Portuguese and Brazilian Studies (2)
A.Y. 2022/2023
Learning objectives
This course aims to provide students with a general understanding of historical and literary evolution of portuguese and brazilian culture. An introduction to formation («formação») of national literatures of Portugal and Brazil is offered, with a specific attention to complex colonial and political history. For Portugal, we analyze the development of Literature from medieval origins to contemporary era, for Brazil we analyze the evolution of literature from colonial formation in XVI century until the culture of our days. Particular attention is given to the history of ideas (colonialism, imperialism, cultural hiper-identity, semi-periphery) and concepts.
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding: outline of national and imperial Portuguese history; formation of colony-Brazil and development of Brazilian Literature as national literature (colonial canon, imperial canon, republican canon), main authors and literary movements from the Middle Ages to the contemporary era; fundamental elements of history of ideas and conceptual history that help analyze the societies and cultures of two countries.
Applying knowledge and understanding: ability to read and contextualize some paradigmatic works of portuguese and brazilian thought and literature; ability to read three significant works from selected period; understanding of historic, cultural, and social implications of literary texts; ability to place authors, movements and works in their context; ability to analyze literary texts through the application of ideas and concepts borrowed from literary criticism, post-colonial theory and cultural studies.
Applying knowledge and understanding: ability to read and contextualize some paradigmatic works of portuguese and brazilian thought and literature; ability to read three significant works from selected period; understanding of historic, cultural, and social implications of literary texts; ability to place authors, movements and works in their context; ability to analyze literary texts through the application of ideas and concepts borrowed from literary criticism, post-colonial theory and cultural studies.
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
The title of course is: Atlantic modernities. The double formation: Portugal and Brazil.
A: Contexts of Portuguese history and literary history.
B: Contexts of Brazilian history and literary history.
In section A you will study the history of Portugal and the history of Portuguese literature from its origins to the Renaissance which coincides with the golden age of the "maritime discoveries". The Portuguese nation reconstructed from a literary point of view will be read in the European and international context and, above all, in its Imperial dimension.
In section B, you will study the formation of the Brazilian colony and the colonial literary canon until the nineteenth century which will be the century of Brazil's independence from the motherland Portugal.
The course provides 9 credits. It is not possible to acquire only 6.
The course program is valid until September 2024. From the summer session 2023 it will be possible to present exclusively the A.A. 2022-23 program.
A: Contexts of Portuguese history and literary history.
B: Contexts of Brazilian history and literary history.
In section A you will study the history of Portugal and the history of Portuguese literature from its origins to the Renaissance which coincides with the golden age of the "maritime discoveries". The Portuguese nation reconstructed from a literary point of view will be read in the European and international context and, above all, in its Imperial dimension.
In section B, you will study the formation of the Brazilian colony and the colonial literary canon until the nineteenth century which will be the century of Brazil's independence from the motherland Portugal.
The course provides 9 credits. It is not possible to acquire only 6.
The course program is valid until September 2024. From the summer session 2023 it will be possible to present exclusively the A.A. 2022-23 program.
Prerequisites for admission
The course is mainly held in Italian. the literary texts are in Portuguese, but always accompanied by an italian translation. There is no prerequisite.
Teaching methods
The course adopts the following teaching methods: lectures, practical activities, presentations.
Teaching Resources
The course has a site on the online platform Ariel (https:// https://vrussolp123.ariel.ctu.unimi.it/), to which reference is made for lecture notes and other materials provided by the teacher. For each teaching unit, specific critical essays on individual works or on general questions will be made available on the site. The following are the mandatory reading materials for the various teaching units.
Examination program for attending students:
Section A:
Sezione A:
1) Roberto Vecchi-Vincenzo Russo (a cura di), La Letteratura Portoghese. I testi e le idee, Le Monnier, Firenze, 2017.
2) Eduardo Lourenço, Del colonialismo come impensato. Il caso del Portogallo, a cura di R. Vecchi e V. Russo, trad. it. di Marianna Scaramucci Meltemi, Milano, 2018.
3) Valeria Tocco, Breve storia della letteratura portoghese, Carocci, Roma, 2011.
Sezione B
4) Luciana Stegagno-Picchio, Storia della letteratura brasiliana, Torino, Einaudi, 1997 o edizioni successive. [selected chapters]
5) Boris Fausto, Storia del Brasile, Fabula, Cagliari, 2011 [selected chapters]
6) dispensa di testi critici e letterari messi a disposizione dai docenti (sarà messa a disposizione ANCHE la traduzione italiana). [selected chapters]
6) Selection of critical and literary texts made avalaible by the teachers.
Examination program for attending students:
Section A:
Sezione A:
1) Roberto Vecchi-Vincenzo Russo (a cura di), La Letteratura Portoghese. I testi e le idee, Le Monnier, Firenze, 2017.
2) Eduardo Lourenço, Del colonialismo come impensato. Il caso del Portogallo, a cura di R. Vecchi e V. Russo, trad. it. di Marianna Scaramucci Meltemi, Milano, 2018.
3) Valeria Tocco, Breve storia della letteratura portoghese, Carocci, Roma, 2011.
Sezione B
4) Luciana Stegagno-Picchio, Storia della letteratura brasiliana, Torino, Einaudi, 1997 o edizioni successive. [selected chapters]
5) Boris Fausto, Storia del Brasile, Fabula, Cagliari, 2011 [selected chapters]
6) dispensa di testi critici e letterari messi a disposizione dai docenti (sarà messa a disposizione ANCHE la traduzione italiana). [selected chapters]
6) Selection of critical and literary texts made avalaible by the teachers.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam consists of a written or an oral test with the teacher of the monographic course.
For attending students only (those who attend 75% of hours), a two-hours written test is optionally provided.
The oral exam with the teahcer of the course includes questions asked by the teacher and interactions between teacher and student. The exam takes place in Italian. The interview aims to verify the knowledge of the texts studied, the capacity for contextualization, the ability to expose, the precision in the use of specific terminology, the capacity for critical and personal reflection on the proposed themes.
All the results of the written tests will be announced on the Ariel page of the course.
The final grade is expressed in thirtieths, and the student has the right to refuse it.
International or Erasmus incoming students are invited to contact the teacher promptly. The examination procedures for students with disabilities and/or with DSA must be established with the teacher, in agreement with the competent Office.
For attending students only (those who attend 75% of hours), a two-hours written test is optionally provided.
The oral exam with the teahcer of the course includes questions asked by the teacher and interactions between teacher and student. The exam takes place in Italian. The interview aims to verify the knowledge of the texts studied, the capacity for contextualization, the ability to expose, the precision in the use of specific terminology, the capacity for critical and personal reflection on the proposed themes.
All the results of the written tests will be announced on the Ariel page of the course.
The final grade is expressed in thirtieths, and the student has the right to refuse it.
International or Erasmus incoming students are invited to contact the teacher promptly. The examination procedures for students with disabilities and/or with DSA must be established with the teacher, in agreement with the competent Office.
L-LIN/08 - PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
Professor:
Russo Vincenzo
Professor(s)