PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN LITERATURE 2 MOD. 2

The teaching of Portuguese and Brazilian literature is common to all courses in the degree program in Languages, Civilizations, and Language Sciences, and the course aims to provide an introduction to the historical and cultural processes of the Lusophone context through the reading and analysis of stories by various Portuguese-speaking writers. Students will be able to frame a cultural object within its context; to apply analytical methodologies for understanding the society and culture that produced the studied object. The acquisition of knowledge and the ability to apply a critical methodology is assessed through various verification exercises and a final exam.
The course aims to provide an introduction to the historical and cultural processes of the Portuguese-speaking context through the reading and analysis of stories by various Portuguese-language writers.

Stimulate and promote the development of a critical consciousness towards the culture of different Portuguese-speaking spaces through the reading of short prose; strengthen the understanding of literature also as a means of expressing anxiety and of the story as a modality on which it is possible to articulate different cultures.
Deepen the theoretical knowledge of the story and verify its importance in postcolonial Portuguese-language literature; deal with the “theories of difference” in an articulated way with other concepts on intercultural relations, addressing themes such as inclusion and exclusion; prejudice or stereotype; identity and otherness, resistance and resilience.
Provide means for comparative reflection on the historical path of Portugal, Macao, Brazil and Cape Verde.

Basic knowledge of European and American history and culture.

THE "RESTLESNESS" IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE STORIES OF 20th and 21th CENTURIES.
Antonio Tabucchi, a great Italian writer and scholar of Portuguese language and literature, in 2008, commented on a definition of a figure that could characterize the twentieth century: uneasiness, demonstrating how this could take various forms, especially after the Second World War. This course is dedicated to Portuguese language literatures from the last quarter of the twentieth century to the first decades of our century. The course intends to examine and comment on some uneasiness in the various Portuguese-speaking communities and how they have been articulated in their sociocultural contexts. Stories by writers from different Portuguese-speaking areas will be analyzed and interpreted, at least Portugal, Macao, Brazil and Cape Verde.
The course will be divided into five parts; one of these will be dedicated to discussing this writing modality that is the story and its role in Portuguese language literature. Furthermore, it is intended to address the notion of restlessness other than ideas about difference, otherness, stereotype and resilience. The other four parts will be dedicated to the works of each writer studied and the literary systems related to them. Among the writers, works by Lidia Jorge, Cardoso Pires, Lygia Fagundes Telles, Guimarães Rosa, Fernanda Dias, Dora Nunes Gago, Dina Salustio, between others, will be studied.

