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FCBarcelona vs Real Madrid: Spanish Football
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Spain and the Movies. An overview
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Methodology
A different artist or Cultural manifestation will be discussed every class. 80% attendance and active participation from students will be required. Participants will have to write two mini-follow-up tests, two final short essays, make one individual and one a mid-term, group presentation about a relevant local site or museum, and contribute to on-line forums of discussion.
ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENT BREAKDOWN
Description
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%
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Mid-term and End-of-term follow-up tests
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50
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Contributions to forums of discussion
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10
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Individual and Group presentations
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10
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Final papers
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30
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Bibliography
About the Civil War :"The Spanish Civil War: "Reaction, Revolution & Revenge". Paul Preston. Harper Perennial, 2006
¿Homage to Catalonia¿. George Orwell. Penguin Books. First Edition, 1938.
"For whom the bells toll". Ernest Hemingway. Scribner Classics, 1996
About Barcelona + Catalunya: ¿Barcelona¿. Robert Hughes. Harvill-HarperCollins. 1992
About the Basque Country: ¿The Basque History of the World¿. Mark Kurlansky. Vintage, 2000
About Recent History: ¿The New Spaniards¿. John Hooper. Penguin Books, 2006
About football + society: ¿Morbo:The Story of Spanish Football¿. Phil Ball. WSC Books, 2001
About Working effectively with Spaniards: "Spain is different", Helen Wattley-Ames. Intercultural Press, 1999
Web pages: About Spanish History: Library of the Congress. Country Studies: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/
Generalitat de Catalunya webpage (English option): www.gencat.net/catalunya/cat/historia.htm
Timetable and sections
Group
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Teacher
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Department
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Alex Fernández de Castro Krings
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Sección Español
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Timetable
From 2020/9/16 to 2020/11/25:
Each Wednesday from 14:45 to 16:15. (Except: 2020/10/28)
Group
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Teacher
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Department
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Year 1
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Alex Fernández de Castro Krings
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Sección Español
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Timetable Year 1
From 2020/9/16 to 2020/11/25:
Each Wednesday from 14:45 to 16:15. (Except: 2020/10/28)
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