Tomes And Travel's video: Studying Modern Languages and Cultures at Durham University My Experience Review StudyTube

Today is A-Level Results Day 2019, and for some people the next step is university. Four years ago I was accepted into Durham University to study a BA (Bachelor of Arts) in Modern Languages and Cultures, specialising in French for the first two years and Spanish for the entire four years. My degree included a year abroad in Spain - specifically the Canary Islands, where I worked as a British Council English Language Assistant. In this video I wanted to share information about the course structure, and to review the course, focusing on its advantages (things I liked) and disadvantages (thinks I disliked). Hopefully some of the tips, tricks and general advice will be helpful for future applicants or incoming students who have just received their A Level results. If you've got any questions about life at Durham University or the languages degree specifically, please let me know down below in the comments section! Previous video about the British Council English Language Assistantship programme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlQeVxT5oXc& Modules mentioned: - French Language 1 - Reading French Literature - The Invention of France - Spanish Language 1a - Introduction to Hispanic Literature and Culture - Conflict and Violence in the Spanish-Speaking World - French Language 2 - Introduction to Francophone Literature and Culture - Spanish Language 2a - Race and Gender in Latin American Cinema - Icons and Myths of the Hispanic World - Latin American Texts - Target Language Research Project (TLRP) - Spanish Language 4 - Spanish Translation - Contemporary Spanish Cinema - Popular Culture in Latin American Literature - Extended Dissertation in Modern Languages and Cultures Literature / films / topics mentioned: - Poems by Victor Hugo - Guigemar by Marie de France - La Peste / The Plague by Albert Camus - L'Ingénu by Voltaire - Britannicus by Racine - Chanson de Roland - Lettres philosophiques by Voltaire - Mythologies by Roland Barthes - French colonial politics - Paintings by Frida Khalo - Poems by José Martí - Ficciones / Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges - Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias by Bartolomé de las Casas - La casa de Bernarda Alba / The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca - Medieval Spanish ballads and epic poems - El laberinto del fauno / Pan's Labyrinth, dir. Guillermo del Toro - El alcalde de Zalamea / The Mayor of Zalamea by Pedro Calderón de la Barca - Religious saints poems - ¿Quién puede matar a un niño? / Who can kill a child?, dir. Narciso Ibáñez Serrador - El orfanato, dir. J.A. Bayona - Carta de Jamaica / The Jamaica Letter by Simón Bolívar - Une si longue lettre / So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ - Xala, dir. Ousmane Sembène - Le harem colonial by Malek Alloula - Short stories by Albert Camus - Femmes d'Alger dans leur Appartement / Women of Algiers in their Apartment by Assia Djebar - L'enfant de sable by Tahar Ben Jelloun - Nouvelles d'Algérie by Maïssa Bey - La teta asustada / The Milk of Sorrow, dir. Claudia Llosa - Amores perros, dir. ‎Alejandro González Iñárritu - El niño pez / The Fish Child, dir. Lucía Puenzo - Sleep Dealer, dir. Alex Rivera - Cidade de Deus / City of God, dir. Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund - Contracorriente / Undertow, dir. Javier Fuentes-León - Los olvidados / The Young and the Damned, dir. Luis Buñuel - Memorias del subdesarollado / Memories of Underdevelopment, dir. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea - Y Tu Mamá También / And Your Mother Too, dir. Alfonso Cuarón - La ciénaga / The Swamp, dir. Lucrecia Martel - El vuelco del cangrejo / Crab Trap, dir. Oscar Ruiz Navia - Los viajes del viento / The Wind Journeys, dir. Ciro Guerra - Simón Bolívar - Eva Perón - Che Guevara - La Movida (Spain) - Monstro by Junot Díaz - El baúl de Miss Florence / Miss Florence's Trunk by Ana Lydia Vega - Sirena selena vestida de pena by Mayra Santos-Febres - Juan de los muertos / Juan of the Dead, dir. Alejandro Brugués - Short stories by Julio Cortázar (Los relatos 3: Pasajes) - Poetry by Eugenio Montejo - Los de abajo / The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela - Belle Epoque, dir. Fernando Trueba - Amantes / Lovers: A True Story, dir. Vicente Aranda - Volver, dir. Pedro Almodóvar - Jamón jamón, dir. Bigas Luna - Los lunes al sol / Mondays in the Sun, dir. Fernando León de Aranoa - Vacas / Cows, dir. Julio Medem - Te doy mis ojos / Take My Eyes, dir. Icíar Bollaín - Mar adentro / The Sea Inside, dir. Alejandro Amenábar - Los pasos perdidos / The Lost Steps by Alejo Carpentier - Pantaleón y las visitadoras / Captain Pantoja and the Special Service by Mario Vargas Llosa - La tía Julia y el escribidor / Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa - Boquitas pintadas / Little Painted Lips by Manuel Puig - El beso de la mujer araña / Kiss of the Spiderwoman by Manuel Puig - Selection of books by Gabriel García Márquez