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English and Spanish
Spanish
Classics and...
Modern Languages
Translation

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Spanish
ABB (B in spanish)

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BA Spanish | Study at Bristol | University of Bristol

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Spanish with Linguistics
AAB

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BA Spanish and Linguistics (with a year abroad) - Language and Linguistic Science, The University of York

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Scientifically investigating the building blocks of language while gaining practical Spanish language skills, cemented on a year abroad.

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English and hispanic studies
AAB

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English and Hispanic Studies has a strong and distinctive comparative approach for those who wish to study and explore interactions between English and Spanish.

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English and Spanish
AAA-AAB

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Spanish Studies and English Literature BA Hons (RQ43)

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Find out more about studying Spanish Studies and English Literature BA Hons (RQ43) at Lancaster University

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ML with translation (, also a translation course ABB)

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There is an increasingly high demand for translation skills in the UK and Europe. We offer a specialist translation programme which provides you with practical and professional translation skills alongside in-depth language tuition in either one or two modern languages.

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Modern Languages
ABB

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85 places across all combinations

This course offers you the opportunity to study two modern foreign languages. We offer combinations with French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian/Croatian, and Spanish.

choose two post-A level languages
or

Combinations available are indicated by an orange dot. * incorporates post-A level Spanish throughout with beginners' Portuguese in year one, after which Portuguese is optional.
Download table as accessible pdf

Note: your degree certificate will not specify the level at which you entered the University; for instance, if you study French and German (beginners), your degree on graduation will be French and German.

For details of your core language modules, please use the links below:

Beginners take fewer optional modules in the first two years of their beginners' language programme, so that they can concentrate on intensive language acquisition.

Introduction to German Studies

This is the core module for first year students of German. We look at the history of German and introduce you to the linguistic study of the language, and at a range of themes and styles in German literature linked to key areas of German and Austrian culture, such as gender relations, migration, and race. Further topics address the study of German film, and German history with a focus on recent history since German reunification in 1990. The module gives students insight into the different areas we teach and also the skills to explore these areas in more depth in subsequent modules.

Introduction to French and Francophone Studies

This year-long module provides an introduction to the range of topics and study skills that students will need and will go on to further develop over the course of their degree study in French and Francophone Studies. Drawing on the expertise of the teaching team, the module will cover the main fields of the discipline, including linguistics, politics, history, thought, French and Francophone literature, media, visual culture and cinema. Through engagement with a range of different text, images and film, students will also be introduced to core study skills, such as reading strategies, awareness of register, close reading, essay writing, commentary writing, bibliographical and referencing skills and visual analysis.

Nation, Myth, Identity: Introduction to Russian and Slavonic Studies

This module introduces students to important areas and topics in Russian and Slavonic Studies, examining important aspects of the histories and cultures of the region, as well as aspects of the languages, cultures and literary traditions. You will learn to analyse a wide range of cultural phenomena, including pictures, music, film, literary texts and other kinds of written sources.

Introduction to Literature in Spanish

You'll read a series of key texts from Spain and Spanish America. Its purpose is to impart an essential body of literary-historical and cultural knowledge relating to the main periods, genres and conventions of literature in Spanish from the Middle Ages to the modern period. You'll spend two hours per week in lectures and seminars studying for this module.

Introduction to Lusophone Societies and Cultures

This module provides you with the opportunity to learn about the diversity of cultural practices and social relations in the different parts of the world where Portuguese is spoken. The module covers the major social and cultural practices from modern Lusophone societies, including aspects of popular culture such as football and soap operas, but also cultural and artistic currents in literature and film. Questions of social relations and identity are also examined through a consideration of religious practice and religious expression, as well as themes of conflict, crisis and revolution through formations of political identity and political mobilisation. For this module you will have a one two-hour lecture each week.

