2007-2008 Graduate Courses in Portuguese
| AUTUMN | WINTER | SPRING |
|---|---|---|
| 30100 Intermediate Portuguese | 30200 Advanced Portuguese | 31500 Estilística da língua portuguesa |
| 30400 Intermediate Portuguese | 42100 Readings and Research | 32200 Scepsis in the Tropics? The Legacy of Machado de Assis, 1908-2008 |
| 42100 Readings and Research | 36501 Things Poets Say | |
| 42100 Readings and Research |
Graduate Course Descriptions
30100. 30400. Intermediate Portuguese. In this intermediate/advanced-level sequence, students review and extend their knowledge of all basic patterns (e.g., grammar, vocabulary, phonetics, sociocultural norms) of the language. They develop their oral and written skills in describing, narrating, and presenting arguments. They are exposed to texts and audio-visual material that provide them with a deeper understanding of Portuguese literature, culture, and contemporary society. A.M. Lima. Autumn.
30200. Advanced Portuguese. PORT 20200 is specifically designed to help students develop their descriptive and narrative skills through exposure to written and oral documents (e.g., literary texts, interviews). Students are taught the grammatical and lexical tools necessary to understand these documents, and to produce their own analysis and commentaries. A.M. Lima. Winter.
31500. Estilística da língua portuguesa. This course is specifically designed to help students develop their skills in understanding, summarizing, and producing written and spoken arguments in Portuguese through readings and debates on various issues of relevance in contemporary Luso-Brazilian societies. Special consideration is given to the major differences between continental and Brazilian Portuguese. In addition to reading, analyzing, and commenting on advanced texts (both literary and nonliterary), students practice and extend their writing skills in a series of compositions. A.M. Lima. Spring.
32200. Scepsis in the Tropics? The Legacy of Machado de Assis, 1908-2008. In this course we will celebrate the life and rich literary career of the Brazilian master Machado de Assis, a century after his death (1908). We will read from selections of his short stories, novels and newspaper chronicles, and we will also venture into significant critical literature on Machado issued from Brazil, the US and Portugal. Course conducted in English, with optional weekly Portuguese session for advanced students. Graduate/undergraduate. Pedro Pereira. P. Pereira. Spring.
36501. Things Poets Say. Do poets know what they say? Do they know what they do? Can we talk about 'poets', in any general intelligible sense? Attempting to answer these questions, we will use as a basic corpus for seminar discussion seven interviews well-known poets gave to The Paris Review since 1953 (which will be made available in the first session). We will then discuss a classic statement of the theory according to which poets don’t know what they say or do: Plato's Ion. Miguel Tamen. Spring.
42100. Readings and Research. Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring.