Graduates in Languages and Literatures for Teaching and Translation obtain advanced knowledge and understanding in all the subject areas of their training in order to
1) consolidate and develop their competence in European and American Studies, with particular attention to their literature of specialisation;
2) deepen their knowledge of the two foreign languages chosen, achieving a heightened competence in the language of specialization and an advancement in the second language;
3) reach enhanced awareness of the linguistic features of their language of specialisation, both from a diachronic and a synchronic perspective;
4) reach an adequate knowledge of the most advanced methodologies for the analysis of literary texts;
5) handle confidently the theoretical-practical tools for teaching and for translation.
Arquivos da memória. Literatura, história e política no Brasil/ Memory archives. Literature, history and politics in Brazil is one of the characterising modules of the programme. It provides advanced critical knowledge and methodologies for the analysis of the literary texts and cultural phenomena of Brazil in a broad time frame, which will allow students to grasp the specific characteristics of contemporary Brazil, but also its deep links with Portugal and the Latin American region. It allows both to consolidate the knowledge learned during the three years and to develop a stronger mastery of updated critical tools, aimed at developing interpretative parameters appropriate to the Brazilian reality and an autonomous interpretation of the literary text. In addition, the theoretical problems of literary translation will be examined in depth, also through specific exercises. Finally, a first theoretical-practical reflection on the teaching of literature will be launched.
At the end of the module students will be able to: autonomously analyze texts and literary phenomena of Brazil in their transcultural, as well as historical-political and cultural dimension; make comparisons with the Lusophone and Latin American realities; write and/or present to the class short analytical essays; read and translate different literary texts communicating the disciplinary contents at an advanced level; select and adapt texts according to the educational contexts.
Prerequisites: students enrolled in other degree programmes are allowed to select this module if they have gained at least 12 CFU in Spanish Literature in their bachelor’s degree, and can certify the attainment of a B2 level of Spanish.
Note: For LM37 students enrolled in the international learning programme “Estudios Ibéricos e Iberoamericanos” (Spanish – Hispanic-American Literature), this module can be selected as an associated subject (‘materia affine’) to their literature of specialisation
1) consolidate and develop their competence in European and American Studies, with particular attention to their literature of specialisation;
2) deepen their knowledge of the two foreign languages chosen, achieving a heightened competence in the language of specialization and an advancement in the second language;
3) reach enhanced awareness of the linguistic features of their language of specialisation, both from a diachronic and a synchronic perspective;
4) reach an adequate knowledge of the most advanced methodologies for the analysis of literary texts;
5) handle confidently the theoretical-practical tools for teaching and for translation.
Arquivos da memória. Literatura, história e política no Brasil/ Memory archives. Literature, history and politics in Brazil is one of the characterising modules of the programme. It provides advanced critical knowledge and methodologies for the analysis of the literary texts and cultural phenomena of Brazil in a broad time frame, which will allow students to grasp the specific characteristics of contemporary Brazil, but also its deep links with Portugal and the Latin American region. It allows both to consolidate the knowledge learned during the three years and to develop a stronger mastery of updated critical tools, aimed at developing interpretative parameters appropriate to the Brazilian reality and an autonomous interpretation of the literary text. In addition, the theoretical problems of literary translation will be examined in depth, also through specific exercises. Finally, a first theoretical-practical reflection on the teaching of literature will be launched.
At the end of the module students will be able to: autonomously analyze texts and literary phenomena of Brazil in their transcultural, as well as historical-political and cultural dimension; make comparisons with the Lusophone and Latin American realities; write and/or present to the class short analytical essays; read and translate different literary texts communicating the disciplinary contents at an advanced level; select and adapt texts according to the educational contexts.
Prerequisites: students enrolled in other degree programmes are allowed to select this module if they have gained at least 12 CFU in Spanish Literature in their bachelor’s degree, and can certify the attainment of a B2 level of Spanish.
Note: For LM37 students enrolled in the international learning programme “Estudios Ibéricos e Iberoamericanos” (Spanish – Hispanic-American Literature), this module can be selected as an associated subject (‘materia affine’) to their literature of specialisation
teacher profile teaching materials
In a first phase, the general concepts will be presented and the historical context reconstructed. Subsequently, the novels in the program will be analyzed.
G. Agamben, Quel che resta di Auschwitz. L’archivio e il testimone, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, 1998.
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
The course aims to show students the literary reworking of political violence in Brazil during the years of military dictatorship (1964-1985), as presented in some recent novels. In a perspective that places Brazilian authoritarianism within a broader Latin American framework, literary texts will be analyzed through tools and methodologies related to Trauma Studies and testimonial literature.In a first phase, the general concepts will be presented and the historical context reconstructed. Subsequently, the novels in the program will be analyzed.
Core Documentation
Bernardo Kucinski, K. Relato de uma busca, São Paulo, Cosac Naify, 2014 (2011) [tr.it. K o la figlia desaparecida, Firenze, Giuntina, 2016]G. Agamben, Quel che resta di Auschwitz. L’archivio e il testimone, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, 1998.
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 at lessons is optionalType 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.