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                                    THHP 2011J "The Good War” 

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                                    THHP 2011J "The Good War” 

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Representations of the Spanish Civil War in Literature, Film, and Art.
Tuesday & Friday 12:45-2:00pm
FALL 2020

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Professor: María Hernández-Ojeda (she/her)
Class meeting link   https://huntercollege.zoom.us/j/99765949169

Office hours: Tuesday/Friday 5-6.30 & by appointment
Office hours link https://huntercollege.zoom.us/j/92856028990

Email: mhern@hunter.cuny.edu
You can find a Word version of this syllabus HERE

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“The Good War”: Representations of the Spanish Civil War in Literature, Film, and Art will examine, in English, the cultural production inspired by this fascinating historical conflict.  Students will read essays and texts by major authors, watch films, and discuss symbols and images of the Spanish Civil War. During the course we will learn about the Spanish Civil War historical, political and cultural contexts through fictional narratives and visual representations. For their final project, students will visit the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives, at the Tamiment Library (NYU). This semester the visit will take place online. The final essay narrates the experience of an Abraham Lincoln Brigade volunteer. It is an essential aspect of the course, and a fundamental tool to understand the global significance of the Spanish Civil War.

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Cercas, Javier. Soldiers of Salamis. New York: Bloomsbury, 2004

Sender, Ramon J. Requiem for a Spanish Peasant. Oxford: Aris & Phillips, 2007

Tejera, Nivaria, The Ravine. Trans. Carol Maier. Albany: SUNY Press, 2007

All other readings are free and available on our Blackboard site. Please see bibliography below.

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All information related to the course will be posted on our Blackboard page. Students are responsible for regularly checking https://bb.hunter.cuny.edu/

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What is an online course? (Text written by Shiao-Chuan Kung)

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What is an online course? (Text written by Shiao-Chuan Kung)

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This course is conducted entirely online. You do not have to be present on campus to complete any portion of it. You will participate in the course using Hunter College’s course management system, Blackboard.

While online classes at Hunter do not take place in real time, they are not correspondence or self-paced courses. You will find readings, activities and assignments in each weekly folder on Blackboard. You may choose at what time during the week to do the assignments but they have to be completed by their designated deadlines. Learning in an online environment is a substantially different experience from attending a traditional campus-based course. Interaction between students and the instructor, between students and course content, and among students have been built into the course. Students who succeed in an online course tend to be self-directed, follow directions, and manage their time well. They are expected to spend a minimum of six hours per week on coursework for a 3-credit class.

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Students will interpret novels, poems, articles, testimonial narrative, films, and visual art.

Students will evaluate different political arguments about the Spanish Civil War.

Students will write a final essay using research material obtained from the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives.

Students will identify fundamental concepts related to the Spanish Civil War and its cultural representations from an interdisciplinary point of view.

Students will articulate and assess ethical views related to antifascist fight, in the 1930s in Spain and worldwide.

Students will discuss the concept of activism at a local, national, and global level.

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Participation                    20%   Friday meetings via Zoom

Assignments                   20%    Discussion Board (writing) & Voice Thread (video)
Midterm                           15%
Final Essay Draft             5%
Interview                           5%

Final Exam                       20%

Final Essay                      15%

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We will meet remotely once a week via Zoom on Fridays. We will discuss the material that you covered during the week. I will be available on Tuesdays during class time for questions or comments. Tuesday sessions are not mandatory. Participation at all Friday classes is required and expected.  If I ask a question, and the student does not answer, I have to assume that the student is not present. You can find the participation rubric on our Blackboard site. Please note that we will meet on Tuesday, September 14th, and Wednesday, November 25th instead of Friday those two weeks.

In order to ensure active class discussion, it is crucial that students participate in class with assigned readings and tasks completed in their entirety before our discussion session on Friday.  Students should not exit the Zoom session once the lesson has started. When you turn your video camera on,  it helps create a classroom community. However, I respect your right to privacy, so you may keep your video off.

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Students are expected to complete the work by the due date (see course calendar below). There are two types of assignments every week: a video response to the professor's Voice Thread presentation, and a written post on the Discussion Board. You can find the rubrics for Discussion Board and Voice Thread posts on our site. Please note that the DB assignment can be a short response, or a longer narrative, such as a film review.

