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.
O romance brasileiro contemporâneo (séculos XIX– XXI)/ The contemporary Brazilian novel (XIX-XXI centuries) is one of the characterising modules of the programme. It aims to further consolidate communication skills and the ability to engage critically with Brazilian literary texts. In particular, it provides specialised competence, including a firmer command of updated methodological tools and approaches, aimed at a critical appreciation of Brazilian fiction, also in relation with the Lusophone and Latin American dimension. In addition, the module will further explore previously acquired skills in teaching Brazilian literature and literary translation.
At the end of the module students will be able to: acquire and analyze linguistic and literary data; critically engage with literary and/or cultural texts and phenomena, with special regard for Brazilian narrative texts, apply didactic methodologies to teaching Brazilian literature; translate literary texts; communicate disciplinary contents at an advanced level.
Requirements: Students must have already taken Arquivos da Memória. Literatura, história e política no Brasil/ Memory archives. Literature, history and politics in Brazil-
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.
O romance brasileiro contemporâneo (séculos XIX– XXI)/ The contemporary Brazilian novel (XIX-XXI centuries) is one of the characterising modules of the programme. It aims to further consolidate communication skills and the ability to engage critically with Brazilian literary texts. In particular, it provides specialised competence, including a firmer command of updated methodological tools and approaches, aimed at a critical appreciation of Brazilian fiction, also in relation with the Lusophone and Latin American dimension. In addition, the module will further explore previously acquired skills in teaching Brazilian literature and literary translation.
At the end of the module students will be able to: acquire and analyze linguistic and literary data; critically engage with literary and/or cultural texts and phenomena, with special regard for Brazilian narrative texts, apply didactic methodologies to teaching Brazilian literature; translate literary texts; communicate disciplinary contents at an advanced level.
Requirements: Students must have already taken Arquivos da Memória. Literatura, história e política no Brasil/ Memory archives. Literature, history and politics in Brazil-
teacher profile teaching materials
Roberto DaMatta, “A ilusão das relações raciais”, in O que faz o brasil, Brasil?, Rocco, Rio de Janeiro,1986, pp. 35-48;
Valeria Ribeiro Corossacz, Dalle teorie sull'ineguaglianza razziale alla democrazia razziale: breve storia del meticciato in Brasile, LA RICERCA FOLKLORICA, n.51, 135-147;
Djamila Ribeiro, Lugar da fala, Editora Jandaíra, Rio de Janeiro 2021;
Lélia Gonzales, Racismo e sexismo na cultura brasileira, «Revista Ciências Sociais Hoje», Anpocs, p. 223-244, 1984;
Aluísio Azevedo, O Cortiço [1890] (qualunque edizione);
Antonio Candido, “De cortiço a cortiço”, in O Discurso e a cidade, São Paulo, Livraria Duas Cidades, 1993, pp. 123-152;
Jorge Amado, Gabriela, cravo e canela [1958] (qualunque edizione);
Sayonara Amaral de Oliveira, (2011). Das impertinências do corpo de Gabriela no romance de Jorge Amado, «Letras De Hoje», vol. 46, n. 4, 2011, pp. 23-30;
Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de despejo. Diário de uma favelada [1960];
Regina Dalcastagnè, Para não ser trapo no mundo:: as mulheres negras e a cidade na literatura brasileira contemporânea, «Estudos De Literatura Brasileira Contemporânea», n. 44, 2014, pp. 289–302.
Programme
The course aims to reflect on the racial question in Brazil in the decades between the 19th and 20th centuries. The analysis of some novels and short stories will highlight how the idea of nationhood and the ideal of order and progress is deeply linked to the racial theories developed after the abolition of slavery (1888).Core Documentation
Lilia Moritz Schwarcz, Sobre o autoritarismo brasileiro. Uma breve história de cinco séculos, Objectiva Penguin Random House, Lisboa, 2020, Cap. 5 (pp. 139- 165) Cap. 7 (pp. 191- 224);Roberto DaMatta, “A ilusão das relações raciais”, in O que faz o brasil, Brasil?, Rocco, Rio de Janeiro,1986, pp. 35-48;
Valeria Ribeiro Corossacz, Dalle teorie sull'ineguaglianza razziale alla democrazia razziale: breve storia del meticciato in Brasile, LA RICERCA FOLKLORICA, n.51, 135-147;
Djamila Ribeiro, Lugar da fala, Editora Jandaíra, Rio de Janeiro 2021;
Lélia Gonzales, Racismo e sexismo na cultura brasileira, «Revista Ciências Sociais Hoje», Anpocs, p. 223-244, 1984;
Aluísio Azevedo, O Cortiço [1890] (qualunque edizione);
Antonio Candido, “De cortiço a cortiço”, in O Discurso e a cidade, São Paulo, Livraria Duas Cidades, 1993, pp. 123-152;
Jorge Amado, Gabriela, cravo e canela [1958] (qualunque edizione);
Sayonara Amaral de Oliveira, (2011). Das impertinências do corpo de Gabriela no romance de Jorge Amado, «Letras De Hoje», vol. 46, n. 4, 2011, pp. 23-30;
Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de despejo. Diário de uma favelada [1960];
Regina Dalcastagnè, Para não ser trapo no mundo:: as mulheres negras e a cidade na literatura brasileira contemporânea, «Estudos De Literatura Brasileira Contemporânea», n. 44, 2014, pp. 289–302.
Reference Bibliography
Roberto DaMatta, Relativizando. Uma introdução à antropologia social, Rio de Janeiro, Rocco, 1987; Lilia Moritz Schwarcz, Nem preto nem branco, muito pelo contrário. Cor e raça na sociabilidade brasileira, São Paulo, Claro Enigma, 2012. Valeria Ribeiro Corossacz, Razzismo, meticciato, democrazia razziale. Le politiche della razza in Brasile, Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino Editore, 2005;Attendance
Optional attendanceType of evaluation
Seminar activities and oral exam (about 30 minutes) through which will be verified the student's knowledge in relation to the course content and critical-interpretative skills of the literary works on the syllabus.