This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
The module investigates a variety of films and texts produced by Cubans both in Cuba and in exile from the time of the Revolution to the present day. In analysing these texts, an impression will emerge of how different writers and artists respond to the powerful presence of the revolutionary regime and to the pressures inherent within that system. Textual analysis will run parallel to an investigation of the history and politics of the revolutionary period, highlighting key moments and issues that become decisive elements within the texts.
Total Contact Hours: 20
Essay 1 (2,500 words) – 50%
Essay 2 (2,500 words) – 50%
Indicative Reading List:
Arenas, Reinaldo (1992) Antes que anochezca (Barcelona: Tusquets)
Barnet, Miguel (2010) Biografía de un cimarrón, ed. William Rowlandson (Manchester University Press)
Garcia, Cristina (1992) Dreaming in Cuban (New York: Ballantine Books)
Fresa y chocolate (1994) Film directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea & Juan Carlos Tabío
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
Students who successfully complete the module will:
Demonstrate coherent and detailed knowledge of a variety of textual media – essay, diary, novel, film – from a variety of Cuban artists;
Investigate how these works are situated in, and relate to, the historical, cultural, social and political events of the Cuban revolutionary era;
Accurately deploy established techniques of analysis and enquiry in order to criticise and assess logical arguments in relation to the historical, cultural, social and political events of the Cuban revolutionary era;
Demonstrate an ability to read texts in Spanish and understand Spanish-language cinema so as to be able to critically evaluate arguments, concepts and data resulting in the ability to make judgements and frame appropriate questions.
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