POW 4930 (3486) standing in SPRING 2009 for the regular class POR 4420,

ADVANCED COMPOSITION AND SYNTAX T 6-7, R 6 in RNK 106, 220

PROF. CHARLES A. PERRONE, GRI 335, 392-2100. Office Hours: T 8 Th 7-8

e-mail: perrone@ufl.edu; UF-mandated web space: http://plaza.ufl.edu/perrone

Pre-requisite: Intermediate proficiency in Portuguese (POR 3243 or the equivalent, preferably higher). By transcript or by permission of the instructor. Always, any doubt: please consult.

Course description: This is the highest-level undergraduate language class (POR) despite the one-time ad hoc use of the POW (Writing=Literature) rubric. The class covers the most difficult aspects of Lusophone grammar and structure, specialized vocabularies, different stylistic/cultural registers, and application of these to translation and original composition. In addition, the class distinguishes Portuguese from related Romance tongues, especially its close cousin Spanish.

Texts: E. Thomas, A Syntax of Spoken Brazilian Portuguese (Vanderbilt U P); Xerox Pack, GTI

Recommended: C. Cunha and L. Cintra, Nova Gram�tica do Portugu�s Contempor�neo, 2� ed.

Grading: 2 exams [200/200] (40%); 8 bi-weekly writing assignments [50 per] (40%) =R# below; class participation, including attendance (20%) [200]. Excellent performance in all 3 areas for A.

Schedule and Topics (as always, subject to change): Reading and exercises assigned daily

Jan. 6-6 / 8 Introduction, self-presentation, and fundamentals / Web resources

Jan. 13-13/ 15 Pronouns, forms and placement / Variation, prescription vs. usage R1

Jan. 20-20 / 22 Tenses + moods (modes) / Sequence

Jan. 27-27/ 29 Reflexives, pronouns + verbs / Verbs & prepositions, particles R2

Feb. 3-3 / 5 Subjunctives / Personal infinitive

Feb. 10-10 / 12 Perfect tenses R3

Feb. 17-17 /19 Future-Conditional / Probability Quarta-feira de cinzas= 25 fev.

Feb. 24-24 / 26 Relatives and conjunctions, Review / First exam R4

Mar. 3-3 / 5 Vocabularies and synonyms Mar. 7-14 Spring Break
Mar. 17-17 / 19 Idiomatic Expressions R5

Mar. 24-24 / 26 Epistolary usage-Letter writing

Mar. 31-31 / Apr. 2 Cr�nicas brasileiras special R6

April 7-7 /9 Translations

April 14-14 / 16 Stylistics Levels of discourse / Evaluation, Review R7

April 21-21 Second Exam (not a final)

By April 28 �ltima copidescagem R8