Brazilian Literature I

Code:

EPL021

Acronym:

LBRA1

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Portuguese Language Literature

Instance: 2020/2021 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Portuguese Studies

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CL	2	CL - Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162
			3
EP	27	EP - Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162
LLC	6	LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies)	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese
Obs.: English could be used when necessary; students are allowed to write their tests and essays in other languages (English, French, Spanish or Italian)

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 Drummond de Andrade
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.