Department: DH
Scientific area: Culture
Total contact time: 15
This curricular unit aims at the analysis of the origins of contemporary Spain, its social and cultural developments. The Spanish civil war (1936-1939) and Francoism will be a fundamental axis to realize the construction of "I", of "us" and "them" in the current vision of Spain and the Spaniards. The curricular unit will have a high component of debate and comparison of Spanish culture with the Portuguese, creating bonds of union between both democratic processes.
The ultimate goal is to provide the student with appropriate instruments and information for a critical view of the social and cultural development of Spain during the 20th century.
- Culture
- Society
- Spain
- 20th Century
- Interpret and explain events and issues in the contemporary world through the critical analysis of works, cultural movements and identity dynamics;
- Interpret and understand historical, political, social, economic, cultural and artistic issues.
- Analyse, critically evaluate and develop well-supported arguments about the European Union, particularly its development, identity, integration and political and institutional functioning.
- Critically analyse historical, political, economic, social and cultural phenomena in Europe from an interdisciplinary perspective;
- Interpret the origins, transformations and meanings of the idea of Europe, incorporating cultural and social reflection on identity, memory, diversity and processes of decolonisation;
- Critically examine contemporary social issues (migration, inequalities, humanitarian crises, the environment and poverty), incorporating sociological, ethical and human rights perspectives;
- Apply cultural, aesthetic, literary and historical approaches to the critical and contextualised analysis of phenomena and events across Europe;
- Analyse contemporary schools of thought and epistemologies when interpreting European artistic and cultural
This curricular unit aims to analyse the main sociocultural events in the Spanish society during the 20th century. The analysis includes historical events such as the loss of the colonies, the II Republic, the civil war of 1936 and Francoism.
- SARDICA, José Miguel. Ibéria. A relação Peninsular no século XX. Lisboa: Alêtheia Editores, 2013, 382p. ISBN: 9789896225322
- GRAHAM, Helen. Breve história da Guerra Civil de Espanha. Lisboa: Tinta-da-china. 2006. 215p. ISBN: 9789728955137
The compulsory assessment scheme is continuous assessment, comprising two e-folios (written assignments in digital format), completed throughout the semester, and a final Global e-folio assessment (e-fólioG), completed at the end of the semester. These account for 40% and 60% of the final mark, respectively. Students may, however, opt within the specified deadline for a single assessment by taking a Final Assessment test (examination), accounting for 100% of the final mark.
This course unit operates exclusively under continuous assessment.
Continuous assessment in this course unit follows Type 2: students complete and submit three interrelated assessment activities throughout the semester.
You will therefore be assessed in this course unit through:
Three asynchronous assessment activities, weighted as follows:
Activity 1 - Weekly challenges (8 marks).
Activity 2 - Application of knowledge (6 marks)
Activity 3 - Application of knowledge (6 marks)
Under Type 2:
To pass this course unit, you must meet all of the following requirements:
a) Complete all summative assessment activities;
b) Achieve at least 40% of the marks available for each activity in at least N−1 (“N minus one”) of the activities. NOTE: For Activity 1, this rule applies to the activities taken as a whole.
c) Obtain a final mark of at least 10 (ten) out of 20.