Problemas Críticos da Literatura Brasileira (not translated) - 1st semester

Objectives

a) To increase the knowledge of Brazilian literature; b) To understand the central problems of development and present of Brazilian literature, by reviewing the major debates at decisive moments and reading the works that are linked to them;
c) To acquire knowledge about the Brazilian contribution to world literature, deepening the study of some key players for this contribution; d) To acquire knowledge about the problems of world literature, relations between countries and literature, the problem of national specificity of literature and the historicity of literature notion; e) deepen the knowledge of literary theory, the experience of literary reading and the mastery of literary analysis techniques.

General characterization

Code

711091126

Credits

6

Responsible teacher

Abel Barros Baptista, Clara Maria Abreu Rowland

Hours

Weekly - 4

Total - Available soon

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

Not appplied.

Bibliography

Mário de Andrade, «O Movimento Modernista» (1942), Aspectos da literatura brasileira, 5.ª ed., São Paulo, Livraria Martins, 1974.
Abel Barros Baptista e Osvaldo Manuel Silvestre, «Conversa interessantíssima», apresentação de Seria uma rima, não seria uma solução. Antologia da poesia modernista brasileira (1922-1930), Lisboa, Cotovia, 2005.
Abel Barros Baptista, \"Definição do modernismo brasileiro\", in De espéice complicada. Ensaios de critica literária. Coimbra: Angelus Novus, 2010.
Mário da Silva Brito, História do Modernismo Brasileiro. Antecedentes da Semana de Arte Moderna, 6.ª ed., Rio de Janeiro, Civilização Brasileira, 1997.
João Luiz Lafetá, 1930: a crítica e o modernismo, 2.ª ed., São Paulo, Livraria Duas Cidades/Editora 34, 2000.
Arnaldo Saraiva, Modernismo brasileiro e modernismo português. Subsídios para o seu estudo e para a história das suas relações, Campinas, Unicamp, 2004.

Teaching method

Lectures with integrated discussion.

Evaluation method

The final grade will be the result of three different elements: two written classroom assignments (35% each) and one paper on the topics in the syllabus (30%).

Subject matter

This course will focus on the reading of a series of late works by some of the foremost Brazilian writers in the 20th Century, allowing for a different take on these authors’ oeuvres and their connections to different critical problems and traditions. The following texts will be discussed:

Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Claro Enigma
Machado de Assis, Memorial de Aires
João Guimarães Rosa, Tutaméia
Manuel Bandeira, Estrela da Tarde
João Cabral de Melo Neto, Agrestes
Murilo Mendes, A Idade do Serrote
Graciliano Ramos, Infância
Clarice Lispector, A Hora da Estrela

Programs

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