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The final paper represents the culmination of research the student will be undertaking all semester at the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (online). This project has two other components: a draft submission, and an interview to a family member of a Lincoln vet. Your final project should be 8-10 pages long, and it will be submitted to the course website www.narratingmemory.com. Please see our Blackboard site for a rubric and more details. All students should consult with the instructor regarding the details of their project.

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The format of the midterm and final exam may include any combination of the following: short-answer identifications, passages for commentary, and long essay questions.  Each exam will be cumulative. The final exam is mandatory for all students. Both will be take-home exams. Please see our Blackboard site for rubrics.

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In compliance with the American Disability Act of 1990 (ADA) and with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Hunter College is committed to ensuring educational parity and accommodations for all students with documented disabilities and/or medical conditions. It is recommended that all students with documented disabilities (Emotional, Medical, Physical and/ or Learning) consult the Office of AccessABILITY located in Room E1124 to secure necessary academic accommodations. For further information and assistance please call (212- 772- 4857)/TTY (212- 650- 3230).

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Academic honesty, plagiarism, and cheating.

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Academic honesty, plagiarism, and cheating.

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Hunter College regards acts of academic dishonesty (e.g., plagiarism, cheating

on examinations, obtaining unfair advantage, and falsification of records and official documents) as serious offenses against the values of intellectual honesty. The college is committed to enforcing the CUNY Policy on Academic Integrity and will pursue cases of academic dishonesty according to the Hunter College Academic Integrity Procedures. Any deliberate borrowing of the ideas, terms, statements or knowledge of others without clear and specific acknowledgement of the source is plagiarism.  It is, in fact, intellectual theft.  Serious students, scholars, and teachers agree that they cannot tolerate plagiarism.  It is not, of course, plagiarism to borrow the ideas, terms, statements, or knowledge of others if the source is clearly and specifically acknowledge.  Plagiarism will result in disciplinary proceedings.  A more detailed explanation of plagiarism and the accepted procedures for acknowledging sources is available from the Department of English or the Office of the Hunter College Senate. (Undergraduate Catalog, p. 49)

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Hunter College Policy on Sexual Harassment

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Hunter College Policy on Sexual Harassment

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In compliance with the CUNY Policy on Sexual Misconduct, Hunter College reaffirms the prohibition of any sexual misconduct, which includes sexual violence, sexual harassment, and gender-based harassment retaliation against students, employees, or visitors, as well as certain intimate relationships. Students who have experienced any form of sexual violence on or off campus (including CUNY-sponsored trips and events) are entitled to the rights outlined in the Bill of Rights for Hunter College.

Sexual Violence: Students are strongly encouraged to immediately report the incident by calling 911, contacting NYPD Special Victims Division Hotline (646-610-7272) or their local police precinct, or contacting the College's Public Safety Office (212-772-4444).
All Other Forms of Sexual Misconduct: Students are also encouraged to contact the College's Title IX Campus Coordinator, Dean John Rose (jtrose@hunter.cuny.edu or 212-650-3262) or Colleen Barry (colleen.barry@hunter.cuny.edu or 212-772-4534) and seek complimentary services through the Counseling and Wellness Services Office, Hunter East 1123.

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A+ 100-97.5%                   C+  79.9-77.5%

A   97.4-92.5%                  C    77.4-70%

A-  92.4-90%                     B+ 89.9-87.5%

B    87.4-82.5%                 D   66-63%

B-   82.4-80%                     F  59-0%

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All materials are posted on Blackboard in fifteen weekly modules.

Friday, August 28th Course Introduction.

Week 1. Introduction to the Spanish Civil War. The Abraham Lincoln Brigade.
Assignments are due on Thursday, Sept 3rd.
Discussion will take place on Friday, Sept 4th.

Week 2. Women and the War

Assignments are due on Thursday, Sept 10th.
Discussion on Friday, Sep 11th.
Film director Julia Newman will join us during the discussion.

