Specific Spanish Courses

SPANISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE 

(Santander, 27 June to 1 July 2016)

Academic programme:

SPANISH LANGUAGE: Level B1-B2 (5 hours)

PICASSO AND MUSIC (HISTORY, ART, LITERATURE AND MUSIC OF THE 20th CENTURY) (10 hours)

Teaching staff: María del Mar Falagán García and María Lourdes Fernández Calleja

OBJECTIVES:

• To promote the student's interest in knowledge of Spanish society and culture.
• To provide an overview of Spanish culture of the 20th century focussing on the most representative movements and artists in the fields of art, music and literature.
• To discover and interconnect the main aspects that shape the history of music in Spain during the 20th century.
• To improve knowledge of different aspects of 20th-century Spanish musical culture.
• Stages in Picasso's painting and sculpture: periods, Cubism. Features of Picasso's painting.

CONTENT:

History of Music

• Musical recovery:

The transition from the 19th century to the 20th century: Isaac Albéniz and Enrique Granados.

• The Generation of '98 and the Generation of the Masters:

Manuel de Falla: his three stages.

• The Generation of '27:

The musical features that define this generation.

• The relationship between these musicians and intellectuals of the period. Lorca, Gerardo Diego, Picasso.
• Joaquín Rodrigo

Spanish History

• The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939): Picasso and Guernica
• Franco's Spain (1939-1985)
• Opposition to the regime: cultural and musical currents. Falla

Art

• The influence of Spanish culture on Picasso's painting: guitars, flamenco and bulls.
• The influence of other Artists on the work of Picasso.
• Picasso and advertising

CREATIVITY AND WRITING WORKSHOP (10 hours)

Teacher: Francisco Javier Sagarna Comenge

OBJECTIVES:

• To improve students' ability to express themselves in written Spanish.
• To foster students' general learning of Spanish language and culture through the practice of literary creation at basic levels.
• To introduce students to literature in Spanish, through various supporting texts and work ideas, as well as the society in which it was written.
• To stimulate students' creativity using ludic activities and their critical sense during the text editing phase.
• To introduce students to the basic techniques of the craft of writing.

CONTENT:

• Exercises to beat writer's block.
• The two phases of the creative process: creation and correction.
• The artist's gaze. The personal diary.
• The abstract and the concrete.
• Creating characters.
• The narrator's viewpoint.
• Writing with the five senses. Visibility and sensoriality of the narrative.
• The basic structure of a narrative text.
• Desire and conflict.
• Metaphor and meaning.

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