Spanish Avant-Garde(s): Literature Painting Film ((4 Credits))

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This course will introduce student to a fascinating epoch in the cultural development of Spain, which is called Edad de Plata or ‘Silver Age’ (1900-1936). While this course will mainly focus on the works of three towering figures, who were also close friends, Federico García Lorca, Salvador Dali and Luis Buñuel, it will also unravel the cultural, political and spiritual contexts, which formed the brilliant generation of writers and artists of the modern Europe, known as Generation 27. Prerequisites: Advanced Spanish: Language and Culture or equivalent This is course is an elective, an advanced knowledge of Spanish is required. Introductory course in literature is recommended.