Brazilian Literature
Objectives
a) Acquire specific knowledge about the evolution of Brazilian literature, its history as national literature and the problems of its constitution in separation from Portuguese literature;
b) To deepen the knowledge of the linguistic differentiation of Portuguese, namely through contact with Brazilian literary Portuguese and, in particular, acquiring some familiarity with the linguistic differentiation in Brazil;
c) Acquire knowledge about the Brazilian contribution to the universal literature, deepening the study of some key authors for this contribution;
d) Acquire knowledge about the problems of world literature, the relations between countries and literature, the problem of the national specificity of literature and the historicity of the notion of literature;
e) To deepen knowledge of literary theory, experience in literary reading and mastery of literary analysis techniques.
General characterization
Code
711091118
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Abel José Barros Baptista
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
N/A
Bibliography
Obras de carácter geral:
- Histórias e estudos de carácter geral:
Alfredo Bosi, História Concisa da Literatura Brasileira, 35.ª ed., São Paulo, Cultrix, 1997.
Antonio Candido, Iniciação à Literatura Brasileira, São Paulo, Humanitas, 1999.
- O Romantismo no Brasil, São Paulo, Humanitas/FFLCH/USP, 2002.
Antologias:
Antonio Candido, José Aderaldo Castello, Presença da Literatura Brasileira, 10.ª ed., São Paulo, Bertrand, 1997.
Massaud Moisés, A Literatura Brasileira através dos Textos, 19.ª ed., São Paulo, Cultrix, 1995.
A bibliografia específica é em parte indicada no começo das aulas e em parte responsabilidade da pesquisa do aluno.
Teaching method
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Evaluation method
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Subject matter
1.Foundation of a national literature: the romantic matrix.
a) Gonçalves de Magalhães' theory of Brazilian literature and the "Portuguese problem";
b) the particularity of the poetic work of Gonçalves Dias and the centrality of José de Alencar in Brazilian romanticism.
2. Readings of modern Brazilian fiction:
a) Machado de Assis, Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas; chosen tales;
b) Graciliano Ramos, São Bernardo;
c) João Guimarães Rosa, First stories;
3. Brazilian modernism and the re-foundation of national literature.
a) readings by Mário de Andrade, Oswaldo de Andrade and Manuel Bandeira;
4. Readings of modern Brazilian poetry.
a) Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Alguma poesia;
b) Manuel Bandeira, Libertinagem