The course aims to provide students with specialized proficiency in methods of analysis of texts and literary phenomena within a Lusophonic and inter-cultural dimension. Students will also be expected to develop a stronger grasp of updated and diverse critical and methodological approaches, in order to elaborate adequate parameters for an independent interpretation of literary texts.
teacher profile teaching materials
Bernardo Kucinski, K. Relato de uma busca, São Paulo, Cosac Naify, 2014 (2011) [tr.it. K o la figlia desaparecida, Firenze, Giuntina, 2016]
Lygia Fagundes Telles, As Meninas, São Paulo, Companhia das Letras, 2009 (1973) [tr.it. Ragazze, Roma, Cavallo di Ferro, 2006)
G. Agamben, Quel che resta di Auschwitz. L’archivio e il testimone, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, 1998.
Raffaella Bettamio, Violenza e repressione durante la dittatura civile-militare brasiliana: l’eredità dell’autoritarismo, “Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea: Stato, costituzione e democrazia”, 27, 2016, pp. 1-23.
Janaína de Almeida Teles, Os familiares de mortos e desaparecidos políticos e a luta por “verdade e justiça” no Brasil, in Edson Teles – Vladimir Safatle (orgs), O que resta da ditadura. A exceção brasileira, São Paulo, Boitempo, 2010 pp. 299-318.
Programme
After defining the historical, political and literary context of the narrative re-elaborations of violence in Brazil during the military dictatorship (1964-1985), the course aims to analyze and discuss some exemplary texts applying the methodological perspective of the Trauma Studies and to deepen the critical reflection on the testimonial literature and its didactic application in the light of the most recent methodological studies and approaches.Core Documentation
Julián Fuks, A Resistência, São Paulo, Companhia das Letras, 2015 [tr.it. Malgrado tutto, Pescara, Quarup, 2019]Bernardo Kucinski, K. Relato de uma busca, São Paulo, Cosac Naify, 2014 (2011) [tr.it. K o la figlia desaparecida, Firenze, Giuntina, 2016]
Lygia Fagundes Telles, As Meninas, São Paulo, Companhia das Letras, 2009 (1973) [tr.it. Ragazze, Roma, Cavallo di Ferro, 2006)
G. Agamben, Quel che resta di Auschwitz. L’archivio e il testimone, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, 1998.
Raffaella Bettamio, Violenza e repressione durante la dittatura civile-militare brasiliana: l’eredità dell’autoritarismo, “Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea: Stato, costituzione e democrazia”, 27, 2016, pp. 1-23.
Janaína de Almeida Teles, Os familiares de mortos e desaparecidos políticos e a luta por “verdade e justiça” no Brasil, in Edson Teles – Vladimir Safatle (orgs), O que resta da ditadura. A exceção brasileira, São Paulo, Boitempo, 2010 pp. 299-318.
Reference Bibliography
Boris Fausto, “Storia del Brasile”, Cagliari, Fabula, 2010. Paul Ricoeur, “La memoria, la storia, l’oblio”, Milano, Raffaele Cortina, 2003. Tzetan Todorov, “Memoria del male, tentazione del bene. Inchiesta su un secolo tragico”, Milano, Garzanti, 2001. Tzetan Todorov, Gli abusi della memoria, Milano, Meltemi, 2018.Type of delivery of the course
The course will take place in frontal teaching mode.Attendance
Attendance is not mandatoryType of evaluation
The student must submit - at least ten days before the oral exam - a final report. The report, of about 10 pages and agreed in advance with the professor, will focus on the topics covered during the lessons. The final check of the learning will be made through a final oral test of about 30 minutes. The interview will consist of three questions all related to the examination program and aimed at verifying the level of effective understanding of the contents of the course. The final grade will take into account the quality of the final report and the oral test. In the summer session only, oral interview, held remotely, via audio-video conference with the use of Microsoft Teams software