Course Description
Representative prose texts from Portugal, Brazil, and Lusophone Africa analyzed in their cultural, social, and political contexts. Given in Portuguese.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will be responsible for leading class discussion on selected days and will be required to write a 15-20 page final research paper.
Athena Title
Prose of Port-Speaking World
Non-Traditional Format
Course will be offered approximately every two years.
Prerequisite
PORT 3030 or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Readings in this course will consist of representative Portuguese, Brazilian and/or Lusophone African works of narrative fiction (such as novels and short stories) and non-fiction (such as travel accounts), as well as selected critical and theoretical texts dealing with narrative prose as a literary genre and with specific aspects of the cultural and socio-political reality affecting Luso-Afro-Brazilian literary production. Undergraduate students will write a minimum of three (4-5 pp) critical papers in addition to two exams. Oral presentations in class will be required of both undergraduate and graduate students. Graduate students will also write a final research paper (15-20 pp). The course will be taught in Portuguese.
Topical Outline
Readings may include: 1. Early periods: Fernao, Lopes, Fernao Mendes Pinto, Pero Vaz de Caminha, Ant¢nio Vieira 2. Nineteenth century: Almeida Garrett, Jos‚ de Alencar, Machado de Assis, E‡a de Queir¢s 3. Twentieth century: Guimaraes Rosa, Clarice Lispector, Jos‚ Saramago, L¡dia Jorge, Pepetela, Mia Couto
Syllabus