SPA 353 DESIRE IN SPANISH CINEMA & LIT

This course explores representations of desire in Spanish cinema and literature. It proposes an historical reading of desire in texts such as La casa de Bernarda Alba (Mario Camus, 1987), La flor de mi secreto (Pedro Almodóvar, 1995), and Carmen y Lola (Arantxa Echevarría that, without diminishing the importance of the individual psychological dimension, focuses on the cultural aspects that condition this universal feeling. Films are in Spanish with English subtitles.