HISP 357 - Memory Battles of the Spanish Civil War: History, Fiction, Photography

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

This course explores how historiography, fiction, and photography have shaped historical memory in Spain. How has democratic Spain dealt with the legacy of the civil war, the Franco dictatorship, and the Transition? And how have academics, writers, filmmakers, photographers, and journalists engaged with a collective process that is central to the country’s future as a unified, functioning democracy? These questions have unleashed a spirited series of battles in the Spanish public sphere, particularly since the emergence around the year 2000 of “the memory movement” - a grassroots phenomenon that helped prepare the ground for the convulsive changes that have reshaped the country’s political landscape. Taught in English, with optional half-course in Spanish (HISP 358). Part of the StudiOC cluster “Forms of Justice: Democracy, Historical Memory, and the Legacies of Violence.”

Enrollment Limit: 20
Instructor: S. Faber