Typical year two optional modules

Introduction to Contemporary Science Fiction

Focusing on texts ranging from the novels of Jules Verne through to Élisabeth Vonarburg, this module will engage with key themes in French science fiction writing. Whether it deals with the discoveries of new worlds or the confrontation with new technologies, science fiction as a genre expresses the anxieties and hopes specific to the contemporary era. Science fiction is political in that it deals with questions of power, ecology and science. It is also philosophical, since it calls into question boundaries between cultures, times, genres and species. Drawing on these political and philosophical dimensions, the module will look in particular at how science fiction explores the ways in which identity is constructed and reconfigured by material and technological forces.

Language and Politics in 21st Century French

The module will focus on the interplay between language and politics in 21st-century French. It will address issues of ideology, identity, and power in French-speaking countries from a linguistic perspective. Students will examine the driving forces behind the invention and the preservation of standard French, the role of norms and variation in identity politics, and the role of language choices in current political debates in France. Students will apply the principles and methods of sociolinguistics and cognitive linguistics to a variety of recent textual and audiovisual documents, and digital data. these will range from TV programmes, news broadcasts and interviews to radio podcasts, corpora based on social media and online newspapers.

The Life and Demise of the GDR

This module investigates GDR society over four decades of communist rule and considers social changes in Eastern Germany after the demise of the GDR. We will examine the principles of communist ideology that the Socialist Unity Party attempted to legitimise as the only viable alternative to fascism. We will also look at how people negotiated their lives within officially imposed ideological structures. Finally we will look at how a new kind of "public authority" during the Wende period in the GDR triggered the disintegration of communist power structures.

Linguistic Variation in France

You'll explore the different kinds of linguistic variation in France including those across time periods, geographical variation, social groups, class, and disparity between oral and written forms. You'll also be introduced to the history of the French language and its recent developments, spending around two hours per week in lectures and seminars.

Introduction to Literary Translation (German)

This module aims to give students an improved critical understanding of the linguistic and cultural differences between English and German, to enhance their translation skills and provide insights into the ways in which literary texts work. Within the module students translate a variety of German literary texts into English. We work on German prose, poetry and drama into English, exploring different strategies and theoretical approaches to translation. You will have one two-hour seminar and one one-hour workshop per week in addition to four hours of private study.

Discoveries, Empires and Colonies in the Lusophone World

This module brings together the histories and cultures of key regions of the world in which Portugal establishes varying degrees of colonial rule between the 16th and 20th centuries. In this module you will examine the historical background to the age of Discoveries against which Portugal emerged as a leader in maritime exploration and European Imperialism. You will also examine the historical and political events of Portuguese colonialism and imperialism in Africa and Brazil, with an emphasis on understanding the political and social significance of cultural production in developing countries. In this module you will have a combination of lectures and seminars totalling two hours per week.

Repression and Resistance: Dissidents and Exiles in Russian Culture

This module provides you with an introduction to the themes of dissidence and exile, central notions in Russian literature, culture and thinking, using the examples of the life and work of four major Russian writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Nabokov, Bulgakov). You will learn the theory of different literary forms such as verse narrative, novel, short story and drama.

This is an optional language module that allows students to explore the Russian media from the Soviet era to the present day. Different types of media are investigated, via translation, transcription or précis. The module aims to improve linguistic skills and comprehension of a wide range of media sources and give an appreciation of the historical background of the media and insights into style, register and language use.

History of Yugoslavia from 1941

The aim of this module is to examine developments in the political, social and diplomatic history of Yugoslavia after 1941 leading towards an understanding of the reasons behind the collapse of the country and subsequent violence in the 1990s. You'll spend around three hours per week in lectures and seminars studying for this module.

Renaissance and Baroque Culture in Spain in Text and Image

Through a programme of lectures, seminars, film screenings, directed reading, and written work, this course introduces students to Renaissance drama in film. It enables students to place plays by Lope de Vega and Shakespeare in their cultural, social, and historical contexts; and furthers students' understanding of film adaptations of literary works. On successful completion of the module, students will have demonstrated an ability to discuss the set texts and films critically; a knowledge of the cultural, ideological, and aesthetic features of the period studied; and the ability to compare and contrast plays by two contemporary writers, one Spanish and one English.

