Unit name | Political Comedy, Social Tragedy: Protest and Conflict in Spain, 1875-1923. |
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Unit code | HISP30099 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Paco Romero Salvado |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit analyses the failure of the Liberal state to create a viable political formula of consensus and consolidate a modern state. Spain is thus a perfect laboratory to study social conflict, popular mobilisation and the subsequent praetorian-led reaction. Students will have access to a rich number of primary sources with which to explore key themes such as the politics of elites and caciques, the evolution of Spain's labour movement and its particular strands (Anarchism, Syndicalism, Socialism and Communism), the links between domestic politics and colonial campaigns, and different types of social violence and popular protest (from unorganised food riots to general strikes and industrial pistolerismo).
Aims:
By the end of the unit, students will be able to:
Two seminar hours per week across one teaching block (22 contact hours).
1 x 5000-word essay (100% of final unit mark), testing ILOs 1-4.
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How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
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Assessment
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assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
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