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: Brand„o, "Di·logo das Grandezas" Literature, begin Jordan "NoÁıes"

(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 C‚ndido, ≥A RevoluÁ„o de 1930 e a Cultura≤

Sep. 26 History CD ROM [C‚ndido, ≥Dez livrosä≤ 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 raÁas"

(writing assignment #2)

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

Oct. 8 Begin video: "Os Brasileiros," Jordan "O Cen·rio Etnogr·fico"

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- di·rio de uma favelada

Oct. 29 Quarto de despejo

Oct. 31 Quarto de despejo

Nov. 3 Introduction to folklore; Ribeiro, ≥Teoria do folclore≤

Nov. 5 Folk and traditional popular music; Lamas

Nov. 7 Urban popular musics; SodrÈ on music

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

Nov. 14 Finish Bye Bye Brazil

(writing assignment #4)

Nov. 17 SodrÈ "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 paÌses de lÌngua portuguesa"

Dec. 3 Lusophone Africa "Poesia africana de express„oä", 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 ≥Discretionary Review≤

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