HSPST-316 Recovering a Lost Memory: Cultural Representations of the Spanish Civil War and its Aftermath
The Spanish Civil War and its aftermath shaped 20th-century Spain. This course centers on a selection of novels and films which reconstruct, evoke and explore this traumatic event and its consequences in different ways. We will also explore current efforts in Spain to recover what is referred to as an "historical memory" ("memoria histórica") of both the war and the Franco dictatorship which followed it. Issues of trauma, exile, memory, identity and gender will be studied. Works by Martín Gaite, Matute, Rodoreda and Chacón among others.
Proseminar (16)
Credits
1
Prerequisite
210 or 211 and one additional course beyond 210/211, or consent of instructor