presentaciones finales (Tres sesiones)