TEXTS:

-Crow, John A. Spain: Root and Flower: An Interpretation of the Spanish People. Third Edition. Berkeley, U. of California P, 1985.

-Lima, Robert. (Course Packet) "Iberian Civilization and Culture."

ASSESSMENT:

10 % - Participation

15 % - Quizzes (approx. every 2 chapters)

10 % - Opinion papers (2) (3 pp. each; reaction to films/videos)

20 % - Midterm exam

25 % - Final exam (cumulative, but emphasis on 2nd half of the semester)

20 % - Final research project (8-10 pp. on a related topic of interest; due 11/20)

GRADING SCALE:

A = 95-100

A-= 90-94.9

B+= 87-89.9

B = 84-86.9

B-= 80-83.9

C+= 75-79.9

C = 70-74.9

D = 60-69.9

F = -59.9

SYLLABUS

Aug 21:

Introduction to the course

Aug 23:

Video: The Virgin and the Bull

Aug 28:

Ancient Peoples of the Iberian Peninsula

Films: Prehistoric Man in Europe / Lascaux: Cradle of Art

Video: The Prehistory of Spain

Aug 30:

Roman Hispania

Sep 4:

Film: Civilization-The Frozen World

Sep 6:

Christian, Jew and Moor

Sep 11:

Films: Al-Andalus

Video: The Alhambra

Sep 13:

Fundations: Church and State

Sep 18:

Film: The Christians-People of the Book

Sep 20:

Video: Santiago de Compostela / Pilgrimage to Santiago

Sep 25:

1492: Reconquest, Discovery and Power

Film: Queen Isabel and Her Spain

Sep 27:

The Decline of Spain as an International Power

Film: The Spanish Armada

Oct 2:

Medieval and Renaissance Art

Video: Art in the Age of Alfonso el Sabio

Oct 4:

Mid Term Examination

Oct 11:

Spanish Masters: 18th & 19th Century Art

Oct 16:

Film: Goya- His Life and Art

Oct 18:

Film: Antoni Gaudi, Architect

Oct 23:

The Avant-Garde Styles

Oct 25:

Films: Surrealism / Surrealism and Dada

Oct 30:

Film: Picasso is 90

Nov 1:

History of the Spanish Film

Film: Un chien Andolou

Nov 6:

History of the Music of Spain

Video: Music in the Age of Alfonso el Sabio

Nov 8:

Spanish Literature

Video: A History of Spanish Literature

Nov 13:

Republicanism and the Second Republic

Film: Terre Sans Pain

Nov 15:

The Spanish Civil War

Film: Franco

Video: The Spanish Civil War

Nov 20:

Foods and Wines of Spain and Portugal

Nov 27:

Film: Spain- Land of Legend

Nov 29:

Film: The Portugese

Dec 4:

Video: Great Cities: Madrid

Dec 6:

Review