FALL 2022
PORT 191: LUSO-BRAZILIAN LITERARY SHORT-FORMS
PROFESSOR PATRÍCIA LINO
patricialino@g.ucla.edu
TR 12:00-1:50PM
BUNCHE 3150
Office Hours by appointment
ZOOM ID: 965 449 2228
PORT 191: LUSO-BRAZILIAN LITERARY SHORT-FORMS
PROFESSOR PATRÍCIA LINO
patricialino@g.ucla.edu
TR 12:00-1:50PM
BUNCHE 3150
Office Hours by appointment
ZOOM ID: 965 449 2228
LUSO-BRAZILIAN LITERARY SHORT-FORMS will explore the economy of words as a striking feature of modern Luso-Brazilian writing through the analysis of poems, short stories, and chronicles published both in Brazil and Portugal since the 1850s to this day.
SEPTEMBER 22, THURSDAY
PART ONE: INTRODUCTIONS, EVALUATIONS
PART TWO: BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO LUSO-BRAZILIAN LITERATURE
HOMEWORK
Read THE PLAY OF THE BOAT TO HELL by GIL VICENTE [PDF]
PART ONE: INTRODUCTIONS, EVALUATIONS
PART TWO: BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO LUSO-BRAZILIAN LITERATURE
HOMEWORK
Read THE PLAY OF THE BOAT TO HELL by GIL VICENTE [PDF]
SEPTEMBER 27, TUESDAY
PORTUGAL: INTRODUCTION
PART ONE: THEATRE AND COMEDY: GIL VICENTE
PART TWO: THE PLAY OF THE BOAT TO HELL by GIL VICENTE [PDF]
CLASS ACTIVITY
Creative and parodical writing exercise
Email your exercise to patricialino@g.ucla.edu up to 2h before our next class.
HOMEWORK
READ "SINGULARITIES OF A BLOND GIRL" by EÇA DE QUEIRÓS [READ HERE IN ENGLISH] [READ HERE IN PORTUGUESE]
SEPTEMBER 29, THURSDAY
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO SHORT STORIES
PART TWO: "SINGULARITIES OF A BLOND GIRL" by EÇA DE QUEIRÓS [READ HERE]
ECCENTRICITIES OF A BLONDE-HAIRED GIRL (2009) by MANOEL DE OLIVEIRA [WATCH HERE]
HOMEWORK
WRITE A COMMENT ON MANOEL DE OLIVEIRA'S FILM (MINIMUM 1 PAGE)
READ "THE ATTENDANT'S CONFESSION" by MACHADO DE ASSIS [READ HERE IN ENGLISH] [READ HERE IN PORTUGUESE]
OCTOBER 4, TUESDAY
PART ONE: DISCUSSION OF MANOEL DE OLIVEIRA'S SHORT FILM
PART TWO: "THE ATTENDANT'S CONFESSION" by MACHADO DE ASSIS
CLASS ACTIVITY
Creative writing exercise
Email your exercise to patricialino@g.ucla.edu up to 2h before our next class.
HOMEWORK
READ "FORTUNETELLER" by MACHADO DE ASSIS [READ HERE IN ENGLISH] [READ HERE IN PORTUGUESE]
PART ONE: DISCUSSION OF MANOEL DE OLIVEIRA'S SHORT FILM
PART TWO: "THE ATTENDANT'S CONFESSION" by MACHADO DE ASSIS
CLASS ACTIVITY
Creative writing exercise
Email your exercise to patricialino@g.ucla.edu up to 2h before our next class.
HOMEWORK
READ "FORTUNETELLER" by MACHADO DE ASSIS [READ HERE IN ENGLISH] [READ HERE IN PORTUGUESE]
OCTOBER 6, THURSDAY [ONLINE]
PART ONE: PRESENTATION OF YOUR CREATIVE WRITING EXERCISES
PART TWO: "FORTUNETELLER" by MACHADO DE ASSIS
CLASS ACTIVITY
ILLUSTRATION EXERCISE DIVIDED IN THREE PARTS
Email your exercise to patricialino@g.ucla.edu up to 2h before our next class.
HOMEWORK
READ FERNANDO PESSOA'S POEMS [THE MESSAGE] [READ HERE IN ENGLISH] [READ HERE IN PORTUGUESE]
PART ONE: PRESENTATION OF YOUR CREATIVE WRITING EXERCISES
PART TWO: "FORTUNETELLER" by MACHADO DE ASSIS
CLASS ACTIVITY
ILLUSTRATION EXERCISE DIVIDED IN THREE PARTS
Email your exercise to patricialino@g.ucla.edu up to 2h before our next class.
HOMEWORK
READ FERNANDO PESSOA'S POEMS [THE MESSAGE] [READ HERE IN ENGLISH] [READ HERE IN PORTUGUESE]
OCTOBER 11, TUESDAY
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO PORTUGUESE MODERNISM
PART TWO: THE MESSAGE by FERNANDO PESSOA
Class activity
Creative and parodical writing exercise
Email your exercise to patricialino@g.ucla.edu up to 2h before our next class.
HOMEWORK
READ "A TABACARIA" BY ÁLVARO DE CAMPOS [PDF]
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO PORTUGUESE MODERNISM
PART TWO: THE MESSAGE by FERNANDO PESSOA
Class activity
Creative and parodical writing exercise
Email your exercise to patricialino@g.ucla.edu up to 2h before our next class.
