Spanish 497SW - ST-FightFascism:SpanishCivWar

In this course we will study how the Spanish Civil War has been portrayed and memorialized in literature, film, theater, and art. Our course will focus on the representation of the fight against fascism that happened in Spain and abroad by among others George Orwell, Ernest Hemingway, and Pablo Neruda. We will pay special attention to archives of the American volunteers that formed the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Other materials include recent scholarship on the Spanish Civil War, Picasso's Guernica, Robert Capa and Gerda Taro's photographies, films, plays, and performances. Readings both in English and Spanish. Conducted in Spanish.