Visual Culture of Spanish speaking countries I..

  • Credits: 4
  • Ending: Examination
  • Range: 2C
  • Semester: summer
  • Year: 1
  • Faculty of Applied Languages

Teachers

Included in study programs

Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication

Teaching results

Knowledge:
• To provide an introduction to the visual culture to the students and to acquaint them with the analysis and interpretation of multimodal texts of various media within the Spanish speaking countries. Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to: understand and use critical vocabulary for visual literacy; describe, discuss and analyze different visual forms and media from different cultural and historical perspectives; assess and summarize arguments in critical texts, apply the understanding of social, political, aesthetic and economic context to the interpretation of works of art; use analytical thinking, critical vocabulary and creative observation on projects; formulate, support and develop new arguments in oral, visual and written forms and find connections between cultural products and historical events, and relevant literary movements.
Competences:
• development of critical thinking and reasoning;
• development of digital competence, in particular, fostering media and information competences;
• development of competences for a democratic culture and intercultural dialogue, i.e. projection of acquired knowledge, skills and abilities to promote a society based on the values of freedom, justice, equality and pluralism.
Skills:
• fluent, coherent and appropriate oral and written expression in a foreign language, specifically Spanish;
• capacity for academic debate on the different topics addressed in class;
• ability in interpersonal relations and teamwork;
• application of theoretical knowledge to practice;
• critical thinking and critical skills to analyse, evaluate and make judgements on the content of multimodal texts of the Spanish speaking countries;
• situating the texts analysed within the historical context in which they have been produced in order to assist in making evaluative judgments about them;
• identifying and interpreting the meaning(s) of textual element, possibly by comparing and relating those elements to what is already known and identifying similarities and differences;
• to deepen the meaning of the texts analysed, including the underlying motives, intentions and agendas of those who produced or created them.

Indicative content

Indicative content:
 Introduction to visual culture I
 Image and meanings
 Painting
 Photography
 Introduction to moving images
 Film

Support literature

Required:
1. FERRÉS I PRATS, Joan. Las pantallas y el cerebro emocional. Barcelona: Gedisa, 2014. 250 pp. ISBN 978-84-9784-806-0.
2. GOLDSTEIN, Ben & DRIVER, Paul. Language Learning with Digital Video. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 206 pp. ISBN 978-1-107-63464-0.
3. RAMPLEY, Matthew. Exploring Visual Culture: Definitions, Concepts, Contexts. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2005. 272 pp. ISBN 9780748618453.
4. SCHUSTER, Sven & HERNÁNDEZ, Óscar-Daniel. Imaginando América Latina. Historia y cultura visual, siglos XIX-XXI. Bogotá: Universidad del Rosario, 2017. 323 pp. ISBN 978-95-8738-944-9.
Optional:
1. AGUILAR, Carlos. Guía del cine español. Madrid: Cátedra, 2017. 1360 pp. ISBN 978-84-3762-419-8.
2. AIXALÀ, Evelyn., ÁLVAREZ, Gabriela, ANFRUNS, Mariona, COMES, Claudia & GONZÁLEZ, Carmen. Clase de cine. Actividades para la visualización de películas en español. Barcelona: Difusión, 2012. 125 pp. ISBN 978-84-8443-596-9.
3. BARROSO, Miguel-Ángel & GIL-DELGADO, Fernando. Cine español en cien películas. Madrid: Jaguar, 2002. 234 pp. ISBN 84-95537-42-7
4. BEMBIBRE, Cecilia & CÁMARA, Noemí. Vamos al cine. Madrid: Edinumen, 2013. 240 pp. ISBN 978-8498485141.
5. CHAN, Deborah, & HERRERO, Carmen. Using film to teach languages. Manchester: Cornerhouse, 2010.
6. FERNÁNDEZ-VICENTE, Antonio. Educación crítica y comunicación: manual contra el formateo mental. Barcelona: UOC, 2018. 134 pp. ISBN 978-84-9180-062-0.
7. FOMBONA-CADAVIECO, J. Análisis de Documentos Audiovisuales para el Aula. Comunicar, (13), 225–230, 1999.
8. GUBERN, Román. Historia del cine español. Madrid: Cátedra, 2005. 344 pp. ISBN 978-84-376-2561-4.
9. HEREDERO, Carlos & SANTAMARINA, Antonio. Biblioteca del cine español. Fuentes literarias 1900-2005. Madrid: Cátedra, 2010. 657 pp. ISBN 978-8437626543.
10. SÁNCHEZ-VIZCAÍNO, María-Carmen & FONSECA-MORA, María-Carmen. Videoclip y Emociones en el Aprendizaje de Español como Lengua Extranjera, Círculo de Lingüística Aplicada a la Comunicación, 78, 255-286. http://dx.doi.org/10.5209/CLAC.64381, 2019.
11. STOREY, John. Teoría cultural y cultura popular. Octaedro, 2012. 230 pp. ISBN 978-84-806-3567-7.
12. Mass media digital tools in Spanish speaking countries.

Requirements to complete the course

Requirements to complete the course:
Interim evaluation: 40%
Final evaluation: 60%

Student workload

Full-time study: 104 hours. Of which:
26 hours – attendance at seminars
30 hours – preparation for seminars and for the interim evaluation
48 hours – preparation for the final exam

Language whose command is required to complete the course

Spanish

Date of approval: 09.02.2023

Date of the latest change: 05.05.2022