LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, students are expected to have acquired the competences set for the subject. Achieving this objective will enable them to recognise, contextualise and analyse Spanish Cinema with criteria.

BASIC AND GENERAL COMPETENCES

G001 - Acquire knowledge and understand the meaning and relevance of theories, concepts and methodologies in the context of the (inter)disciplinary field of Spanish Cinema.

(inter)disciplinary field of audiovisual communication.

G002 - Apply theories and methodological tools to practice in different communicative processes and contexts.

G003 - Synthesise, develop and apply new creative approaches to solving audiovisual communication problems.

G004 - Analyse, interpret, explain and critically evaluate facts, social processes, texts and communicative projects.

G010 - Search for, select, prioritise and analyse information from different sources, adapting its content to different forms and narrative strategies.

narrative strategies.

CB1 - That students have demonstrated possession and understanding of knowledge in an area of study that starts from the base of general secondary education, and is usually

and is usually found at a level which, while relying on advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects involving knowledge from advanced

some aspects involving knowledge from the cutting edge of their field of study.

CB2 - Students are able to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and possess the competences usually demonstrated through the elaboration and defence of arguments and problem solving within the field.

competences usually demonstrated through the development and defence of arguments and problem solving in their field of study.

their field of study

CB3 - Students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their field of study) in order to make judgements which include

to make judgements which include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues.

CB5 - Students have developed the learning skills necessary to undertake further study with a high degree of autonomy.

with a high degree of autonomy

TRANSVERSAL COMPETENCES

CT7 - Critical thinking

It is a fact that cinema constitutes the 7th Art even if only a small part of the production can be considered as such. It is also a fact that cinema is a means of expression and much more. Cinema, like music or literature, provides us with what intangibles provide us with: knowledge, reflection, pleasure and distraction.

In this context, the study of Spanish Cinema interests us both for its artistic value and its socio-cultural value, as it has contributed to create

imaginary, to reflect values and to write historical events.

The subject Spanish Cinema is located in the second semester of the fourth year, when our students are about to finish their degree in Audiovisual Communication. The skills and abilities learnt in previous subjects, such as ‘Audiovisual Language’, ‘Narrative

Audiovisual Language", “Audiovisual Narrative” or “History of Cinema”, enable them to deepen and enjoy the knowledge of this subject, which is close to them, although not always sufficiently well known, and which is fundamental to

and fundamental for the future exercise of their profession.

SYLLABUS

1. Aesthetic characteristics of Spanish cinema

2. Metalinguistic reflections, melodramas and silent humour

3. The emergence of popular art

4. The wound of the war: documents and fictions

5. Modernity in the face of populism

6. Metaphor and political struggle

7. Traces of postmodernity in Spanish cinema

8. Unclassifiable filmmakers and films

9. A look from the Basque Country

Masterclasses, analysis presentation, film screenings

The assessment system will be by continuous assessment, which will consist of:



Completion of homework:

The assignments will consist of periodic checks through egela around the films of compulsory viewing (list available on egela). Length of 450-500 words per assignment. Due dates will be set on egela throughout the course.

Completion of questionnaires:

The questionnaires will consist of multiple-choice questions on the contents explained during the lectures. The questionnaires will be answered through Egela. The dates will be established throughout the course.

Critical commentaries on current films

Finally, during the master classes, current films will be screened and will have to be commented on. This work will also be stored in Egela.

Class attendance is compulsory in order to pass the subject through continuous assessment.

In any case, students will have the right to be assessed through the final assessment system, regardless of whether or not they have participated in the continuous assessment system. To do so, students must submit a written waiver of continuous assessment to the lecturer responsible for the subject, for which they will have a period of nine weeks from the beginning of the term. The final assessment will consist of a written test that will assess the knowledge required by the subject based on the material indicated in the basic bibliography and the films that must be watched.

The material for compulsory use will be handed out by the teaching team in the first week of the course.

