| Time | Days | Location | Instructor | GER | Credit | OPUS Class Number | Syllabus (Tentative) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11:45am- | MWF | Woodruff Library - 422 | Jose Boigues-Lopez. | HALW. | 4 | 12737 | TBA. |
CONTENT: This course seeks to introduce students to a working vocabulary for the study of Hispanic theater, film, and performance, underscoring their theoretical and historical dimensions. Main contents will include the history and concepts of Hispanic film, theater, and performance; and the theoretical analysis of their main genres: el melodrama, la tragedia, la comedia and la Comedia, el entremés, el auto, el drama romántico, etc. A comparative perspective on theater, film, and performance will be articulated whenever possible, devoting discrete classes to different media. The course will prepare students for work at the 400 level in Hispanic film, theater, and performance, providing them with an introduction to both the theoretical framework guiding the study of texts, and a "hands-on" feel for theatrical, film, video, and performance work. The close textual analysis of Hispanic theater, film, and performance will be done in a seminar-type discussion group. Students will be expected to write daily reaction compositions to the texts discussed in class, three 4-page reviews, and to present a final project on theater / film / performance media; on all verbal and written assignments students will be expected to show command of the materials covered in this class.
TEXTS: A) Print: Lope de Vega, El perro del hortelano / El castigo sin venganza; Zorrilla, Don Juan Tenorio; García Lorca, Bodas de sangre; Troyano / Tropicana, I, Carmelita Tropicana; and others, including a selection of articles.
B) Films: Almodóvar, Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido / Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón; Cuarón, Y tu mamá también; Miró, El perro del hortelano; Medem, Lucía y el sexo; Amenábar, Tesis / Abre los ojos; Aranda, Juana la Loca; Buñuel, Un perro andaluz; Saura, Bodas de sangre; Padrón, Vampiros en La Habana; Ibáñez Serrador, La residencia; Berlanga, Bienvenido Mr. Marshall; Tricicle, Tricicle 20; Truffaut, La nuit américaine; Argento, Profondo rosso; and a selection of short films.
PARTICULARS :The final grade is based on attendance and class participation, daily assignments, two exams, three reviews (of a play, a film, and a performance art piece), theater/film/performance project and a presentation of the project.
PREREQUISITES: Spanish 300
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