Course Description
Studies in culture and literature of the Portuguese-speaking world. Selected topics of special interest in their cultural, social, and political context.
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 research paper.
Athena Title
Culture Lit of Port-Speak Wor
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
Students wills study an author, topic, genre or period of literature of the Portuguese-speaking world in depth. Undergraduate students will write an minimum of three (4-5) page papers in addition to two exams. Oral presentations will be required of undergraduate and graduate students. Graduate students will write three (4-5) page papers plus a final research paper (15-30pp). Given in Portuguese.
Topical Outline
Topics will vary. Examples could be: Machado de Assis, Clarice Lispector and Joao Guimaraes Rosa; Portuguese-African Poetry; Luis de Camoes and Portuguese epic poetry. The role of censorship in the Portuguese-speaking world. Students will study an author, topic, genre or period of literature of the Portuguese-speaking world in depth.
Syllabus