1 - Basic Bibliography
1 - Primary Sources
DIAS, Fernanda. Dias da Prosperidade. Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau e Instituto Português do Oriente, 1998.
FERREIRA, Ondina. Elas contam ... colectânea de contos. IBNL, s/d.
JORGE, Lidia. Antologia de contos. Lisboa: Leya, 2014.
PIRES, José Cardoso. A Republica dos Corvos. Lisboa: Leya, 2010.
______. A cavalo no Diabo. Lisboa: Publicações Dom Quixote, 1994.
SALUSTIO, Dina. Mornas eram as noites: IBN, 2002.
SENNA FERNANDES, Henrique de. Nan Van: contos de Macau. Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, 1994.
TELLES, Lygia Fagundes. Antes do Baile Verde: contos. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2009.
2 – Teoretical and critical texts
CANCLINI, Néstor García. Diferentes, desiguais e desconectados. Trad. Luiz Sérgio Henriques. Rio de Janeiro: Editora UFRJ, 2009. [Differenti, disuguali, disconnessi. Mappe intercultural del sapere. Roma: Meltemi Melusine Editore, 2010]
CORTAZAR, Julio. Valise de Cronópio. São Paulo: 2008. [Storie di cronopios e di famas, nota di Italo Calvino, Torino: Einaudi, 1971]
CYRULNIK, Boris. Autobiografia de um espantalho. Histórias de resiliência: o retorno à vida. São Paulo: ed. Martins Fontes, 2009. [Autobiografia di uno spaventapasseri. Strategie per superare um trauma. Cortina Raffaelo: 2009]
FERREIRA, Manuel. Literaturas africanas de expressão portuguesa. São Paulo: ed. Atica, 1987.
GOTLIB, Nadia Battela. Teoria do conto. São Paulo: Ed. Atica, 2006.
LOURENÇO, Eduardo. A Nau de Ícaro seguido de Imagem e Miragem da Lusofonia. Lisboa: Gradiva, 1999. [La nave di Icaro seguito da Immagine e miraggio dela Lusofonia. Pineto (Te): Riccardo Condò Editore, 2019]
______. Portugal como Destino seguido de Mitologia da Saudade. Lisboa: Gradiva, 1999. [Il labirinto della saudade. Portogallo come destino. Parma: Diabasis, 2014]
PIGLIA, Ricardo. Formas Breves. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2004.
______. Tesi sul racconto. Traduzione di Alfredo Zucchi. CrapulaClub Acesso em 21/01/2021. Nel sito: http://www.crapula.it/tag/tesi-sul-racconto/
RIBEIRO, Margarida Calafate. I tempi della fine. Il processo di decolonizzazione in Portogallo e i percorsi dell’Europa. Altre Modernità. Rivista di studi letterari e culturali. Milano: Università degli Studi di Milano, n. 16, 2016. Nel sito: https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/AMonline/article/view/7840
SEABRA PEREIRA, José Carlos. As literaturas em língua portuguesa (Das origens aos nossos dias). Macau: Instituto Politécnico de Macau e Lisboa: Gradiva, 2019.
______. José Carlos. O Delta Literário de Macau. Macau: Instituto Politécnico de Macau, 2015.
SOUSA SANTOS, Boaventura; RAMALHO, M. I.; RIBEIRO, A. S.; RIBEIRO, M. C. Atlantico Periferico. Il postcolonialismo portoghese e il sistema mondiale. Diabasis, 2008.
TODOROV, Tzvetan. O homem desenraizado. São Paulo: ed. Record, 1999. [L’uomo spaesato. I percorsi dell’appartenenza. Roma: Donezelli Editore, 1996]
TABUCCHI, Antonio. Il filo dell’inquietudine: un percorso attraverso la letteratura del Novecento. Conferenze. Scuola Normale Superiore, 4/04/2018. Acesso em 21/01/2021. Nel sito: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15FUGqgbj-I

The exam is a written exercise. Students MAY do a creative work evaluated up to 10 pt and presented in class in the last days of the course. This work would consist of making an oral recitation of a story or transforming it into an artistic product such as an exposition, theatrical drama or any other form of art. It can be done in a group or alone and specific guidance will be given during the course.
The final written exam has 6 questions (5 points each) and must be handwritten, made between 3 or 4 pages (about half a page for each question). It must be a personal commentary that shows how to intertwine the various points of the study, in order to verify the depth of the topic developed and its connection with the entire content of the course (debate, bibliography and lessons). For those who have done the creative work, it is enough to answer 4 questions.
Evaluation criteria.
The evaluation will take into consideration the ability to critically use specific literature (30%), use concepts appropriately (15%), arrange data correctly (15%), the ability to analyze the literary text (30%) and originality (10%).

written

The final grade will be determined on the basis of the following criteria:
between 18 and 24 if the student shows sufficient knowledge of the course content
between 25 and 28 if the student shows good knowledge of the topics and critical analysis skills
between 29 and 30 if the student shows excellent knowledge of the topics, confidence in presentation and excellent critical analysis skills.

Frontal lessons. Active participation during lessons will be encouraged. Seminars with preparation of mandatory and supplementary readings. The course deals with literature in an interdisciplinary way. Multimedia materials will be used in addition to the bibliography, such as interviews and documentaries. Remote interaction with students via the University's Moodle e-learning platform.

The students are invited to participate at a colloquium with the Professor in order to have a personal orientation.

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Poverty and inequalities" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development