In this module you will be given a general introduction to cinema and painting in the Hispanic and Lusophone worlds. In the first semester you will be introduced to painting in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America from the late 15th century to the early 19th century with an emphasis on how to analyse paintings and understand the styles and contexts from which paintings emerge. In the 2nd semester you will examine contemporary cinema from Spain and Latin America addressing questions of style, socio-historical context and narrative context. In this module you will have a one two-hour class per week.

You will divide your time between countries where your chosen language(s) are spoken. Depending on where your placement is, you could study at one of our exchange universities, teach on the British Council assistantship programme, or undertake a work placement with a company.

Options available to you may depend on the details of the Brexit settlement negotiated by the UK government. For more information, see our Year Abroad page and the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies statement on Brexit and our year abroad provision.

Typical year four optional modules

Communicating and Teaching Languages for Undergraduate Ambassadors

This module is part of the nationwide Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme (UAS) which works with universities to provide academic modules that enable students to go into local schools as teaching assistants and to act as role-models (for more information please check uas.ac.uk). Students split their time between the university-based support seminar and their allocated school, where they will work in the language department as an assistant. This may involve one-to-one tuition, small group teaching or extra-curricular activities in the context of the school's language provision. Students will develop a special teaching project and will be supported in their activities by the module convenor, the education specialist on campus, and their contact teacher at the school. Typically there will be a fortnightly seminar on campus and seven half-days spent at school. This module is especially suitable for students with prior experience as a language assistant during the year abroad.

Citizenship, Ethnicity and National Identity in Post-War France

You'll examine the range of social, political and philosophical questions raised by mass immigration to France in the post-war period. These questions will be tackled through historical analysis of patterns of migration and changing immigration policies, as well as through the study of relevant films, novels and theoretical texts. You'll spend two hours each week in lectures and seminars studying this module.

Subtitling and Dubbing from French into English

This module focuses on the theory and practice of two modes of audio-visual translation: subtitling and dubbing. The linguistic, technical, and cultural theoretical underpinnings of subtitling and dubbing from French into English will be examined in detail, and students will be able to put the theory into practice using professional dedicated software.

French Documentary Cinema

This module introduces students to French documentary cinema, by examining the work of a range of filmmakers and exploring the theoretical, socio-cultural and ethical questions raised by documentary cinema. You will spend two hours a week in lectures and seminars on this module.

Mythology in German Literature

Literature uses ancient mythology as a rich source to describe powerful emotions, cunning politics or psychological drama. This module will explore how selected German writers engage with the myth of Medea, the powerful wife of Jason who - according to the Classical myth - kills the sons she loves to hurt Jason. We will look at how the myth is used, changed and reinvented in texts written between 1926 and 1998. We will consider theoretical writings on mythology and also look at the Medea myth in paintings, film, theatre and music.

Culture and Society in the Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic (1919-1933) was one of the most fascinating and culturally productive periods of German history, but it was equally plagued by crises and violent conflicts. This module aims to introduce central issues in the literary and social developments of Weimar Germany. You will study a wide range of materials such as literary texts, film, aesthetic and political programmes to analyse key features of the period. Topics will include the impact of the Great War, developments in the press and the cinema, political confrontations, cabaret, and unemployment. You will have one two-hour and one one-hour seminar per week in addition to extensive independent study.

Translation and Linguistic Exchange

This optional module offers in-depth discussion of grammatical, lexical and idiomatic aspects of German and English as well as issues of translation, register and cultural difference. Regular practical work on translation from and into German in small groups of native speakers of both target languages will not only instigate an intellectual discussion of linguistic and translation issues but will also offer an opportunity to explore each language from at least two cultural perspectives. Nottingham students will work with exchange students from Germany and/or Austria in this module.

