PORTUGUESE LITERATURE AND CULTURE I
OVERVIEW
An introduction to the literatures written in portuguese and their relationship with history, culture and society from the origin to modernity.
AIMS AND CONTENT
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars in italian.Attendance is heartily recommended. Students who are unable to attend will have to study some supplementary material
SYLLABUS/CONTENT
The course will examine the variety of literary and artistic expressions in a perspective of cultural studies in so-called lusophone literatures from Portugal, Brazil and Africa. The course will focus on on specific topics such as the origin of the galego-portuguese literature, Descobrimentos, Fernando Pessoa’s poetic of heteronimy.
RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY
Luciana Stegagno Picchio, Storia della letteratura brasiliana, Torino, Einaudi, 1997
AA.VV, (a cura di V. Tocco), Breve storia della Letteratura portoghese, Pisa, Carocci
Fernando Tavares Pimenta, Storia politica del Portogallo contemporaneo, Torino, Le Monnier
Boris Fausto, Breve storia del Brasile, Cagliari,
Luís de Camões, I Lusiadi, Milano, Rizzoli, 2001
Fernando Pessoa, Una sola moltitudine, Vol. I, Milano, Adelphi
AA.VV, Il Portogallo è grande, in “Limes”, vol. monografico, 2009
TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD
Exam Board
ROBERTO FRANCAVILLA (President)
ELIZABETH RUCHTI
IVANA XENIA LIBRICI
LESSONS
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars in italian.Attendance is heartily recommended. Students who are unable to attend will have to study some supplementary material
LESSONS START
Mercoledì 12 ottobre 2016
EXAMS
Exam description
The exam will be a conversation in Italian or Portuguese and will consist of questions on the whole course (https:// servizionline.unige.it/studenti/esami).