ClassInfo - Spring 2017 Portuguese Classes

Spring 2017 | PORT 5530 Section 001: Brazilian Literary and Cultural Studies (65067)

Instructor(s): Sophia Beal
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017

Mon 02:30PM - 05:30PM

UMTC, East Bank

Folwell Hall 32
Also Offered:: (Tentative) Spring 2024

Course Catalog Description:: Study of origins and development of modern Brazilian nation (late 16th to 20th century) using literature, cultural and literary criticism, history, sociology) and various media (film, art, music, Internet). Main cultural problematics pertaining to Brazil as well as fundamental literary texts. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
Class Description:: FALL 2013: This course will tour Brazilian literature from its roots to the present, with an emphasis on the twentieth century. Reading novels, poems, plays, and short stories, we will examine literary progressions, cultural concerns, stylistic experimentation, and recurring themes that have shaped Brazilian literature. Primarily, we will read canonical texts by Brazil's best known authors to provide a foundation in Brazilian literature. These writers include Machado de Assis, Oswald de Andrade, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Jo?o Cabral de Melo Neto, Clarice Lispector, and Guimar?es Rosa, among others. We will also read key theoretical texts in the fields of Brazilian cultural studies and literary criticism. This course is taught in PORTUGUESE.
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65067/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 9 April 2013

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