One of the main aims of this Course of Study is to provide students with advanced knowledge of two foreign literatures related to the two languages of their choice, paying special attention to intercultural and transcultural dynamics. The course also aims at refining their ability to interpret cultural phenomena, using the tools and methodologies of literary, cultural and historical analysis.
Portuguese and Brazilian Literatures II is among the characterizing activities of the "Foreign Literatures" area. It allows students to deepen their knowledge of sixteenth and eighteenth century Portuguese and Brazilian literature, with special attention to intercultural dynamics and the theoretical-methodological debate; it helps students master the tools and methodologies of literary, cultural and historical analysis.
At the end of the module, students will reach a good critical ability in the interpretation of exemplary texts in the original language, as well as the necessary competence for oral rewording, translation, rewriting and adaptation in Italian of the texts themselves. They will also be able to re-elaborate and communicate disciplinary knowledge in a specialized and non-specialized intercultural context.
Pre-requisite: Portuguese and Brazilian Literatures I; Portuguese and Brazilian Languages and Translation I
Portuguese and Brazilian Literatures II is among the characterizing activities of the "Foreign Literatures" area. It allows students to deepen their knowledge of sixteenth and eighteenth century Portuguese and Brazilian literature, with special attention to intercultural dynamics and the theoretical-methodological debate; it helps students master the tools and methodologies of literary, cultural and historical analysis.
At the end of the module, students will reach a good critical ability in the interpretation of exemplary texts in the original language, as well as the necessary competence for oral rewording, translation, rewriting and adaptation in Italian of the texts themselves. They will also be able to re-elaborate and communicate disciplinary knowledge in a specialized and non-specialized intercultural context.
Pre-requisite: Portuguese and Brazilian Literatures I; Portuguese and Brazilian Languages and Translation I
teacher profile teaching materials
G. Lanciani (a cura di), Il Novecento in Portogallo, Roma, Universitalia, 2014, pp. 9-44; pp. 90-125;
Eça de Queirós, Singularidades de uma rapariga loura, 1874; (Qualunque edizione)
Fialho de Almeida, A Ruiva, in Contos, 1881; (Qualunque edizione)
Abel Botelho, O livro de Alda, Porto, Livraria Chardron de Lélo & Irmão, 1927;
José Régio, “O vestido cor de fogo”, in Histórias de mulheres, Porto, Brasilia Editora, 1974;
M. N. Soares Fonseca, Uma rapariga loira no compasso do desejo, in «SCRIPTA», Belo Horizonte, v.1, n.1, 1997, pp. 256-261;
R. Revez, A reflexão sobre a mulher em Fialho de Almeida, in «Faces de Eva», n. 27, Edições Colibri/Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2012, pp. 91-104;
I. Cordeiro Dias, O poder destrutivo da sexualidade feminina na sociedade burguesa novecentista, in «Portuguese Literary & Cultural Studies», n. 12, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2007, pp. 333-340;
L. De Crescenzo, A voluptuosa revolta do corpo: uma leitura de O vestido cor de fogo, in «Estudos Regianos», n. 26, Centro de Estudos Regianos, Vila do Conde, 2019, pp. 135-144.
Programme
The course aims to present an overview of the historical development of contemporary Portuguese literature, with particular attention to the Portuguese authors' thought on the national social context in the second half of the 19th century.Core Documentation
G. Lanciani (a cura di), Il Settecento e l’Ottocento in Portogallo, Roma, Universitalia, 2015, pp. 109-244;G. Lanciani (a cura di), Il Novecento in Portogallo, Roma, Universitalia, 2014, pp. 9-44; pp. 90-125;
Eça de Queirós, Singularidades de uma rapariga loura, 1874; (Qualunque edizione)
Fialho de Almeida, A Ruiva, in Contos, 1881; (Qualunque edizione)
Abel Botelho, O livro de Alda, Porto, Livraria Chardron de Lélo & Irmão, 1927;
José Régio, “O vestido cor de fogo”, in Histórias de mulheres, Porto, Brasilia Editora, 1974;
M. N. Soares Fonseca, Uma rapariga loira no compasso do desejo, in «SCRIPTA», Belo Horizonte, v.1, n.1, 1997, pp. 256-261;
R. Revez, A reflexão sobre a mulher em Fialho de Almeida, in «Faces de Eva», n. 27, Edições Colibri/Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2012, pp. 91-104;
I. Cordeiro Dias, O poder destrutivo da sexualidade feminina na sociedade burguesa novecentista, in «Portuguese Literary & Cultural Studies», n. 12, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2007, pp. 333-340;
L. De Crescenzo, A voluptuosa revolta do corpo: uma leitura de O vestido cor de fogo, in «Estudos Regianos», n. 26, Centro de Estudos Regianos, Vila do Conde, 2019, pp. 135-144.
Reference Bibliography
R. Vecchi – V. Russo (a cura di), La letteratura portoghese. I testi e le idee, Milano, Mondadori, 2017; A. J. Saraiva – O. Lopes, História da literatura portuguesa, Porto, Porto editora, 1996; V. Tocco, Breve Storia della Letteratura Portoghese, Roma, Carocci, 2011.Type of delivery of the course
Online lectures conducted via Microsoft Teams.Type of evaluation
Oral exam through which will be verified the student's knowledge of the history and main aspects of Contemporary Portuguese literature and written essay (5-8 pages, to be handed in 10 days before the oral exam).