Week 3. New York and the Spanish Civil War

Assignments are due on Monday, Sept 14th.
We will visit the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives, located at the NYU Tamiment Library. The visit will take place online on Tuesday, Sept 15th.
No class scheduled on Friday, September 18th.

Week 4. Fictional Representations: Republicanos vs Nacionales

Assignments are due on Thursday, Sept 24th.
Discussion will take place on Friday, Sept 25th

Week 5. The Children of the Spanish Civil War I

Assignments are due on Thursday, Oct 1st.
Discussion will take place on Friday, Oct 2nd.

Week 6. The Children of the Spanish Civil War II

Assignments are due on Thursday, Oct 8th.
Discussion will take place on Friday, Oct 9th.
Professor Anthony Geist will visit our class on Friday, October 9th.

Week 7. Midterm

Midterm and essay draft are due on Thursday, Oct 15th.
Discussion will take place on Friday, Oct 16th.

Week 8. Interviews and First Draft of Final Essay

Interviews to ALB family members are due on Thursday, Oct 22nd.
Discussion will take place on Friday, Oct 23rd.
Peter Hartzman (son of Abraham Lincoln Brigade volunteer May Levine Hartzman) and Haley Trunkett (Hunter alumna) will join the class to discuss Haley’s research on May Levine Hartzman in 2017.

Week 9. Foreign writers in the SCW: Hemingway

Assignments are due on Thursday, Oct 29th.
Discussion will take place on Friday, Oct 30th.

Week 10. Foreign writers in the SCW: George Orwell and Langston Hughes

Assignments are due on Thursday, Nov 5th.
Discussion will take place on Friday, Nov 6th.

Week 11. Spanish and Latin American Poetry of the SCW
Assignments are due on Thursday, Nov 12th.
Discussion will take place on Friday, Nov 13th.

Week 12. Visual Arts and the SCW

Assignments are due on Thursday, Nov 19th.
Discussion will take place on Friday, Nov 20th.

Week 13. The Memory of the SCW in Contemporary Film and Literature
Assignments are due on Tuesday, Nov 24rd.
Discussion will take place on Wednesday, Nov 25th.
No class scheduled on Friday, November 27th.

Week 14. The Silence of Others

Assignments are due on Thursday, Dec 3rd.
Discussion will take place on Friday, Dec 4th.

Film director Almudena Carracedo will join us during the discussion.

Week 15. Conclusion

Submit final paper to website www.narratingmemory.com by Dec 8th.

Final Exam    Friday 12/18   11:30-1:30

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All readings and materials are free and available on our Blackboard site, except for the three novels.

* Asterisk indicates selected readings.

NOVEL

Cercas, Javier. Soldiers of Salamis. New York: Bloomsbury, 2004.

Sender, Ramon J. Requiem for a Spanish Peasant. Oxford: Aris & Phillips, 2007.

Tejera, Nivaria. The Ravine.Trans. Carol Maier. Albany: SUNY Press, 2007.

POETRY

*Hernandez, Miguel. The Selected Poems of Miguel Hernandez. Trans. Ted Genoways. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001.

*Hughes, Langston. In Cary Nelson, The Wound and the Dream: Sixty Years of American Poems about the Spanish Civil War. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2002

*Machado, Antonio. Times Alone: Selected Poems of Antonio Machado. Trans. Robert Bly. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1983

*Neruda, Pablo. Five Decades: Poems: 1925-70. New York: Grove Press, 1974.

TESTIMONIAL NARRATIVE

*Hemingway, Ernest. The Fifth Column and Four Stories of the Spanish Civil War. New York: Scribner, 1969.

Orwell. George. Homage to Catalonia. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.

---. “Looking Back on the Spanish War.”

INTERDISCIPLINARY ESSAY

*Brenan, Gerald. The Spanish Labyrinth. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1971.

*Carroll, Peter. The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Stanford: Stanford

University Press, 1994.

*Faber, Sebastiaan. Memory Battles of the Spanish Civil War: History, Fiction,

Photography. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2018.

*Graham, Helen. The Spanish Civil War, a Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford

University Press, 2005.

