Fall 1999
M 7-9 PM MCEC 232
T-Th 11:20-12:35 McCOOK 205
Professor Gustavo Remedi
ext. 2148; office hrs.: T-Th 4:00-5:00 PM
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 12 films (approximately one film per week), be prepared to answer and discuss short questionaires about every film (handed out Mondays, in class), read some short supplementary articles—eventually handed out by the professor—, actively participate in class discussions (T-Th) and to make two formal oral presentations of a personal investigative report and analysis based on a particular film.
Students also need to produce a Personal Folder of short weekly entries or “reaction papers” . Each weekly entry must include a) bibliography, b) 3 annotated bibliographical reviews, c) 1-2 pages long short recation paper. The Folder will be collected twice: OCT. 8 and DEC. 3.
Students obligations and grade
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, notes and class participation 25%
Folder of short weekly entries or “reaction papers” 25%
Mid-term paper and oral individual presentation 25%
Final paper and oral individual presentation 25%
Calendario de actividades
setiembre
1 30-3 Luis Buñuel, Un chien Andalou (España)
2 6-10 Carlos Saura, Mamá cumple cien años (España)
3 13-17 Adolfo Aristaráin, Un lugar en el mundo (Argentina)
4 20-24 Pedro Almodóvar, ÀQué he hecho yo para merecer ésto? (España)
5 27-1 Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Los sobrevivientes (Cuba)
octubre
6 4-8 Carlos Diegues, Bye Bye Brasil (Brasil) FOLDER DUE
7 11-15 <------------------------------ Mid-Session Week---------------------------------- >
8 18-22 Mid-Term: Investigación y presentación oral en clase
(Tres sesiones)
9 25-29 Víctor Erice, El espíritu de la colmena (España)
noviembre
10 1-5 Pastor Vega, Retrato de Teresa (Cuba)
11 8-12 Luis Argueta, Silencio de Neto (Guatemala)
12 15-19 Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Fresa y Chocolate (Cuba)
13 22-26 Jesús Díaz, Lejanía (Cuba) <-------------- Thanksgiving -------------->
14 29-3 Montxo Armendáriz, Cartas de Alou (España) FOLDER DUE
diciembre
15 6-9 Ronda de presentaciones finales (Tres sesiones)
Final Paper Due