Hispanic Studies

Guide for summer reading

Language module

Your tutors will provide you with an essential handout that will be followed throughout the academic year, which will enable you to develop different skills including grammar; translation; oral and aural & reading and writing comprehension.

There is no need to purchase a paper dictionary as you will be working with online dictionaries, translation tools and educational apps such as DRAE, Wordreference, Linguee, collaborative writing, etc. If you think that you would feel more comfortable with a paper dictionary, please have a word with your tutors at the beginning of the term and they will provide you with some suggestions.

You will also work with Grammar and reading books. You are not expected to do any language preparation, however, if you wish to refresh your knowledge or familiarise yourself with the language during the summer, key texts are listed below. For further guidance, contact the module convenor: Raquel Navas (R.Navas@warwick.ac.uk)

• Either Sole Otero, Naftalina (Salamandra Graphic, 2020)
• Or Quan Zhou Wu,Gazpacho agridulce. Una autobiografía chino-andaluza (Bilbao: Astiberri, 2015)

There is no need to purchase these texts.

For more information: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/modernlanguages/applying/undergraduate/hispanicmodules/hp101ps/

 

Literature and Culture modules

There is no required reading to complete before the term begins, but if you would like to get a flavour of the topics we will study during the year, this is a list of selected readings from our two Level 1 modules, which aims to provide you with some general sources that you will be studying during your first year at Warwick. You can also find more information on the module webpages (below), and you may like to begin your own research into some of these topics and figures online.

These resources can be accessed online or via the Library on arrival. For further guidance, you can contact the module convenors: Dr Michela Coletta (HP103) or Dr Tom Whittaker (HP104).

HP103: Language, Text and Identity in the Hispanic World

Kimberly L. Geeslin, The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018)

For more information:

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/modernlanguages/applying/undergraduate/hispanicmodules/hp103ps/

HP104: Icons and Representations of the Hispanic World

Julián Casanova, A Short History of the Spanish Civil War (London, New York: I.B. Tauris & Co, 2014)

For more information:

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/modernlanguages/applying/undergraduate/hispanicmodules/hp104ps/