---. “Women and Social Change.” In Graham, Helen and Jo Labany, eds. Spanish Cultural Studies: An Introduction: The Struggle for Modernity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. 99-116.

*Graham, Helen and Jo Labany, eds. Spanish Cultural Studies: An Introduction: The Struggle for Modernity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995.

Labanyi, Jo. “Memory and Modernity in Democratic Spain: The Difficulty of Coming to Terms with the Spanish Civil War." Poetics Today. Spring 2007. Vol. 28, Iss. 1; p. 89.

---. “Propaganda Art: Culture by the People or for the People.” In Graham, Helen and Jo Labany, eds. Spanish Cultural Studies: An Introduction: The Struggle for

Modernity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. 161-173.

*Nash, Mary. Defying Male Civilization: Women in the Spanish Civil War. Denver: Arden, 1995.

Roith, Cristian. “They Still Draw Pictures: The Spanish Civil War Seen with Children’s Eyes” http://www.ual.es/~chroith/pdf/CDCW.pdf

*Hackett Fisher, David. Historian’s Fallacies: Toward a Logic of Historical Thought. New York: Harper & Row, 1970.

*White, Hayden. “The Historical Text as Literary Artifact” in Tropics of Discourse: Essays  in Cultural Criticism. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1978. 81-99.

FICTIONAL FILMS

Butterfly/La Lengua de las mariposas. Dir. Jose Luis Cuerda. Spain: Sogetel, Las

Producciones del Escorpion, Canal + Spain, TVE and TVG, Miramax, 1999. 95

mins. Videocassette and DVD, NTSC.

Raza. Dir. Jose Luis Saenz de Heredia. Spain: Cancilleria del Consejo de la Hispanidad Production, 1941. 105 mins. Videocassette, PAL. Divisa Ediciones, 2002. DVD, PAL.

Pan’s Labyrinth/ El laberinto del fauno. Dir. Guillermo del Toro. Mexico: Warner Home Video Mexico, 2007. DVD

Soldiers of Salamis. Dir. David Trueba. Spain: Lola, Fernando Trueba P.C., TVE, Via Digital, 2003. 115 mins. DVD, PAL.

DOCUMENTARY FILMS

The Silence of Others. Dir. Almudena Carracedo and Robert Behar. El Deseo, 2018. 96 mins. DVD.

Into the Fire: American Women in the Spanish Civil War. Dir. Julia Newman. United

States: Exemplary, 2002. 60 mins. Videocassette, NTSC.

The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. Dir. Noel

Buckner, Mary Dore, and Sam Sills. United States: ALBA Film Project. 1984. 98

mins. Videocassette, NTSC.

The Spanish Earth. Dir. Joris Ivens. Commentary by Ernest Hemingway. United States and Holland: Contemporary Historians Inc., 1937. Videocassette, NTSC.

Forever Activists. Dir. Judith Montell and Connie Field. Tara Releasing, 1990. 60 mins. Videocassette, NTSC.

ART

Guernica by Pablo Picasso

Black and Red Series by Joan Miró

The Face of War and Soft Construction with Boiled Beans by Salvador Dali

Children’s Drawings on the Spanish Civil War

POSTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHY

Capa, Robert. Death in the Making. New York : Covici-Friede Publishers, 1938.

Nelson, Cary. Shouts from the Wall: Posters and Photographs Brought Home from the Spanish Civil War by American volunteers. Waltham, Mass: Abraham Lincoln

Brigade Archives. Distributed by the University of Illinois Press, 1996.

Paret, Peter, Beth Irwin Lewis, and Paul Paret. Persuasive Images: Posters of War and Revolution from the Hoover Institution Archives

ONLINE EXHIBITS

UCSD They Still Draw Pictures

The Struggle for Free Speech at CCNY 1931-1942

Spanish Civil War Photographs by Kati Horna

MUSIC

Songs of the Spanish Civil War 1: The Lincoln Brigade by Pete Seeger, 2012

Miguel Hernandez by Joan Manuel Serrat, 2000

VIDEO PRESENTATIONS

Instructor’s weekly presentations

Introduction to the Spanish Civil War by Anthony Geist

The Struggle for Free Speech at City College by Carol Smith