HP2yy The Spanish Avant-Garde: Theatre, Film, Painting
| Module Code: HP2yy |
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| Module Name: HP2yy The Spanish Avant-Garde: Theatre, Film, Painting |
| Module Coordinators: Dr Tom Whittaker |
| Term 2 |
| Module Credits: 15 |
Module Description
This module explores the so-called Generación del 27, a group of young artists whose aesthetic innovations challenged the artistic, social and sexual norms of early-twentieth century Spain. It focusses in particular on the relationship between theatre, cinema and painting, examining how these different forms intersected and mutually influenced one another during this period.
Through the study of plays by Federico García Lorca, selected paintings by Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró and Maruja Mallo, as well as Luis Buñuel’s surrealist films, the module explores how these artists broke away from traditional forms of representation. It considers how these works responded to rapid technological change and an uncertain world, while also situating Spain’s avant-garde in connection to other European modernisms.
Course Outline
1. Introduction to the Spanish avant-garde: historical and cultural contexts
2. Yerma (Federico García Lorca)
3. Doña Rosita la Soltera o El lenguaje de las flores (Federico García Lorca)
4. Paintings of Salvador Dalí
5. Paintings of Joan Miró
6. Reading Week
7. Paintings of Maruja Mallo
8. Un chien andalou (Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí)
9. L'age d'or (Luis Buñuel)
10. Las hurdes: tierra sin pan (Luis Buñuel)
All films will be available with subtitles, and the plays will be available in translation.
Assessment
Curatorial assessment. Students design a small exhibition of paintings and write accompanying short texts: 30%
End-of-term essay (3250 words): 70%
