Modern Languages and Cultures
The information contained in this module specification was correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen circumstances, or following review of the module at the end of the session. Queries about the module should be directed to the member of staff with responsibility for the module.
Title "DOES THE NATION MATTER?" THE BASQUES' WILL TO PERSIST IN THE GLOBAL CULTURE
Code HISP218
Coordinator Dr G Mercero Altzugarai
Modern Languages and Cultures
G.Mercero-Altzugarai@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2020-21 Level 5 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements):
 

Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite:
 

Co-requisite modules:
 

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 12

 12

         24
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 126
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Exam There is a resit opportunity. This is an anonymous assessment.  2 hours    40       
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Essay There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment.  -2500 words    60       

Aims

To introduce students to a number of aspects of contemporary Basque society and culture, especially the most characteristic and peculiar ones;

To provide students with an understanding of the conflict of identities that characterizes the contemporary Basque Country from a cultural, historical, and anthropological perspective;

To offer students a taste of contemporary Basque arts and the identity play between the local and the global in which they are inscribed;

To reflect about the concept of national identity, both its importance to all of us and its striking fragility, and the way all that is linked to the student's own experience of nationality.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Acquire, through the study of cultural texts and contexts, a broad knowledge and a critical understanding of a number of aspects of Basque culture and society

(LO2) Acquire a critical understanding of the conflict of identities that characterizes the contemporary Basque Country

(LO3) Acquire a broad knowledge of a number of contemporary Basque cultural productions, and the identity play between the local and the global in which they are inscribed

(LO4) Acquire a critical understanding of the importance of the concept of national identity in Western countries and the extent to which nationality is also key to the student's own experience of the world

(S1) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills – oral

(S2) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills - written

(S3) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Academic writing (inc. referencing skills)

(S4) Critical thinking and problem solving - Critical analysis

(S5) Critical thinking and problem solving - Synthesis

(S6) Global citizenship - Cultural awareness

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description: Each week a new aspect of contemporary Basque society and culture will be addressed. Students will have previously accessed written or audiovisual materials to introduce themselves to the week's topic. The first class every week will be a lecture to present the new topic, review those materials and widen the discussion.
Attendance Recorded: No

Teaching Method 2 - Seminar
Description: The second class every week will be a seminar where one or two controversial issues relate to the week's topic will be debated on the grounds of the knowledge previously acquired.
Attendance Recorded: Yes

Syllabus
 

Topics covered during the module may include:

Part one: Identities in conflict.

Languages in conflict;

History of Basque nationalism;

History of ETA;

Conflict resolution in the Basque Country;

The Basque diaspora;

Part two: Cultural Production.

The Art of Bertsolaritza;

The Guggenheim effect;

Basque literature;

Basque cinema;

Donostia-San Sebastian European Capital of Culture 2016.

Recommended Texts
Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module.