POW 4450 (3601)/6930 (2463) The Modernist Movement in Brazilian Literature Spring 2009

Tues. 4th Thursday 4th & 5th in McCarty Hall B 3108             Professor Charles A. Perrone

Office:  GRI 335; phone 392-2100 (answering machine); messages 392- 0375 or 392-2017

Posted Hours:  T 8 TH 7-8 or by appt.; e-mail: perrone@ufl.edu; UF web: http://plaza.ufl.edu/perrone

 

Course description and objectives:

This course examines the concepts and practices of modernismo in Brazilian literature, as well as in the other arts, with particular focus on the nationalist vanguards of the 1920s and early 1930s, when the search for national identity and local forms of expression was a prime concern of artists and intellectuals. The class endeavors to understand the designs, achievements, and legacies of new writers and essayists of the period from aesthetic, social and historical vantage points, including comparative perspectives. The course further strives to improve language skills and cultural competence through directed reading, organized writing, use of media, and individual + group discussion.

 

Texts:

A two-part copypack from GTI (I. Manifestos, Pronouncements & Essays / II. Anthology of Brazilian Modernist Poetry); M�rio de Andrade, Macuna�ma (library, ILL, order or copy).

Suggested: Charles A. Perrone, Seven Faces: Brazilian Poetry since Modernism (on reserve inter alia)

Additional readings:  please refer to list on pg. 4 below

 

Grading:

Components are a mid-term exam [sit-down] (15%); an end-term exam [sit-down OR take-home] (15%); three (3) short papers (3-4 pp. >) OR one term paper (10-12 pp.) (45%); and class performance (25%), including attendance and at least one oral presentation, which may coincide with one of the writing assignments. Active participation based on careful reading of assigned material is expected.  Excellence in all areas to achieve �A� grade (i.e. reading, research, writing, testing, class presence, contribution).

Short papers option: two should interpret a text/set of texts by an author included in the course pack and discussed in class; a third will interpret a text/set of texts by a pertinent author (poet, fiction writer or essayist) not covered in class (may be from course pack). For term paper option, please consult, planning to have a topic ready for approval no later than Spring Break. Critical bibliography, recommended route in all cases, does not count toward length. No open-web sources; use library or library-linked material.

* Graduate students NB: expectations, especially for the third paper, will be adjusted according to level, status, and individual circumstances. Additional class sessions or individual tutorials may be held.

 

Schedule:  Reading from Copypack or lone book; additional readings may be assigned in class.

 

Jan. 6               Introdu��o ao curso; apresenta��es; adquirir copypack, familiarizar-se com bibliografia

Jan. 8-8           O Brasil dos anos 20-30; videos; Candido & Castelo

 

Jan. 13             Os conceitos de tradi��o e modernismo; modelos cl�ssicos; Mois�s, Oliveira

Jan. 15-15       Conceito de vanguarda, -ismos europeus / Ramos, Brito (cf. Teles) Artes pl�sticas e m�sica

 

Jan. 20             Semana de Arte Moderna; Aranha, del Picchia, Bandeira "Os sapos"

Jan. 22-22       As revistas modernistas; dclara��es de Klaxon, A revista, Terra roxa, Festa

 

Jan. 27             A po�tica de M�rio de Andrade, Paulic�ia Desvairada 1

Jan. 29-29       Paulic�ia Desvairada 2; de Clan do Jabuti; Remate de males

                                                                                               

Feb. 3              A figura de Oswald de Andrade; "Manifesto Pau-Brasil", Johnson

Feb. 5-5           "Manifesto antrop�fago", Jackson; poemas menores.                         Paper #1

 

Feb. 10            Guilherme de Almeida, Ra�a

Feb. 12-12       Conceito de neo-�pica / �pica l�rica; Ronald de Carvalho, Toda a Am�rica

 

Feb. 17            Menotti del Picchia de Rep�blica dos Estados Unidos do Brasil et al.

Feb. 19-19       Cassiano Ricardo de Vamos ca�ar papagaios & Martim Cerer� ; Verde-Amarelismo

                                                                                                                                               

Feb. 24            Revis�o, Review                                                                       Carnaval! 4a feira de cinzas

Feb. 26-26       Exame parcial = mid-term term

 

Mar. 3 / 5-5                 Macuna�ma      I-VIII

                                                                                    Mar. 7-14        Spring Break

Mar. 17 / 19-19           Macuna�ma      IX-XVII                                                                       Paper #2

 

Mar. 24           Brasil Anos 30; Videos Hist�ria e Arte

Mar. 26-26      Freyre "Manifesto regionalista"; Romance de trinta (do Nordeste)

 

Mar. 31           Poesia nordestina: Jorge de Lima

Apr. 2-2           Poesia nordestina: Joaquim Cardozo, Ascenso Ferreira

 

April 7             Poesia de Carlos Drummond de Andrade de Alguma poesia

April 9-9          de Brejo das almas, Sentimento do mundo, Rosa do povo

 

April 14           Poesia de Murilo Mendes

April 16-16      M�rio de Andrade, "O Movimento Modernista"; revis�o e mais m�sica; Avalia��o

 

April 21           Ensa�smo, Prado de Retrato do Brasil

April 23           �Discretionary review day� �Reading day�              End-term exam TBD

 

By April 28     Paper #3 or term paper

 

