Brazilian Literature

Recommended Prerequisites

Good command of the Portuguese language.

Teaching Methods

This course unit will function in seminars focused on the reading and discussion of a corpus of the literature, literary criticism, literary history and historical linguistics of Brazil. The classes will consist of presentations carried out by the teacher or the students, who should present a number of assignments of various natures.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the semester, the student should (i) have a thorough knowledge of the studied author or subject, (ii) master the theoretical, political and pedagogical problems resulting from the articulation between "Brazilian Portuguese" and "literature in Brazil" and (iii) be able to situate the texts of Brazilian literature he/she studied within an idea of "Portugueselanguage literature".

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

This course unit aims to introduce students to the research on Brazilian literature at a post­graduate level. Taking into account the nature of the degree course they are part of, the course contents will focus on the relation between the mother tongue ("Brazilian Portuguese") and the literature that was historically created in Brazil. To that effect, the course contents' main subjects will be the theoretical, political and educational problems resulting from the historical articulation between the spoken and the written Portuguese language in Brazil and the literature created in the same country. The course contents aim to develop a critical perspective independent from the discourses of Brazilian literary history and criticism, highlighting the specificity of Brazilian Studies developed in Portugal.

Head Lecturer(s)

Alexandre Graça Faria

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Resolution Problems: 20.0%
Research work: 80.0%

Bibliography

 

BAPTISTA, A. (2005). O Livro Agreste. Ensaio de Curso de Literatura Brasileira. Campinas: Editora Unicamp. COUTINHO, A. (2001). Introdução à Literatura no Brasil. 17ª ed.. Rio de Janeiro: Bertrand  Brasil.

MERQUIOR, J. (1996). De Anchieta a Euclides. Breve História da Literatura Brasileira. 3ª ed.. Rio de Janeiro: Topbooks.

NASCENTES, A. (2003). Estudos Filológicos. Rio de Janeiro: Academia Brasileira de Letras.

PERRONE­MOISÉS, Leyla (2007). Vira e mexe Nacionalismo. Paradoxos do Nacionalismo Literário. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras.

PINTO, E. (1990). A Gramatiquinha de Mário de Andrade. Texto e Contexto. São Paulo: Livraria Duas Cidades. SCHWARZ, Roberto (1981). A importação do romance e suas contradições em Alencar. In Ao Vencedor as Batatas: forma literária e processo social nos inícios do romance brasileiro (pp. 29­60). São Paulo: Livraria Duas Cidades.

SENA, J. (1988). Estudos de Cultura e Literatura Brasileira. Lisboa: Edições 70.