SPANISH 318

Making Modern Spain 1840-1939


Please note: this is archived course information from 2021 for SPANISH 318.

Description

The course offers an overview of the cultural politics pertaining to modern Spain, from the late nineteenth century through to the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939. We focus on the intersecting strands of gender, class and nation, especially in relation to war: the War of Independence (1808-1813), the Spanish-Moroccan War and the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).

Issues addressed are citizenship, education, working-class movements and sociopolitical margins, empire, liberal constructions of the nation, nationalisms and the rise of Spanish fascism.

Availability 2021

Not offered in 2021; planned for 2022

Lecturer(s)

Lecturer(s) Professor Christine Arkinstall
Professor Jose Colmeiro

Points

SPANISH 318: 15 points

Prerequisites

SPANISH 201 or 278 or 319 or 321 or 377 or 378 and 15 points from SPANISH 202 or LATINAM 201 or 216

Restrictions

SPANISH 725