Brazilian Literature I
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Portuguese Language Literature |
Instance: 2016/2017 - 1S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
Introduction to Brazilian literature (and the Portuguese language of Brazil and Brazilian culture) through the panoramic study of representative texts and authors.
Learning outcomes and competences
It is expected that at the end of the course, students are able to know and discuss the Brazilian literary system, relating it with other systems and movements. At the same time, it is expected that students have notions of literary history and poetic and are able to produce a critical discourse based on the points of the program.
Working method
Presencial
Program
I. The concept of Brazilian literature
II. The literature of the colonial period: some texts, authors and relevant times
1. The
Carta by Pero Vaz de Caminha and the informative literature about the land
2. The poetic work of Gregorio: the Bahian "engenho" and the Baroque model peninsular
3. The poetry of Claudio Manuel da Costa
III. Gonçalves Dias and the Brazilian Romanticism
IV. The art of the short story by Machado de Assis
V. Modernism: the manifests;
Pau-Brazil, by Oswald de Andrade; the poetry of Carlos de Andrade Druumond
VI. Aspects of the short story: Guimarães Rosa; Clarice Lispector; Rubem Fonseca
Mandatory literature
CAMINHA, Pero Vaz; A carta de Pêro Vaz de Caminha, CNCDP, 2000
Matos, Gregório; Poemas atribuídos. Códice Asensio-Cunha., Autêntica, 2014
Topa, Francisco; Edição crítica da obra poética de Gregório de Matos: Vol. II: edição dos sonetos, Autor, 1999
Matos, Gregório; Melhores poemas, Global, 2012
AAVV.; A poesia dos inconfidentes: poesia completa de Cláudio Manuel da Costa, Tomás Antônio Gonzaga e Alvarenga Peixoto, Nova Aguilar, 1996
Costa, Cláudio Manuel; Melhores poemas, Global, 2014
Dias, A. Gonçalves;
Cantos
Dias, Gonçalves; Gonçalves Dias, Agir, 1996
Assis, Machado de, 1839-1908;
Obra completa
Assis, Machado de; Contos, Lello, 1985
Assis, Machado de; Melhores contos, Global, 2010
Assis, Machado de; 50 contos, Companhia das Letras, 2014
Teles, Gilberto Mendonça 220;
Vanguarda europeia e modernismo brasileiro
Andrade, Oswald de, 1890-1954;
Pau-Brasil. ISBN: 85-250-804-4
Andrade, Carlos Drummond de; Poesia e prosa, Nova Aguilar, 1988
Andrade, Carlos Drummond de, 1902-1987;
65 anos de poesia
Andrade, Carlos Drummond de; Antologia poética, Companhia das Letras, 2012
Rosa, João Guimarães; Estas estórias, Nova Fronteira, 2001
Rosa, João Guimarães; Primeiras estórias, Nova Fronteira, 2007
Lispector, Clarice; Clarice Lispector, Agir, 1994
Lispector, Clarice; Melhores contos, Global, 2001
Lispector, Clarice; A legião estrangeira, Rocco, 1999
Fonseca, Rubem; 64 contos, Companhia das Letras, 2004
Teaching methods and learning activities
Theoretical presentation of the programme contents; text analysis and comment. Student participation will be encouraged.
keywords
Humanities > Literature
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation without final exam
Assessment Components
Designation |
Weight (%) |
Participação presencial |
20,00 |
Teste |
50,00 |
Trabalho escrito |
30,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Designation |
Time (hours) |
Estudo autónomo |
74,00 |
Frequência das aulas |
56,00 |
Trabalho de investigação |
32,00 |
Total: |
162,00 |
Eligibility for exams
Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.
Calculation formula of final grade
• Two Written tests — 50% (a score of 10 out of 20)
•Two small papers, to be indicated in class — 30% (a score of 6 out of 20)
• Classroom work — 20% (a score of 4 out of 20)
Examinations or Special Assignments
Not applicable
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
According to course regulations and other applicable rules.
Classification improvement
According to course regulations and other applicable rules.