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Learning outcomes |
— Know the geographical and historical causes of the diversity and cultural strength of contemporary Brazilian reality in different areas;
— Problematize the fractures of contemporary Brazilian culture: between the culture of cordiality and the culture of hate?
— Recognize the problems posed by a literature of colonial origin;
— Have a panoramic view of periodization, aesthetic trends and the main writers of Brazilian literature;
— Identify the popular and erudite components of contemporary Brazilian literature and music;
— Deepen the literary idiosyncrasy of great contemporary Brazilian authors: Drummond, Jorge Amado, Guimarães Rosa, João Cabral de Melo Neto, Clarice Lispector, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Lygia Fagundes Telles, Michel Hatoum and Tatiana Salem- Levy;
- Prepare the student to carry out monographic works and original essays in this area of knowledge.
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Syllabus |
1. Brazil: Brazils. Geographical and historical causes of the diversity and cultural strength of contemporary Brazilian reality. Today's Brazil: from the people of
Amazonia to Niemeyer's contemporary architecture.
2. Between the culture of cordiality and the culture of hate: causes of a more dichotomous contemporary Brazil.
3. When did Brazilian literature begin? Theoretical problems raised by a literature of colonial origin.
4. Overview of periodization and the main figures and works of Brazilian literature until 1945.
5. The popular and the erudite. Watertight borders?
5.1. Popular and erudite components of contemporary Brazilian culture.
5.2. Main trends in contemporary Brazilian literature.
5.3. Literary analysis of works by great contemporary Brazilian authors: Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Jorge Amado, Guimarães Rosa, João Cabral de Melo Neto, Clarice Lispector, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Lygia Fagundes Telles, Michel Hatoum and Tatiana Salem-Levy.
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Main Bibliography |
AMORIM, Mª A. e SARAIVA, A. (2013). Teia de Cordéis. Catálogo. Recife. Prefeitura de Recife / Fund. de Cultura Cidade do Recife.
BASTOS, J. H (Ed.) (2002). Poesia brasileira do século XX. Porto. Antígona.
BUARQUE, C. (2019). Tantas Palavras. Todas as letras. Lisboa, Companhia das Letras.
CASCUDO, L. da C. (2000), Dicionário do Folclore Brasileiro, S. Paulo, Global Editora.
COUTO, J. (1998), A Construção do Brasil: Ameríndios, Portugueses e Africanos, do Início do Povoamento a Finais de Quinhentos, Lisboa, Cosmos.
MOISÉS, M. (1989), História da Literatura Brasileira, 5 vols., S. Paulo, Cultrix.
SARAIVA, A. (2000), Conversas com Escritores Brasileiros, Porto, Edição do Congresso Portugal – Brasil.
SENA, J. de (1988), Estudos de Cultura e Literatura Brasileira, Lisboa, Ed. 70, 1988.
VIEIRA, C. C., OSÓRIO, P. e MANSO, J. H. (Eds.) (2014), Portugal - Brasil - África: Relações Históricas, Literárias e Cinematográficas, Covilhã, Serviços Gráficos da UBI.
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