Spanish courses and arts classes in Salamanca

Sunshine, Sangria, Flamenco and tapas cuisine are all synonymous of Spain. Why not take home both the Spanish language and some Spanish culture so that you can feel like you are on holiday every day of the year.

Sunshine, Sangria, Flamenco and tapas cuisine are all synonymous . Why not take home both the language and some culture so that you can feel like you are on holiday every day the .

Sunshine, Sangria, Flamenco and tapas cuisine are all synonymous of Spain. Why not take home both the Spanish language and some Spanish culture so that you can feel like you are on holiday every day of the year.

This course combines 10 weekly hours of Spanish language classes (communicative grammar, conversation, reading and writing) with 10 weekly hours of theory and practice on the subject of Spanish art. The program includes guided tours to the most representative monuments in Salamanca, and it will have the participation of workshops taught by local renowned and acclaimed artists.

This programme has been devised to offer an introduction to the different literary Spanish and Hispanic tendencies and movements related to the Avant-Garde. We will explore the authors and genres that shape those artistic streams: establish a contrast between the Spanish and the European cases; study the works by Jardiel Poncela and Gómez de la Serna and; review the Spanish/Hispanic original isms such as Creationism, Ultraist movement, Surrealist poetry.

This programmme presents a meaningful overview of the main poetical expressions of the digital era as a projection of the Avant-Garde postulates and solutions. Thus, digital creations’ desire for innovation, search of new languages, the need for an active reader, playful pose or cutting-edge aestheticism, are now embodied within the use of new tools and technologies.

With this 20-hour introduction to the Spanish Civil War trough audiovisual Spanish productions, we seek to provide the students with a summarized though broad perspective of the social evolution during the years of the War and the multiple perspectives and ideologies that the conflict has been seen through. Additionally, we aim to boost a reflection process on the picture that Spanish movies take of the Spanish society and customs, as well as appealing to the students’ critical thinking.

This 20-hour approximation trough the works of these 5 film-makers aims to provide students with a synthetic image of some of the most remarkable milestones of Spanish cinema. We will take a journey visiting some of the most representative works of the authors to establish clear differentiations between their styles and themes, explaining as well the context in which each one is devised and produced.