POR 3500 Luso Brazilian Civilization

 

Fall 2008 Section 3110  MWF 7 NSC 225  Professor Charles A. Perrone, GRI 335

OH:  MWF 8 or by app't ; phone 392 2100; message:  392 2017, 392 0375; perrone@ufl.edu

 

Course Description and Objectives:  This course is a general introduction to the institutions and cultural practices of Brazil, beginning with the historical foundations and legacies of Portugal. The class covers artistic trends and diverse manifestations of Luso-Brazilian civilization from the Middle Ages to the present, with emphasis on the contemporary period.  Some attention will be paid to the major Lusophone African nations as well. The multi-media approach includes print sources, video, film, and sound recordings.  The course further provides opportunities to improve oral / written language skills and previews topics to be covered in more advanced POW classes and in other courses in Brazilian studies.

 

Texts:   GTI Copies  Pack 1, various, and 2: Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de despejo

Grading:        Exam 1, 25%; Exam 2, 25%; Brief papers (5), 25%; Preparation and Participation (including assigned presentations) 25%.  NB: need excellent in all categories for A.

 

 

Schedule:   Refer to copypack table of contents for reading assignments below.

 

Aug. 25           Introduction  (purchase copypack at GTI Copies); Ficha pessoal

Aug. 27           Review of semester materials (i.e. Have the pack in hand!); Web sources

Aug. 29           History of Portuguese language; Williams

 

Sep. 1              No class; Labor Day

Sep. 3              Maritime expansion, epoch of "discovery"; begin Caminha, "Carta"

Sep. 5              "Discovery" of Brazil; finish "Carta"  (first sections of Jordan and Rossi)

 

Sep. 8              Early contact, Staden, "Viagem" A

Sep. 10            Early contact, Staden, "Viagem" B

Sep. 12            Docs: Brandão, "Diálogo das Grandezas" Literature, begin Jordan "Noções"

(writing assigment #1)

Sep. 15            History;  Jordan and Rossi through XVIIIth century

Sep. 17            History;  Jordan and Rossi through XIXth century

Sep. 19            History and literature: Castro Alves, "Navio negreiro"; Caetano CD

 

Sep. 22            History to 1950:  Finish Jordan and Rossi

Sep. 24            Cândido, ³A Revolução de 1930 e a Cultura²

Sep. 26            History CD ROM [Cândido, ³Dez livrosŠ² tba]

 

 

 

Sep. 29            Modernismo essay: Buarque de Hollanda, "O Homem Cordial" A

Oct. 1              Modernismo essay: Buarque de Hollanda, "O Homem Cordial" B

Oct. 3              Essay:  Mello Franco, "Africanismo" ,"O Choque das Tres raças"

                                                                                                            (writing assignment #2)

Oct. 6              Introduction to modern Brazil, geography, regions (Slides)

Oct. 8              Begin video:  "Os Brasileiros," Jordan "O Cenário Etnográfico"

Oct. 10                        Video "O povo brasileiro" (TV Cultura), or other

 

Oct. 13                        Diegues, from Etnias e culturas; tbd:  Cantadores-Violeiros de PE

Oct. 15                        Diegues, from Etnias e culturas

Oct. 17                        General review

 

Oct. 20                        First exam

Oct. 22                        Exam pt. 2; focus on Salvador da Bahia, slides

Oct. 24                        Homecoming, no class

                        (writing assignment #3)

Oct. 27                        Quarto de despejo- diário de uma favelada

Oct. 29                        Quarto de despejo

Oct. 31                        Quarto de despejo

                                                                         

Nov. 3             Introduction to folklore; Ribeiro, ³Teoria do folclore²

Nov. 5             Folk and traditional popular music; Lamas

Nov. 7             Urban popular musics; Sodré on music

 

Nov. 10           Mass culture and media (TV, radio, press); Sodré
Nov. 12           Begin film Bye Bye Brazil

Nov. 14           Finish Bye Bye Brazil

                                                (writing assignment #4)

Nov. 17           Sodré "Cinema" and discussion of film

Nov. 19           Dictatorship to New Republic  (1964- 1985)

Nov. 21           Fortuna on TV, ads   a, b

 

Nov. 24           Fortuna on TV, ads   c, d

Nov. 26           Recent popular music, DVD - CD

Nov. 28           Thanksgiving, no class

Dec. 1              Lusophone Africa, history; "Os novos países de língua portuguesa"

Dec. 3              Lusophone Africa "Poesia africana de expressãoŠ", A. Neto

Dec. 5              Lusophone Africa continued; Evaluation

(writing assignment #5)

Dec. 8              The Simpsons in Brazil

Dec. 10            Review                                                            Second exam, tba

Dec. 12            ³Discretionary Review²

 

 

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