Spanish 245 - TOPC: TELEDICTADURA

Topics course. May be repeated once with a different topic.  Normally offered both fall and spring semesters.: Contemporary Spanish TV and films reinvent the Spanish past according to the needs of the present. Cuéntame cómo pasó (2001–) is an extremely successful TV series which narrates the last years of Franco’s dictatorship and the transition to democracy. Later TV series (El Ministerio del Tiempo, Isabel, Carlos, Aguila Roja, Amar en Tiempos Revueltos), films (Las Trece Rosas, Salvador, La Buena Nueva) and documentaries (Pantalones a la luna, Libre te quiero, Ensayo de una revolución) equally deal with history, past and present. Through them and complementary materials (sociological, historical, cultural) we analyze the private and public history and the politics of historical memory of the Spanish transition and post-transition, and of the Indignados and 15-M movements. Prerequisite: SPN 220 or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 19.