Undergraduate Course: BRAZILIAN CULTURE (ELCH10062)
Course Outline
School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
Summary | This course will introduce major topics in Brazilian literature and culture since the country's independence in 1822. A selection of texts/films will be studied in the context of historical and political events. Particular attention will be paid to the following themes: nation-building, post-colonialism and race; regionalism; gender and sexuality; post-modernism, revolution and ideology. These topics will allow the student to think and write comparatively, and to combine detailed textual analysis with theoretical debate and a consideration of historical and cultural factors. Background information and relevant aspects of critical theory will be examined during seminars. Classes will be a mixture of lecture, seminar and student-led discussion in both Portuguese and English. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Additional Costs | Students must purchase copies of the set texts |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Grasp major themes and trends in Brazilian cultural expression from the Independence period to the present in a variety of genres
- Evaluate the ways in which different genres and the diversity of Brazilian culture makes possible different modes of engagement with these genres
- Analyse Brazilian cultural materials using critical and theoretical methodologies to substantiate and illustrate arguments
- improve their skills of literary/filmic criticism and theoretical anlysis
- enhance their communication skills through a variety of techniques, from essay writing, commentary analysis to oral presentations
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Reading List
Recommended:
The Brazil Reader: History, Culture, Politics (Duke UP)
Antônio Candido, Ficção e confissão: ensaios sobre Graciliano Ramos
Boris Fausto, A Concise History of Brazil
Darlene Sadlier, Brazil Imagined: 1500 to the Present
Richard Graham ed., Machado de Assis: Reflections on a Brazilian Master Writer
Stephen M. Hart, Companion to Latin American Film
Massaud Moisés, História da Literatura Brasileira
Marta Peixoto, Passionate Fictions: Gender, Narrative and Violence in Clarice Lispector
Roberto Schwarz, A Master on the Periphery of Capitalism: Machado de Assis
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Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Rosane Carneiro Ramos
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Course secretary | Miss Kat Zabecka
Tel: (0131 6)50 4026
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