Checking date: 02/06/2023


Course: 2024/2025

Spain in Progress, Spanish Society Today
(775)
Hispanic Studies (Plan: 285 - Estudio: 84)


Coordinating teacher: TIBURCIO MORENO, ERIKA

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Type: Compulsory
ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

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Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)
No previous knowledge is required.
Objectives
This course aims to address essential issues and topics to understand the complexity of Spanish society. Nationalism, Catholicism, social struggles or the generation gap will be some of the topics to be addressed. In this sense, it will be essential to study the events and processes in the Twentieth century through a dialogue between past and present. The main objectives are: - Understand the political, social, economic and cultural aspects that define today's Spain. - Analyze the historical evolution of Spain since the 20th century.
Description of contents: programme
1. Spanish political and social aspects 2. Spanish identity and debates 3. Historical legacies and overview 4. Authoritarian setbacks 5. Transition & Democracy
Learning activities and methodology
Active participation will be required, as it will provide students with analytical, critical and communication skills. Class attendance is mandatory. The course will be based on lectures and class work.
Assessment System


Basic Bibliography
  • Adrian Shubert and José Álvarez Junco (eds). The History of Modern Spain: Chronologies, Themes, Individuals. Bloomsbury . 2018
  • John Hooper. The New Spaniards. Penguin. 2006
  • Julian Casanova and Carlos Gil Andrés. Twentieth-Century Spain. A History. Cambridge University Press. 2014
  • María Asunción Gómez, Paula De La Cruz-Fernández, etc.. The Modern Spain Sourcebook: A Cultural History from 1600 to the Present. Bloomsbury. 2018

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.