Seminar of Spanish Language “The Contemporary Spain. Culture” 3700-CS-F-WHK-OG

A seminar on the culture of contemporary Spain in Spanish language. Main stress will be laid on the most important elements of the Spanish culture, as wine, football, corrida, religious holidays and tourism, all these subjects analysed also with elements of the Spanish general material culture. The influence of this culture in the past and nowadays, including social changes, will be another subject of studies. The aim of the seminar is also a deep analysis of the evolution of cultural processes in Spain.
The texts chosen to be commented give students an opportunity to see various points of view.
The seminar will be realized in the framework of six main subjects.

Subject 1: Culture of wine
Subject 2: Football (soccer) as a national sport
Subject 3: Corrida
Subject 4: Christmas and Easter in Spain
Subject 5: Tourism
Subject 6: Social changes

Type of course

general courses

Prerequisites (description)

Knowledge of Spanish which make possible an independent lecture of texts in that language (B2).

Course coordinators

Cristina Gonzalez Caizan

Bibliography

Literature will be passed before every seminar. There will be also films related to the analysed subjects presented.

General literature:
- Celestino Pérez, Sebastián. «Origen y desarrollo del cultivo del vino en el Mediterráneo: la Península Ibérica», Universum. Rrevista de humanidades y ciencias sociales, t. 22, 2007 (1), pp. 33-60.
- Especial La Liga Santander 2022-23: jugadores, equipos, claves..., Diario As, 2022.
- La maleta de Carla. Guía completa para viajar por España (https://lamaletadecarla.com/guia-completa-para-viajar-por-espana/)
- Plasencia, Pedro. Manual de los vinos de España, León, 1999.
- Reymont, Władysław Stanisław. «Los toros», Pisma, t. 13, Varsovia, 1952, pp. 125-146.
- Sentimiento del Toreo, Carlos Marzal (ed.), Barcelona, 2010.
Also press articles from main Spanish diaries: “ABC”, “El Mundo” or “El País”.

Additional information

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