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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2026
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SPAN 342 001 (CRN: 25617)
ALL ABOUT SPANISH CINEMA
Long Title: ALL ABOUT SPANISH CINEMA
Department: Modern Classic Lang, Lit, Cult
Instructor: Linhard, Tabea
Meeting: 4:00PM - 6:30PM T (12-JAN-2026 - 24-APR-2026)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in Spanish
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 25
Section Enrolled: 9
Waitlisted: 0 (Max 99)
Current members of the waitlist have priority for available seats.
Enrollment data as of: 25-NOV-2025 6:54AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: In this course we will study cinema as a medium, an art form, and an industry in twentieth and twenty-first century Spain. We will discuss twelve films, study the contexts in which they emerged, and analyze them in relation to theoretical debates in film and media studies. The evolving ways in which Spanish film has been financed, promoted, and marketed in Spain and abroad will also be part of the course. We will begin the semester by studying the representation of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) in film, and then move to the debates that have marked Spanish cinema in the past four decades: the heritage of the Francoist dictatorship, the transition to democracy and the counter-cultural movement known as “la movida,” the refiguration of national symbols; the recuperation of historical memory; trauma and violence; immigration, globalization and transnationalism; and the current economic crisis.