Autumn 2019 Reading Club: Modelos de mujer, by Almudena Grandes
In this edition of the reading club we will read the book of short stories Modelos de mujer (Female models), by the Spanish writer Almudena Grandes, first published in 1996. The seven short stories offer different perspectives on femininity, its conflicts and tensions.
Through them, topics such as motherhood, body, canons of beauty and madness, among others, will be worked on. Likewise, we will reflect on the position of women and women in the literary field, the recent demands for equality in Spain and the importance of fiction when imagining their own identities.
The sessions will be in Spanish and in each class will work linguistic aspects that facilitate the understanding of the stories.
The course consists of four sessions of two hours each session and additional material will be provided to students in class. It is essential for the proper functioning of the course that the readings indicated before each session are carried out.
Programme
Each session will work on the following stories and topics:
Session 1: Thursday 3rd October 2019, from 6 to 8.30 pm. Topic: Body and beauty. We will read the short stories Los ojos rotos and Malena: una vida hervida.
Session 2: Thursday 24th October, from 6 to 8.30 pm. Topic: Motherhoods. We will cover the tales Amor de madre and La buena hija.
Session 3: Thursday 21st November, from 6 to 8.30 pm, from 6 to 8.30 pm. Topic: Mother's love. The stories we will discuss are Bárbara contra la muerte and El vocabulario de los balcones.
Session 4: Thursday 12th December, from 6 to 8.30 pm. We will focus on the short story Modelos de mujer and we will share our final conclusions.
Price: £55 in total for the four sessions (8% concession available).
Requirements: Upper-intermediate level of Spanish (from B1.3 on) required for this workshop.
Enrolment
You can enrol to this workshop either by:
- Personally at our administration desk.
- By phone at 0113 246 1741.
- Online at the enrolment website for the Reading club workshop.
Materials
The book that will be used in this Reading Club is Modelos de mujer by Almudena Grandes.
In our library there is a copy of Modelos de mujer available for Leeds Instituto Cervantes users to take out on loan. There is also available a digital version of the book available to take out on loan from the Electronic Library of the Instituto Cervantes.