Basic bibliography

CASTRO DE PAZ, José Luis; PÉREZ PERUCHA, Julio y ZUNZUNEGUI, Santos (dirs.), La nueva memoria. Historia(s) del cine español (1939-2000), A Coruña, Vía Láctea, 2005, cap. I-V

GUBERN, Román, “El cine sonoro (1930-1939)” en VV.AA. Historia del cine español, Madrid, Cátedra, 1995, págs.164-179.

PÉREZ PERUCHA, Julio, “Narración de un aciago destino (1896-1930)” en VV.AA. Historia del cine español, Madrid, Cátedra, 1995, págs. 19-121.

ZUNZUNEGUI, Santos, “La línea general o las vetas creativas del cine español” en ZUNZUNEGUI, Santos, Historias de España: de qué hablamos cuandos hablamos de cine español, Valencia, Institut Valencià de Cinematografia Ricardo Muñoz Suay, 2002.

ZUNZUNEGUI, Santos y ZUMALDE, Imanol, “Surcos. El arte nacional popular en la II República” en PÉREZ PERUCHA, Julio y RUBIO, Agustín (coords.), Faros y torres vigía. El cine español durante la Segunda República, Madrid, AEHC/ Vía Láctea, 2016, págs. 35-56.

In-depth bibliography

CAMPORESI, Valeria, Para grandes y chicos. Un cine para los españoles 1940-1990, Madrid, Turfan, 1993.
CASTRO DE PAZ, José Luis y PENA, Jaime J., Cine español. Otro trayecto histórico, Valencia, Ediciones de la Filmoteca, 2005.
CASTRO DE PAZ, José Luis y CERDÁN, Josetxo, Del sainete al esperpento. Relecturas del cine español de los años 50, Madrid, Cátedra, 2011.
CASTRO DE PAZ, José Luis, Sombras desoladas. Costumbrismo, humor, melancolía y reflexividad en el cine español de los años cuarenta, Santander, Shangrila, 2012.
GUBERN, Román, Cine español en el exilio 1936-1939, Barcelona, Lumen, 1976.
GUBERN, Román, La censura: función política y ordenamiento jurídico bajo el franquismo (1936-1975), Barcelona, Península, 1981.
HEREDERO, Carlos F., Las huellas del tiempo. Cine español 1951-1961, Madrid, Filmoteca Española / Filmoteca de la Generalitat Valenciana, 1993.
HEREDERO, Carlos F. y SANTAMARINA, Antonio, Semillas de futuro: cine español 1990-2001, Madrid, Sociedad Estatal España Nuevo Milenio, 2002.
HEREDERO, Carlos F. y MONTERDE, José Enrique, Los “nuevos cines” en España. Ilusiones y desencantos de los años sesenta, Valencia, Institut Valencià de Cinematografia Ricardo Muñoz Suay, 2003.
HERNÁNDEZ RUIZ, Javier y PÉREZ RUBIO, Pablo, Voces en la niebla. El cine durante la Transición española (1973-1983), Barcelona, Paidós, 2004.
MINGUET BATLLORI, Joan M., Paisaje(s) del cine mudo en España. Valencia, Ediciones de la Filmoteca, 2008.
MONTERDE, José Enrique, Veinte años de cine español (1973-1992): un cine bajo la paradoja, Barcelona, Paidós, 1993.
PALACIO, Manuel, El cine y la transición política en España (1975-1982), Madrid, Biblioteca Nueva, 2011.
PÉREZ PERUCHA, Julio (comp.), Huellas de luz. Películas para un centenario, Madrid, Diorama, 1995.
PÉREZ PERUCHA, Julio (ed.), Antología crítica del cine español 1906-1995, Madrid, Cátedra-Filmoteca Española, 1997.
RÍOS CARRATALÁ, Juan Antonio, Lo sainetesco en el cine español

Journals

Archivos de la Filmoteca
Secuencias. Revista de Historia del Cine.