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Comparative Studies in Ibero-American Literature

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General characterization

Code

722111041

Credits

10.0

Responsible teacher

Isabel Rute Araújo Branco

Hours

Weekly - 3

Total - 280

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

Average level of knowledge of Spanish language.

Bibliography

FUENTES, Carlos. 1990. Valiente mundo nuevo. Épica, utopia y mito. México D.F.: Fondo de Cultura Económica.
GUILLÉN, Claudio. 2005. Entre lo uno y lo diverso. Introducción a la literatura comparada (Ayer y hoy). Barcelona: Tusquets Editores.
LAS CASAS, Bartolomé de. 1552. Breve relación de la destrucción de las Indias Occidentales. Sevilla. [Das muito cuidadas edições recentes, ver, por exemplo a de Trinidad Barrera, de 2005. Madrid: Alianza Ed., El libro de bolsillo]
MIGNOLO, Walter D. 2007. La idea de America Latina. La herida colonial y la opción decolonial. Barcelona: Gedisa.
SANTIAGO, Silviano. 2006. As Raízes e o Labirinto da América Latina. Rio de Janeiro: Rocco.

Teaching method

The seminars have a theoretical-practical nature with a strong participatory component on the part of the students. The practical component will be highlighted by the oral interventions of the students and the commented analysis of literary problems.

Evaluation method

Evaluation Method - 1- Oral presentations in the seminars of readings and research results on the objectives of the seminar and its group discussion(40%), 2- Written presentation and oral discussion of a final, individual work, including bibliography (from 12 to 15 pages), guided by the teacher(60%)

Subject matter

Foundational Narratives and Identity Constructions:
- Comparative Literature: history, theory and methods.
- The role of Ibero-American literatures in the (re) construction of identities.
- Language and national cultures.
- Tale, memory and narration.

Literary corpus and essays: Cuentos cortos, César Vallejo. Obras completas (y otros cuentos), Augusto Monterroso. Montevidianos, Mario Benedetti. Canto General, Pablo Neruda. Las venas abiertas de América Latina, Eduardo Galeano. Civilización y barbarie. Vida de Facundo Quiroga, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. Nuestra América, José Martí. Ariel, José Enrique Rodó. El laberinto de la soledad, Octavio Paz. La idea de América Latina. La herida colonial y la opción decolonial, Walter Mignolo.