Brazilian Literature Research Topics

Recommended Prerequisites

Post-graduate level knowledge of Brazilian literature, and proficiency in research methodology. 

Teaching Methods

This course will be taught in the form of a seminar, with student and professor presentations and thorough reading of a corpus of texts. Students must submit assignments that will be determined at the beginning of the semester. Research tools and methods of quick access to library collections in the field of Brazilian literature will also be used.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the semester, students must (i) have the ability to distinguish research topics in Brazilian literature by degree of relevance (periodological, subject, author, etc.); (ii) know how to access relevant sources of bibliographic information for the study of Brazilian literature; (iii) place Brazilian literature within the context of literatures in Portuguese.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

This seminar seeks to propose research topics in Brazilian literature at the doctoral level. It will be monographic in nature and the professor will propose a number of topics about authors, texts, historical phenomena of the central themes of Brazilian literature. Some of these topics will be explored in the seminar, others are intended for research in the library. Lists of bibliographic references, as well as important (literary and critical) works, to act as anchor points of the work will be available.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 20.0%
Resolution Problems: 30.0%
Research work: 50.0%

Bibliography

BAPTISTA, A. 2009. Ideia de Literatura Brasileira com Propósito Cosmopolita. Revista Brasileira de Literatura Comparada, 15, 61-87.

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

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.