Admission requirements
Language of instruction is Portuguese. Keuzevakstudenten: please contact tutor.
Description
This course examines the cultural dialogues and intersections of Brazil in global perspective, with a particular focus on Portuguese-speaking Africa and Asia. The course will discuss key cultural concepts and a variety of texts and genres (written and filmic) as it explores a fascinating history of cultural exchange. Topics covered might include: the Atlantic as a space of memory and resistance, culture as resistance in colonial and postcolonial contexts; cultural representations of slavery and its aftermath; writing and orality; migration and diaspora; the influence of Brazilian modernism in Africa; transatlantic dialogues in contemporary Mozambican cinema.
Course objectives
Gain an understanding of key historical and contemporary connections of Brazil in transnational perspective, with particular attention to Portuguese-speaking Africa and Asia.
Study of some key authors and texts in the development of Lusophone African national canons and connections with Brazilian culture.
Develop critical and analytical skills through close textual analysis of literary and filmic texts.
Familiarize students with cultural theories, literary/film criticism and theoretical frameworks which help illuminate the texts at hand.
Spoken and written presentation skills.
Development of critical and analytical skills (oral and written).
Communication and presentation skills (oral and written).
Research skills.
Timetable
Mode of instruction
Lecture
Seminar
Course Load
Total course of 5 EC is 140 hours.
Hours spent on attending lectures: 2 hours per week x 13 weeks = 26 hrs
Time for studying the compulsory literature/view films/material online: 70 hours
Time for completing assignments or preparation classes: 10 hoursTime to write essays (incl.preparation/research): 34 hours
Assessment method
2 essay compositions, one of which to be submitted at the end of the course (approx. 1500 and 2500 words respectively) (Major students: in Portuguese). First essay 35% of mark, 2nd essay 40%, plus class presentation weighted at 25% of final mark.
Resit: essay submission.
the final grade for the course is established by determining the weighted average
Blackboard
Blackboard Materials will be made available to students in due course.
Reading list
Reading list will be made available to students in due course.
Registration
Registration uSis
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Not applicable
Contact
Remarks
Minimum attendance requirement to complete the module: 70% attendance.