Stories around the World in Film

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 06.01.03

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. History
  3. Films
  4. Strategies
  5. Sample Lesson Plans
  6. End Notes
  7. Bibliography
  8. Web Resources
  9. Filmography

The Spanish Civil War through Film

Maria Cardalliaguet

Published September 2006

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Bibliography

Aróstegui, Julio. La Guerra Civil Española. Dastin. Brief history of the Spanish Civil War. It has great pictures.

Corrigan, Timothy and White, Patricia. The Film Experience: An Introduction. Bedford/St. Martin´s. Comprehensive text on film concepts and techniques.

Gardner, Howard. Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. New York, 1983. Explains Dr. Howard Gardner's, professor of education at Harvard University, theory of multiple intelligences developed in

Graham, Heather. Breve Historia de la Guerra Civil. Espasa Calpe. Collección Gran Austral, 2006. Good and detailed history of the Spanish Civil War. May be a little biased.

Hernández, Miguel. Cancionero y Romancero de Ausencias. Cátedra Letras Hispánicas. Madrid 1984. Collection of Poems written while the author was imprisoned during the postwar years. Detailed introduction and comments.

Hernández, Miguel. Viento del Pueblo. Cátedra Letras Hispánicas. Madrid, 1989. Collection of poems written by Hernández while taking part on the war. Detailed introduction and comments to the poems.

Jordan, Barry and Morgan-Tamosunas, Rikki. Contemporary Spanish Cinema. Manchester University Press, 1998. Analysis of contemporary Spanish movies. Interesting.

Kinder, Marsha. Blood Cinema: The Reconstruction of National Identity in Spain. University of California Press, 1993. Very good study of Spanish cinema.

Monaco, James. How to Read a Film. Oxford University Press, 2000. Film studies theory.

Rivas, Manuel. ¿Qué me quieres amor?. Punto de Lectura, 2003. Short stories written by the Galician writer.

Sacchi, Fabiana; Pessoa, Silvia and Martín-Cabrera, Luís. Más Allá de la Pantalla. Thomson-Heinle, 2006. Book that analyzes many cultural Hispanic features through film. It has good ideas on how to work with movies in the Spanish class.

Stone, Rob. Spanish Cinema. Inside Film Series, 2002. Another text on film concepts and techniques.

Triana Toribio, Nuria. Spanish National Cinema. Routledge, 2003. Study of the influences Spanish cinema has had throughout history: how film worked under the Franco regime and how it works now.

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