Spanish and Islamic Culture in Spain Spanish Language & Liberal Arts Program Summer 2023 July 4-Week - Granada

This course aims to explain and elaborate on what are considered to be the basic points of what has been called the Spanish culture. Emphasis will be placed on both the topics and the specific characteristics of the different aspects covered in the syllabus. While there will be a thorough and detailed studies of phenomena universally regarded as genuinely Spanish.
The Islamic culture section is divided into two blocks where the most important aspects of Hispano-Muslim Civilization will be related, introducing the Arabic culture in general in Block I. The objectives of the course will focus on the student being able to understand the reality of Al-Andalus at a political, economic, social and cultural level (Block II). As the city is the nucleus where these aspects interrelate, area B has been dedicated to the Hispano-Arab city with special emphasis to Granada and the Alhambra.