The British Presence in Andalusia: New Needs in Professional Communication
Master's Programme in English Studies: Professional Applications & Intercultural Communication
Academic staff
José Francisco Fernández Sánchez
Course code:
70483118
Type:
Compulsory – Professional Applications Itinerary (Module 3)
Approach to Education
Blended-learning (25%)
Term
First
Classroom
Humanities Building II, classroom 13
Teaching period
1 – 22 December 2023
Teaching times
Wednesdays 16.00 – 18.15
Thursdays 16.00 – 18.15
Fridays 16.00 – 18.15
Teaching guide
The British Presence in Andalusia: New Needs in Professional Communication
Description
This subject entails a theoretical and practical approach to the British presence in Andalusia, starting from the initial travels carried out by English romantic writers as renowned as Benjamin Disraeli, Richard Ford or George Borrow. All of them felt imbued with a provocative image and even barbaric customs and inexistent infrastructure, both in Andalusia and in the rest of Spain. In the twentieth century, Hispanist Gerald Brenan returns to that image, a mixture of romanticism, tranquility and underdevelopment of the Alpujarra of Granada and Almeria itself.
The British presence in Andalusia bolstered up with the boom of mass tourism from the 1960s onwards; today no one argues against its enormous socio-cultural and economic legacy, especially if we consider their impact on the places where Britons reside, mainly the coastal areas of the community.
This subject will be of special interest to students with a degree in Tourism or Business, as well as all those professionals whose daily activity means that they have to work in English-speaking environments. The approach of the subject addresses demographic, social, cultural and psychological aspects, analyzing the coexistence of the –so called by themselves, expats– with the national citizens. Emphasis is placed on the analysis of journalistic and literary passages that reflect the attempts of many Britons to combine their cultural tradition with the advantages and disadvantages offered by living in Andalusia.
The course is divided into three sections:
Section I – British travellers and writers in Andalusia and their travelogues
‣ Unit 1. British travellers from the 17th century to early 20th century: From Dalrymple to Brenan
‣ Unit 2. Richard Ford (1796-1858), the best-known British hispanist in Andalusia
Section II – Pictures of Andalusia– writers' accounts and British newspapers printed in Andalusia
‣ Unit 3. The British in Andalusia and the mass tourism phenomenon
‣ Unit 4. Twentieth-century British writers and travellers: Chris Stewart, Michael Jacobs, and Jason Webster
Section III – British expats in Andalusia– a problematic coexistence
‣ Unit 5. British expats and Brexit–an uncertain future
‣ Unit 6. A social problem– Britain vs Andalusia (Spain)
The British Presence in Andalusia: New Needs in Professional Communication
