Fall 2023  |  PORT 3502W Section 001: Global Portuguese: 1900-present (32212)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Enrollment Requirements:
Port 3003
Meets With:
PORT 5910 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023
Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 116
Enrollment Status:
Open (8 of 22 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is the second half of a two-semester introduction to Global Portuguese literatures and cultures. Beginning where PORT3501w ended, you will examine twentieth-century cultural texts in Portuguese, focusing primarily on Brazil, though also reading texts from other countries where Portuguese, among other languages, is spoken, such as Angola, Mozambique, and Portugal. Much of what you will study is related to different modernist traditions. You will primarily read poetry and short stories, though you may also study other genres, such as songs and essays. PORT3501w is not a prerequisite. PORT3502w is taught in Portuguese, and all of the reading, writing, and speaking will be done in Portuguese. Assessments include essays and may also include other graded assignments, such as oral presentations or written exams. prereq: 3003
Class Description:
This course will offer a vision of Brazilian culture, history, and politics, as seen primarily through foundational literary works from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. We will focus on the time period immediately after the arrival of the Portuguese royal family to Brazil in 1808 until today, a time when globalization is re-defining territorial, economic, and political borders, while the mass-media (for good or ill) plays a powerful homogenizing role from a cultural standpoint. Aside from novels, short stories, poetry, and crticial readings, our course will also include several paradigmatic films that will help us sort through the main thematics that will be explored, namely: national identity, authoritarianism, the role of women, social exclusion, dictatorship, and modernization. This course will be taught by visiting professor Lucia Helena.
Class Format:
60% Lecture
30% Discussion
10% Other Style film screenings
Workload:
200+/- Pages Reading Per Week
25+ Pages Writing Per Term Other Workload: 7 short critical papers
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32212/1239
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

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