Myths and Memories: Histories of Russia's Second World War

This module introduces you to the construction of national and collective memory of the Second World War in Soviet and Russian culture and society. You'll focus on contemporary and subsequent artistic and social responses to the experience of war, but also look at individual acts of remembering such as diaries, reports and letters in the context of a wider cultural memory. The module is conducted in English and you'll spend around three hours per week in lectures and seminars.

This module examines the life and work of Vladimir Nabokov, one of the most important writers of twentieth-century Russian literature. The main focus is on Nabokov's works from his Russian-language period (1919-40), but examples of his later work written in English (1940-77) are also studied.

Introducing you to Russian-English interpreting, topics covered include evaluating interpreting, differences between English and Russian and problems of interpreting arising from these, reference sources, equivalence at and above word level and strategies for dealing with non-equivalence, collocation and idiom, cultural factors, and language variety. You'll spend around two hours per week in practical classes and lectures.

Serbian and Croatian Cinema

This module focuses on the representation of Balkan Roma in Serbian and Croatian cinema. It examines the ways in which the themes, motifs and narrative structures of films combine in complex ways and reflect the cultural circumstances of their production. The films examined include feature films and documentaries. Students learn to apply theories from film studies (montage, framing and acting) and cultural theory (including postcolonialism and trauma studies) and also learn about Romani life and culture.

The Radicalisation of Nationalism in Modern Latin America: Cuban Revolution in Continental Perspective

This module is concerned with the emergence, nature and evolution of the Cuban Revolution. You will consider the Revolution in question within a wider historical and ideological context: the Latin American tradition of an increasingly radical nationalism. Dating from the 19th and early 20th century this is a time when there was a need to engage in serious and collective nation-building. The module therefore examines how the Cuban Revolution went on to influence the subsequent radicalisation of that tradition, shaping a range of political manifestation. For this module you will have a one two-hour class each week.

Spanish American Narrative

You'll explore the work of key writers in 20th century Spanish America, all of whom bear the recognisable imprint of literary Modernism. You will closely study two writers of what has become known as the 'Boom'(namely, Gabriel García Márquez and Julio Cortázar); and three precursors of that generation (Jorge Luis Borges, Alejo Carpentier and Juan Rulfo). The module will examine the ways in which they make use of myth, the fantastic and experimental narrative techniques to write about history, traditional, popular and/or mass culture, gender and sexuality. You will have a one two-hour class each week.

This module aims to provide students with an understanding of the centrality of the history of slavery in the study of Brazil, and of the significance of Brazilian slavery in both the transatlantic slave systems, and slave societies across the Americas. In the process, students will learn to recognise and use the different historical approaches, tools and skills employed in the historiography of slavery studies, and in social history in general, and to incorporate them into their own analyses of aspects of Brazilian slave society.

This module will look at representations of Spain and Portugal in European literature, opera and painting from the nineteenth century onwards. It will examine the construction of an "exotic", romanticised, "other" Iberia in works of art, music and literature, many of which remain as popular today as over a century ago and still, to some extent, inform popular perceptions of Spain and Portugal. Students will be trained to compare and contrast cultural production over a range of genres - including opera, painting, and literature - and to inform their discussion with reference to cultural and historical contexts. They will be guided in how to analyse the manipulation of cultural stereotypes and how to assess critically the source and impact of these manipulations.

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85 places across all combinations This course offers you the opportunity to study two modern foreign languages. We offer combinations with French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian/Croatian, and Spanish. choose two post-A level languages or Combinations available are indicated by an orange dot.

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English and Hispanic Studies
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English and Hispanic Studies,QR34 - Undergraduate prospectus 2018

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As a dual honours student you'll take half your modules in the School of English and half in the Department of Hispanic Studies. The many optional modules mean you can design your degree around your individual interests.

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Spanish
ABB (A in spanish)

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This Spanish degree will help you become proficient in the language, as well as gaining an insight into the cultural life of these dynamic and exciting countries.