This is a module that employs literature to approach issues of nationalisms and national identities in contemporary Spain. The principal aim of this module is to provide students with a detailed introduction to the nationalisms of Spain, in particular those of Castilla, the Basque Country and Catalonia. The module will enable students to acquire a broad understanding of the different nationalist identities in Spain looking at different literary texts (mainly contemporary) from the different Autonomous Communities (fiction, poetry and short stories, in Spanish) and from different time periods. The module will also enable students to acquire wide-ranging skills in literary analysis. By looking in depth at the Basque Country and Catalonia the module will enable students to gain a solid understanding of key social, political and cultural concerns in contemporary Spain.