Unit information: Queer Writing and Film in the Hispanic World in 2022/23

Unit name	Queer Writing and Film in the Hispanic World
Unit code	HISP20118
Credit points	20
Level of study	I/5
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Unit director	Dr. Garcia Lopez
Open unit status	Not open
Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units)	None
Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units)	None
Units you may not take alongside this one	None
School/department	Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
Faculty	Faculty of Arts

Unit Information

The unit introduces students to key theoretical concepts, issues and ideas from Queer Theories and how they relate to the Hispanic world and specifically Hispanic texts, themes and authors.

Students will undertake close reading and analysis of a wide array of texts (novels, plays, poems and films) from a number of Hispanic geographical and socio-historical contexts in order to gain a wide-ranging view of Hispanism and Hispanic queer cultures and representations. By looking at a mixture of genres, texts, media, countries, and Hispanic and global theories of queerness, students will use this comprehensive overview to engage critically with the multiple queer issues present in the Hispanic world today.

The unit will encourage students to develop appropriate analyses in response to set primary and secondary sources in Spanish and English as appropriate, such as Federico Garciá Lorca’s poetry, Pedro Almodóvar’s cinema, and Judith Butler’s influential theoretical work on gender. In so doing, it will equip students with a range of analytical, research, and discursive transferrable skills.

Your learning on this unit

Students will, on successful completion of the unit, be able to:

1. Critically analyse and evaluate a variety of cultural texts in light of relevant theoretical models and approaches.
2. Understand and explain the global, international, national and local sociohistorical processes that have shaped ideas of queerness and LGBT+ identities in the contemporary Hispanic world.
3. Select and synthesise relevant critical approaches from the field of study.
4. Devise an independent essay project and develop their autonomy as a learner.
5. Develop and apply effective presentation skills.

How you will learn

How you will be assessed

1 x group presentation (25%), testing ILOs 1-5.

1 x 3000-word essay (75%), testing ILOs 1-4.

Resources

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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.

See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.

Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit. The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.