History 465/565C Cultural History of Modern Spain (Fall 1999) Dr. David Ortiz Jr.

Lectures: M & W 4:00-5:15 in Economics 400 Social Sciences 237B Office Hours: M&W 2:15-3:45 and by appointment phone: 626-8419 e-mail: davido@u.arizona.edu

 

This course focuses on the profound cultural transformations that have taken place in Spain since the late-nineteenth century. It is intended to introduce the student to Spanish cultural history and cultural studies. This course will focus on social constructions of masculinity by exploring the history of the Spanish bullfight. It will examine the construction of femininity through the prism of the changing ‘public’ lives of Spanish women in politics and the workplace. Throughout the course we will be concerned with the meaning of culture and the construction of that meaning over time.

Required Texts

David T. Gies, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Modern Spanish Culture

Carrie B. Douglass Bulls, Bullfighting, and Spanish Identities

Adrian Shubert Death and Money in the Afternoon

Victoria L. Enders & Pamela B. Radcliff, eds. Constructing Spanish Womanhood

María Zambrano Delirium and Destiny

Course Outline

Week 1: Introduction; What is culture and cultural studies?

Aug. 23, 25 Reading: Intro. & Ch. 1 in Gies; Quiz 1

Week 2: Culture & History

Aug. 30, Sept. 1 Reading: Chs. 5-7 in Gies; Quiz 2

Week 3: Culture & Identity

*Sept. 6, 8 Reading: Chs. 1-4 in Gies

Week 4: Culture & Art

Sept. 13, 15 Reading: Chs. 8-14 in Gies; Quiz 3

Week 5: Culture & Art

Sept. 20, 22 Reading: Chs. 15-23 in Gies; Quiz 4

Week 6: The Bullfight & Culture

Sept. 27, 29 Reading: Intro. & Ch. 1 in Shubert; Intro. & Ch. 1-3 in Douglass; Quiz 5

Week 7: The Bullfight as Business

Oct. 4, 6 Reading: Chs. 2-6 and Epilogue in Shubert

Week 8: The Bullfight as Identity

Oct. 11, 13 Reading: Chs. 4-8 and Conclusion in Douglass; Paper 1 Due

Week 9: Gender Roles in Modern Spain

Oct. 18, 20 Reading: Gen. Intro. in Enders & Radcliff; Pp. 215-234 in Zambrano; Quiz 6

Week 10: Women & Work in the 19th Century

Oct. 25, 27 Reading: Chs. 6-7 in Enders & Radcliff; Pp. 1-39 in Zambrano; Quiz 7

Week 11: Women & Politics in the 19th Century

Nov. 1, 3 Reading: Chs. 9-10 in Enders & Radcliff; Pp. 41-60 in Zambrano; Quiz 8

Week 12: Women in Pre-Franco Spain

Nov. 8, 10 Reading: Chs. 1, 5, 11 in Enders & Radcliff; Pp. 61-76 in Zambrano; Quiz 9

 

Week 13: Women in Pre-Franco Spain

Nov. 15, 17 Reading: Chs. 12-14 in Enders & Radcliff; Pp. 77-84 in Zambrano

Week 14: Women and the Second Republic

Nov. 22, 24 Reading: Pp. 85 -169 in Zambrano; Paper 2 Due

Week 15: Franco’s Spain

Nov. 29, Dec. 1 Reading: Chs. 2-4, 15 in Enders & Radcliff; Pp. 171-179 in Zambrano; Quiz 10

Week 16: New Women & A New Spain?

Dec. 6, 8 Ch. 8 in Enders & Radcliff; Pp. 183-214 in Zambrano; Quiz 11

FINAL EXAM IS SCHEDULED FOR 5:00-7:00 PM ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1999 IN ECONOMICS 400.

With the exception of the Final Exam schedule, the above course outline is subject to change. I reserve the right to add supplemental assignments as necessary during the course of the semester.

 

Attendance – I will check attendance and it will factor into your grade. My lectures will be brief and open classroom discussion of the readings and the issues raised by the readings will be the norm. The pace of the course is such that students who do not attend regularly or who come to class unprepared will have a very difficult time succeeding in this course. Students are expected to meet assignment deadlines, prepare their reading assignments conscientiously, and participate actively and intelligently in classroom discussions.

Etiquette – Students are required to treat each other and the instructor with respect. This means that talking while someone else has the floor, reading newspapers, doing assignments from other classes, sleeping, etc. are unacceptable behaviors in this classroom. I take disruptions of this sort very personally and will take immediate action to curtail such behavior in this classroom.

 

Grading – The student’s final grade for the course will be based on the following:

Quizzes – 30% of your grade. One quiz will be dropped and the remaining 10 will be averaged for a grade. There will be no make-up quizzes given, unless arrangements are made well in advance and circumstances warrant.

Papers – 25% of your grade. Papers will be 3-5 pages in length, typed double-spaced in a 12 pt. Font. The papers will be evaluated according to their form (grammar, spelling, organization), structure (responds to the question, demonstrates a thorough reading and understanding of the course materials), content (thesis, evidence, argument). If the previous criteria are met, papers that exhibit a unique approach will be rewarded for the originality of their content. When writing an academic paper a student must use footnotes or endnotes, the purpose of which is to credit the source of the information used in the paper. It is absolutely essential to footnote statements, especially quotations, that are not the result of your own creative endeavor. In addition, while I encourage students to engage in group study, all written work must be the result of a student’s individual effort. Violation of either of these class norms will be regarded as plagiarism – a subversion of the code of academic integrity. I further regard this as a failure of personal honesty and will take swift and severe disciplinary action in the event I detect such a violation.

Engagement/Participation – 20% of your grade. This is my evaluation of your preparation, involvement, and physical presence in the classroom.

Final Exam – 25% of your grade. The Final Exam will follow the format of the quizzes and will be cumulative. There will be no make-ups for the Final, barring some extraordinary circumstances.

565C – Graduate Students – Graduate students in this course will be responsible for all course requirements above. Graduate students will also have additional readings and additional meetings with the instructor. The student’s grade in the 565C will be based on the assignments above and a 12-15 page research paper. The grading will be computed as follows:

Quizzes – 15%, Papers 20%, Engagement/Participation 20%, Final 20%, Research Paper 25%.