The Art of Flamenco as a Process of Communication: An Interdisciplinary Approach and the Aesthetics of Music Advanced Spanish Language & Culture Program Spring 2020 Semester - Seville

This Course provides students with a well-grounded introduction to the Art of Flamenco from its origins to the present-day phase of its development, while special attention will be paid to the study of its styles, as well as to their rhythmic and melodic structures. Beyond this entry point, the interdisciplinary nature of the Course will become evident, thereby allowing students to acquire a fundamental awareness of the interaction of the music of Flamenco and Literature, space being dedicated to the analysis of Flamenco 'copla' songs, as well as to additional philological signaling. Within this learning environment, students will come to identify the different musical forms concerned, while, as part of a broader overview, reach an understanding of, and an appreciation of, the performance and aesthetics of Flamenco, involving a complex process of communication, while acting as a key emblem of the culture of Andalucía. Finally, as part of the objectives set down, the semiotic and indexical dimension of this same cultural material will be taken into account, not only due to its intrinsic nature, but also to the rich possibilities of its presence within the inter-discursive character of communication in the twenty-first century.