Brazilian Literature
Code
711091118
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Portugueses
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Abel Barros Baptista
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To provide a basic knowledge of Brazilian literary history;
b) To perceive the main differences between Brazilian and European Portuguese;
c) To read and analyze some of the Brazilian original contributions for World Literature;
d) To improve close reading, to broaden general and theoretical literary knowledge.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. Building a national literature: Gonçalves Dias and José de Alencar.
2. Readings on modern Brazilian novelists: Machado de Assis, Graciliano Ramos, João Guimarães Rosa, Clarice Lispector.
3. Brazilian modernismo: rebuilding a national literature.
4. Readings on Brazilian modern poetry: Drummond and Cabral.
Bibliography
CÂNDIDO, António, O Direito à Literatura e Outros Ensaios, Coimbra, Angelus Novus, 2004.
CÂNDIDO, António, Iniciação à Literatura Brasileira, São Paulo, Humanitas, 1999.
CASTELLO, José Aderaldo, A Literatura Brasileira. Origens e Unidade, São Paulo, Ed Usp, 1999.
BOSI, Alfredo, História Concisa da Literatura Brasileira, 35.ª ed., São Paulo, Cultrix, 1997.
MERQUIOR, José Guilherme, De Anchieta a Euclides Breve História da Literatura Brasileira, 3.ª ed., Rio de Janeiro, Top Books, 1996.
Teaching method
Lectures: 30%; close reading with expectable students input: 60%.
Evaluation method
Midterm paper: 50%.
Final exam: 50%.