Unit PORTUGUESE-BRAZILIAN LITERATURE II

Course
Languages, comparative literatures and intercultural translation
Study-unit Code
A000137
Curriculum
Lingue e letterature
Teacher
Vera Lucia De Oliveira
Teachers
  • Vera Lucia De Oliveira
Hours
  • 54 ore - Vera Lucia De Oliveira
CFU
9
Course Regulation
Coorte 2021
Offered
2022/23
Learning activities
Affine/integrativa
Area
Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline
L-LIN/08
Type of study-unit
Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Portuguese
Contents
LITERATURE AND TRAUMA: MEMORY PROCESSING OF THE DICTATORSHIP IN THE BRAZILIAN LITERATURE.
Reference texts
The lecture notes and copies distributed during the course are only part
of the bibliography here below [Various theoretical and practical material
will be provided through the Unistudim platform:
http://www.unistudium.unipg.it/unistudium].
AA. V., BRASIL: NUNCA MAIS - Um relato para a história, Rio de Janeiro,
Editora Vozes, 1988. Site: http://bnmdigital.mpf.mp.br.
FIGUEIREDO, Eurídice, A literatura como arquivo da ditadura brasileira,
Rio de Janeiro, Editora 7 Letras, 2017.
KUCINSKI, B, K.: Relato de uma busca, São Paulo, Companhia das Letras,
2006.
KUCINSKI, B., Os visitantes: novela, São Paulo, Companhia das Letras,
2016.
PAIVA, Marcelo Rubens, Ainda estou aqui, Rio de Janeiro, Editora Objetiva,
2015.
RIBEIRO, Darcy, O povo brasileiro - A formação e o sentido do Brasil, São
Paulo, Companhia das Letras, 1995.
STEGAGNO PICCHIO, Luciana, Storia breve della letteratura brasiliana, Il
Melangolo, Genova, 2005.

Gli studenti con disabilità e/o con DSA, previa consultazione con il docente, possono richiedere eventuali materiali didattici in formati accessibili (presentazioni, dispense, eserciziari), forniti se necessario in anticipo sulle lezioni, nonché l’uso di altri strumenti tecnologici di facilitazione nella fase di studio. Per le informazioni generali, consultare i Servizi di Ateneo alla pagina https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa e mettersi in contatto con il Referente per il Dipartimento.
Educational objectives
The goal is both to deepen the knowledge of the fundamental aspects of the Brazilian literature and culture from their genesis and formation to the present day, and to provide useful information for understanding the hybrid and complex reality of a country-continent also regarding its relations with other Portuguese-speaking countries.
The knowledge acquired at the end of the course will be applied in future professional environments: school teaching, cultural institutions, publishing and literary translation.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites needed to understand the contents covered and pursue
learning objectives.
Teaching methods
The course consists of classroom lectures on all subjects of the program
and will be held entirely in Portuguese.
The teacher will encourage the participatory intervention by the students both with the request for any clarifications or with the expression of
personal opinions. The project will promote active reception of the course
content which, in turn, allow a weighted acquisition of the contents.
Other information
During the course, several activities will take place such as lectures,
panel discussions and film screenings in Portuguese on the course topics
and other issues related to the Portuguese and Brazilian cultures.
Students should report to the professor for the full schedule of these
activities at the beginning of the first and second semesters.
Learning verification modality
The exam consists of an oral interview lasting about half an hour with an open stimulus, with an open answer on the covered topics and it will be aimed at verifying both the understanding and the ability to apply the knowledge discussed during the course.
The final evaluation of the oral examination will be calculated in thirtieths.

Students with disabilities and / or with DSA: for the modality of carrying out the verification tests, students can take advantage of inclusive technologies, compensatory tools and dispensatory measures provided for by the legislation. Technologies, tools and measures must be requested and agreed with the teacher well in advance of the tests. For general information, consult the University Services on the page https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Department Coordinator.
Extended program
A study in deep is proposed on the ways and time by means of which the Brazilian writers have processed the memory and trauma experienced during the dictatorship in Brazil from 1964 to 1985. The need to bring back such a matter is for it is again a topical subject both for mourning and pain overcoming requires a long and complex process and for the attempt to ideological and political manipulation of the past by various powerful groups. When retracing recent trauma in their works, intellectuals deepen other issues related to the history of the country such as the events that led to the death of millions of Indians during the colonial period, the slave trade and all the violence associated, the arrival of over five million immigrants between the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the secular social inequalities and discrimination of the poorest.
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