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 and literary history 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 and cosmopolitan perspective, independent from nationalist discourses on literary history and criticism of brazilian literature.

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: Ed. Unicamp.

CANDIDO, A. (1997) Formação da Literatura Brasileira. 8ª ed. Belo Horizonte – RJ: Itatiaia Ed.

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. Rio de Janeiro: Topbooks.

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

SILVESTRE, O. (2018). Um Elenco dos Obstáculos. Luso-Brazilian Review, 55 (2), 12-35.

SILVESTRE, O. (2020). Gramatiquinha Radiofónica: Mário de Andrade e o Corpo Político da Língua. Revista de Estudos Literários, 10, 795-822.

SISMONDINI, A. (2017). Arabia Brasilica. Cotia-SP: Ateliê.

SISMONDINI, A. (2020). Manifestações de alteridade nos Contos Completos de Alberto Mussa. Ferreira, A., Morais, C., Brasete, M., Coimbra, R. (org.), Pelos mares da literatura em português. Berlin:Peter Lang. 210-216.