 

 

Contents of Copypack Pack I:  Manifestos, Pronouncements, Essays

 

1.  Antonio Candido and J. Aderaldo Castello, intro. (7-33) to vol. 3 Presen�a da literatura brasileira

2.  from Massaud Mois�s, Hist�ria da literatura brasileira, vol. V, Modernismo  (15-49)

3.  Pericles Eug�nio da Silva Ramos, introduction to Poesia Moderna  (11-37)

4.  M�rio da Silva Brito, introduction to Poesia do modernismo (xiii-xxxv)

5.  from Cle�fano de Oliveira, Flor do L�cio

 

6-16, 18, from Gilberto Mendon�a Telles, Vanguarda europ�ia e modernismo brasileiro

6.  "A emo��o est�tica na arte moderna", Gra�a Aranha, 13-2-22

7.  "Arte moderna", Menotti del Picchia, 15-2-22

8.  "Kl�xon", 15-5-22

9.  M�rio de Andrade "Pref�cio interessant�ssimo" (1921) "A escrava que n�o � Isaura" (1922, 1924)

10.  Oswald de Andrade  Manifesto da poesia pau-brasil" (1924) " Manifesto antrop�fago" (1928)  BISes

11.  Editorial  A revista (1925) "Para os c�ticos""Para os esp�ritos criadores"

12.  Apresenta��o de Terra roxa e outras terras, 1926

13.  "Manifesto regionalista" Gilberto Freyre, 1926

14.  Apresenta��o de Festa, 1928

15.  "Manifesto nhenga�u verde-amarelo" (1929)

16.  "Procura da poesia", Carlos Drummond de Andrade, 1945

17.  from Paulo Prado, Retrato do Brasil, 1928

18.  from Gilberto Freyre, Casa-grande e senzala, 1933

19.  from S�rgio Buarque de Holanda, Ra�zes do Brasil, 1936

20.  "O movimento modernista,"  M�rio de Andrade, 1942

 

 

Contents of Copypack Pack II:  Creative texts:  poetry

 

1.  M�rio de Andrade, from Paulic�ia desvairada, 1922;  Clan do jaboti 1926; Remate de males, 1930

2.  Oswald de Andrade, from  Poesia Pau-Brasil, 1925; Primeiro caderno do aluno, 1928; menores

3.  Guilherme de Almeida, Ra�a, 1926

4.  Ribeiro Couto, selections

5.  Ronald de Carvalho, from Toda a Am�rica, 1926

6.  Menotti del Picchia, from Rep�blica dos Estados Unidos do Brasil, 1928; "Tangolomango," 1949

7.  Cassiano Ricardo, from Vamos ca�ar papagaios, 1926; Martim Cerer�, 1928

8.  Manuel Bandeira, from Carnaval, 1919; Libertinagem, 1930; Estrela da manh�, 1936

9.  Jorge de Lima, from Essa negra Ful�, 1928

10.  Joaquim Cardozo, "Imagens do Nordeste", 1947

11.  Ascenso Ferreira, "Trem de Alagoas", 1939

12.  Carlos Drummond de Andrade, from Alguma poesia, 1930; Brejo das almas, 1934; Sentimento do mundo, 1940; Jos�, 1942; Rosa do povo, 1945; avulsos

13.  Murilo Mendes, from Hist�ria do Brasil, 1932; Poemas, 1929

 

Reference: SMATHERS, Lat. Am. Col. Reference (Non-Circulating)

 

-- Irwin Stern, ed., A Dictionary of Brazilian Literature  PQ9506 D53

-- Biblioteca Nacional, Xavier Placer. Modernismo brasileiro: bibliografia, 1918-1971. Z1684.M6 R56

-- Merlin H. Forster and K. David Jackson. Vanguardism in Latin American literature : an annotated bibliographical guide  Z1609.L7 F67

 

Readings, sources:       R=reserve

R--Affonso Avila, ed. O modernismo Lat. Am. Col. PQ 9555 .M6

R--M�rio da Silva Brito. Hist�ria do modernismo brasileiro. Lat. Am. Col. Br869.08 C6913 v. 63 1964

R--Wilson Martins. O modernismo, 1916-1945 Lat. Am. Col. Br869.09 M3865m

R--John Nist, The Modernist Movement in Brazil. Lat. Am. Col. Br 869.1409N727m

R--Charles A. Perrone. Seven Faces: Brazilian Poetry since Modernism. Lat. Am. Col. PQ9571. P47 1996.

R--Gilberto Mendon�a Teles. Vanguarda europeia e modernismo brasileiro; apresentacao critica dos principais manifestos, prefacios e conferencias vanguardistas. Lat. Am. Col. PN778 .T4

 

-- John King, ed.  On Modern Latin American Fiction  Lat. Am. Col. PQ7082.N7 O5; w/ Randal Johnson, "Tupy or not Tupy:  Cannibalism & Nationalism in Contemporary Brazilian Literature and Culture."

 

-- K. David Jackson, "Three Glad Races: Primitivism and Ethnicity in Brazilian Modernist Literature." Modernism/Modernity 1: 2 (1994), 89-112.  Electronic access:  Full text of recent years http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/mod/  Full text licensed only for UF students, faculty and staff,

or LIBRARY WEST CB428 .M63 Periodicals