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Course overview

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This degree explores two rich and diverse literary and cultural traditions, with a core Spanish language module in every year of study.

Alongside your learning of the Spanish language, the first year will introduce you to Hispanic culture such as literature, film, politics and art. You will also study English literature, and comparative literature though core and optional core modules.

In your intermediate and final years, all English and Hispanic optional modules are open to you. Topics range from literature and critical theory to history, politics, linguistics, philosophy and film. In your final year, you can choose to write a dissertation, including the option to write on a comparative topic addressing both Hispanic and English literature. You will normally spend your second or third year of study consolidating and enhancing your language skills abroad.

You will also normally spend your second or third year of study abroad.

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This degree explores two rich and diverse literary and cultural traditions, with a core Spanish language module in every year of study.

Alongside your learning of the Spanish language, the first year will introduce you to Hispanic culture such as literature, film, politics and art. You will also study English literature, and comparative literature though core and optional core modules. In your intermediate and final years, all English and Hispanic optional modules are open to you. Topics range from literature and critical theory to history, politics, linguistics, philosophy and film. In your final year, you can choose to write a dissertation, including the option to write on a comparative topic addressing both Hispanic and English literature.

You will normally spend your second or third year of study consolidating and enhancing your language skills abroad. This is an invaluable opportunity to immerse yourself in the linguistic and cultural contexts where Spanish is spoken, enhance your language skills and build international connections.

You will have access to outstanding facilities and resources. This includes flexible collaborative and individual learning spaces, as well as a vast selection of print, digital and multimedia learning materials.

You will finish your degree as a proficient, internationally mobile linguist with a deep understanding of key issues and developments in the past and present of Hispanic cultures, and an advanced knowledge of Spanish, English, and comparative literatures.

Core modules

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In your first year, you will take language classes designed to develop your knowledge and understanding of written and spoken Spanish (either ‘Modern Spanish Language 1’ or ‘Modern Spanish Language 1 Beginners’). You will choose one additional module in Hispanic Studies which will provide you with the foundation to study further aspects of Hispanic culture in the later stages of your degree (either Language, Text and Identity in the Hispanic World or Icons and Representations of the Hispanic World).

On the English side of your degree, you will take ‘Modes of Reading’, a module that focuses on questions of approach, critical practice, and reading strategies. You will additionally choose one English module in your first year, from a list of three: ‘Epic into Novel’; ‘Medieval and Early Modern Literature’; or ‘Modern World Literatures’.

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In your first year, you will take language classes designed to develop your knowledge and understanding of written and spoken Spanish (either ‘Modern Spanish Language 1’ or ‘Modern Spanish Language 1 Beginners’). You will choose one additional module in Hispanic Studies which will provide you with the foundation to study further aspects of Hispanic culture in the later stages of your degree (either Language, Text and Identity in the Hispanic World or Icons and Representations of the Hispanic World).

On the English side of your degree, you will take ‘Modes of Reading’, a module that focuses on questions of approach, critical practice, and reading strategies. You will additionally choose one English module in your first year, from a list of three: ‘Epic into Novel’; ‘Medieval and Early Modern Literature’; or ‘Modern World Literatures’.

In your intermediate and final years, you will further develop your Spanish language skills in more advanced language classes, and you will be able to develop your own particular interests in Hispanic culture by choosing from a wide selection of modules taught by specialists in culture, society, literature, politics, philosophy, film, and history. If you wish, you can also select from interdisciplinary cross-School modules including Translation Studies modules. Similarly, in English, you will take core modules in each year and will be able to pursue your own interests alongside this through a range of optional modules taught by experts in the field.