Unit PORTUGUESE-BRAZILIAN LITERATURE I

Course

Lingue e culture straniere

Study-unit Code

GP004917

Curriculum

In all curricula

Teacher

Vera Lucia De Oliveira

Teachers

Vera Lucia De Oliveira

Hours

54 ore - Vera Lucia De Oliveira

CFU

Course Regulation

Coorte 2025

Offered

2025/26

Learning activities

Caratterizzante

Area

Letterature straniere

Academic discipline

L-LIN/08

Type of study-unit

Opzionale (Optional)

Type of learning activities

Attività formativa monodisciplinare

Language of instruction

Italian

Contents

Indigenous Brazil and its literature and culture

Reference texts

.Various theoretical and practical material will be provided through the Unistudim platform: http://www.unistudium.unipg.it/unistudium. Bibiografia: KOPENAWA, Davi, BRUCE, Albert, A queda do céu: palavras de um xamã yanomami. Companhia das Letras, São Paulo, 2015 [Trad. it.: La caduta del cielo: parole di uno sciamano yanomani, trad. di Al. Palmieri e A. Lucera, Milano, Nottetempo, 2021]. KRENAK, Ailton, Ideias para adiar o fim do mundo, São Paulo, Companhia das Letras, 2019, 1 ed. [Idee per rimandare la fine del mondo, trad. di Sara Cavarero, Sansepolcro, Aboca Edizioni, 2020]. OLIVEIRA, Vera Lúcia de, Utopia selvaggia–L’indio del Brasile: Innocente Adamo o feroce cannibale?, Roma, Alberto Gaffi Editore, 2006. RIBEIRO, Darcy, O povo brasileiro - A formação e o sentido do Brasil, São Paulo, Companhia das Letras, 1995. OLIVEIRA, Vera Lucia, Poesia, mito e história no Modernismo brasileiro, São Paulo, Editora Unesp, 2015, 2 ed. ampliada. SALGADO, Sebastião, Amazônia, a cura di Lélia Wanick Salgado, Roma, MAXXI – Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo e Contrasto, 2021. STEGAGNO PICCHIO, Luciana, Storia breve della letteratura brasiliana, Genova, Il Melangolo, 2005. TODOROV, Tzvetan, La conquista dell’America. Il problema dell’altro, Torino, Einaudi, 1984. For working and non-attending students the bibliography is the same, but it is advisable to contact the lecturer at the beginning of the year for any bibliographical additions where necessary. Students with disabilities and/or with SLD who, having completed regular accreditation through SOL, have obtained access to University services, can apply for the compensatory tools ensured by law (e.g. textbooks in digital format; teaching materials in accessible formats: presentations, handouts, workbooks, provided if necessary in advance of the lessons), for which consult https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa. For the request, students are invited to ask the teacher, who will put them in contact with the Disability and/or DSA Department Coordinator (prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it).

Educational objectives

LEARNING OBJECTIVES Knowledge: The course introduces a deeper knowledge of literatures and cultures of the Portuguese language, especially, of one of the most vital artistic-literary currents of the Brazilian literature, the “indigenous literature”, namely, that set of works of various genres by writers belonging to the galaxy of groups and communities that maintain customs and traditions linked to a different and more respectful relationship with nature and the surrounding world, such as Ailton Krenak, Eliane Potiguara, Davi Kopenawa and many others. Focus will be given of the history and formation of the Brazilian society in its difficult relationship with its past as a nation that underwent a violent process of colonization that led to the almost total disappearance of the indigenous population following the arrival of the Portuguese and Europeans to the American continent. Competences: To know how to frame authors, works and phenomena in relation to Portuguese and Brazilian historical and socio-cultural contexts, as well as public and critical reception. To be able to analyse and communicate the main phases and authors of Brazilian and Portuguese literature with a good knowledge of the specific vocabulary. Capabilities: Contribute to the development of communication skills, application of their knowledge and refinement of learning practices. To mature an adequate capacity for critical judgement also in function of autonomous paths of research and in-depth study. The knowledge acquired at the end of the course may be applied by the student in a future professional context both in school teaching following the qualification processes and in cultural institutions and literary publishing and translation. The knowledge acquired at the end of the course can be applied by students in a future professional context: in school teaching following the licensing processes, in cultural institutions and in publishing and literary translation. No prerequisites necessary to be able to understand the content covered and pursue learning objectives. The course consists of classroom lectures on all the topics of the program. The teacher will call the participatory intervention by the students both with the request for any clarifications is the expression of personal opinions. The project will promote active reception of the course content which, in turn, enable a weighted acquisition of the contents thereof. Students with disabilities and/or SLDs may request, in consultation with the lecturer, any teaching materials in accessible formats (presentations, handouts, workbooks), provided if necessary in advance of the lessons, as well as the use of other technological tools to facilitate the study phase. For general information, please consult the University Services at https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Departmental Contact Person (Prof. A. Di Pilla). In the academic year 2023/2024, the University of Perugia has made provision for 11 categories of students to be admitted to the DaD. Students who may be interested are invited to check the possibility of following the lessons in DaD at the website). Procedura DAD - Università degli Studi di Perugia (unipg.it)

Prerequisites

No prerequisites necessary to be able to understand the content covered and pursue learning objectives.

Teaching methods

The course consists of classroom lectures on all the topics of the program. The teacher will call the participatory intervention by the students both with the request for any clarifications is the expression of personal opinions. The project will promote active reception of the course content which, in turn, enable a weighted acquisition of the contents thereof. Students with disabilities and/or SLDs may request, in consultation with the lecturer, any teaching materials in accessible formats (presentations, handouts, workbooks), provided if necessary in advance of the lessons, as well as the use of other technological tools to facilitate the study phase. For general information, please consult the University Services at https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Departmental Contact Person (Prof. A. Di Pilla). In the academic year 2023/2024, the University of Perugia has made provision for 11 categories of students to be admitted to the DaD. Students who may be interested are invited to check the possibility of following the lessons in DaD at the website). Procedura DAD - Università degli Studi di Perugia (unipg.it)

Other information

During the course they will be organized a series of activities, such as lectures, panel discussions and film screenings in Portuguese, on the topics and other topics related to the Portuguese and Brazilian cultures. You should consult the teacher for the full schedule of these assets at the beginning of the first and second half. Students with disabilities and/or SLD: for any information on University services, consult the page https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Disability and/or DSA Department Coordinator (prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it).

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 who have attended at least 70 per cent of the lectures will be given the opportunity to take the exemption from some exams in seminar form. 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 window will be opened in this course to open a window on the history and literary and cultural universe of the original peoples of the American continent, especially those who inhabited the area that corresponds to Brazil today. Already regarded as “living fossils of ancient eras of the earth,” the indigenous peoples seem so different from us-in the way they live and conceive of existence-that they almost seem like aliens. Yet, never before are they back in the limelight because we are becoming aware that the earth's resources are not unlimited and are not for our exclusive use and consumption. What kind of world will we leave to future generations? Here then that the native peoples of Brazil, those who have lived for millennia in the middle of the tropical forest without destroying it, tell us that a respectful relationship can be established with the habitat, without plundering and destroying it. The aim of the course is therefore to get a little closer to the natives, to investigate what they were like when the Portuguese arrived in 1500, what colonization meant for them and what were and are the strategies developed as a form of resistance to maintain the foundations of their identity.

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Quality education.