Brazilian Literature

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Work in this unit will be divided between lecture moments (by the teacher or by students) and group analysis and discussion of texts and documents.

Learning Outcomes

Students will achieve a broad knowledge of Brazilian literature from a historical-literary perspective; they will be able to read critically a number of literary works selected by the teacher.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

This course approaches Brazilian literature from a historical-literary perspective. This means that, from the long history of Brazilian literature, it focuses on a shorter or longer period to present that literature. In each annual edition of the course, the teacher will justify the choice made, whether it falls on its colonial origins, the 19th century, or the 20th and 21st centuries.

Head Lecturer(s)

Alberto Sismondini

Assessment Methods

Final Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Periodic Assessment
Mini Tests: 25.0%
Other: 25.0%
Frequency: 50.0%

Bibliography

 

BIBLOS - Enciclopédia Verbo das Literaturas de Língua Portuguesa. Lisboa: Verbo.

Bosi, A. (1997). História Concisa da Literatura Brasileira (3ª ed.). São Paulo: Cultrix.

Candido, A. (1997). Formação da Literatura Brasileira (8.ª ed.) (Vols. 1-2). B. Horizonte: Itatiaia.

Castro, S. (Ed.) (1999-2000). História da Literatura Brasileira (Vols. 1-3). Lisboa: Alfa.

Holanda, S. B. de (1982). Raízes do Brasil (15.ª ed.). Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio.

Moisés, M. (2001). História da Literatura Brasileira. (Vols. 1-3). São Paulo: Cultrix.

Proença Filhi, D. (1978). Estilos de Época na Literatura (5.ª ed.). São Paulo: Ática.

Sodré, N. W. (1988). O que se Deve Ler para Conhecer o Brasil (6.ª ed.). Rio de Janeiro: Bertrand Brasil.

 

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