HOMEWORK
READ "A TABACARIA" BY ÁLVARO DE CAMPOS [PDF]
OCTOBER 13, THURSDAY
PART ONE: FERNANDO PESSOA AND HETERONÍMIA
PART TWO: "A TABACARIA" DE ÁLVARO DE CAMPOS
AUDIOVISUAL EXERCISE
HOMEWORK
READ CANNIBALIST MANIFESTO by OSWALD DE ANDRADE [READ HERE]
OCTOBER 18, TUESDAY
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO BRAZILIAN MODERNISM
PART TWO: TARSILA DO AMARAL, OSWALD DE ANDRADE, AND ANTROPOFAGIA
CLASS ACTIVITY
Drawing exercise
Email your exercise to patricialino@g.ucla.edu up to 2h before our next class.
HOMEWORK
READ THE FIRST 10 CHAPTERS OF MACUNAÍMA (1928) BY MÁRIO DE ANDRADE
WATCH MACUNAÍMA (1969) BY JOAQUIM PEDRO DE ANDRADE
OCTOBER 20, THURSDAY (RECORDED)
PART ONE: ANTROPOFAGIA CULTURAL
PART TWO: JOSÉ DE ALENCAR, THE ANTI-HERO, AND MACUNAÍMA by MÁRIO DE ANDRADE
EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT (2016) by CIRO GUERRA [WATCH HERE]
HOMEWORK
READ CARLOS DRUMMOND DE ANDRADE'S SELECTION OF POEMS [READ HERE]
OCTOBER 25, TUESDAY [ONLINE]
PART ONE: CARLOS DRUMMOND DE ANDRADE
PART TWO: DISCUSSION OF DRUMMOND'S POEMS
CLASS ACTIVITY
Illustration of "The flower and the nausea"
Email your exercise to patricialino@g.ucla.edu up to 2h before our next class.
HOMEWORK
READ "LOVE" [READ HERE] [EM PORTUGUÊS] AND "THE HEN" [READ HERE] [EM PORTUGUÊS] by CLARICE LISPECTOR
OCTOBER 27, THURSDAY [ONLINE]
PART ONE: PRESENTATION OF YOUR ILLUSTRATIONS
PART TWO: "LOVE" AND "THE HEN" by CLARICE LISPECTOR
NO HOMEWORK
FOCUS ON YOUR PRESENTATION
NOVEMBER 1, TUESDAY [ONLINE]
PRESENTATION OF YOUR CREATIVE TEXTS
PRESENTATION OF YOUR CREATIVE TEXTS
NOVEMBER 3, THURSDAY [RECORDED]
PART ONE: INTERMEDIAL LUSO-BRAZILIAN POETRY
PART TWO: THE 50s, CONCRETE POETRY AND EXPERIMENTAL POETRY
CLASS ACTIVITY
Make your own verbivocovisual poem.
Email your exercise to patricialino@g.ucla.edu up to 2h before our next class.
NOVEMBER 8, TUESDAY
PART ONE: POETRY AND PERFORMANCE
PART TWO: LETÍCIA PARENTE, PAULO BRUSCKY, NATASHA FÉLIX
CLASS ACTIVITY
Imagine your own poetic and performative exercise.
Email your exercise to patricialino@g.ucla.edu up to 2h before our next class.
HOMEWORK
START READING SELECTION OF CONTEMPORARY LUSO-BRAZILIAN POEMS
NOVEMBER 10, THURSDAY
PART ONE: CONTEMPORARY LUSO-BRAZILIAN POETRY
PART TWO: THE PORTUGUESE, THE BRAZILIAN
HOMEWORK
KEEP READING THE SELECTION OF CONTEMPORARY LUSO-BRAZILIAN POEMS
NOVEMBER 15, TUESDAY
PART ONE: CONTEMPORARY LUSO-BRAZILIAN POETRY
PART TWO: THE PORTUGUESE, THE BRAZILIAN
HOMEWORK
KEEP READING THE SELECTION OF CONTEMPORARY LUSO-BRAZILIAN POEMS [READ HERE]
NOVEMBER 17, THURSDAY
PART ONE: CONTEMPORARY LUSO-BRAZILIAN POETRY
PART TWO: THE PORTUGUESE, THE BRAZILIAN
NO HOMEWORK
FOCUS ON YOUR FINAL PAPER
NOVEMBER 22, TUESDAY
THANKSGIVING
NOVEMBER 24, THURSDAY
THANKSGIVING
THANKSGIVING
NOVEMBER 29, TUESDAY
FINAL PAPER PRESENTATIONS
DECEMBER 1, THURSDAY
ARTIST BOOK PRESENTATIONS
FINAL PAPER PRESENTATIONS
DECEMBER 1, THURSDAY
ARTIST BOOK PRESENTATIONS
Course materials
All course materials will be available online.
Grading and Assignments
40% Response papers and activities
15% Short film
45% Final paper
100% Total
Grading Scale
A (93-100); A- (90-92); B+ (88-89); B (83-87); B- (80-82); C+ (78-80); C (73-77); C- (70- 72); D+ (68-70); D (63-67); F (63 and below)
Response papers, Presentation, and Final paper
All response papers, presentations, and final paper can be written and presented in English, Portuguese, or Spanish.
Final Paper
At the end of the quarter, students will be required to write a broader, more cumulative essay that draws on and compares artistic productions we have studied throughout the quarter. It should be a topic that allows you to relate the film(s) to larger issues involving Brazilian and Portuguese cultural world. The final paper should be 8-10 pages long, Times New Roman, 12’ font, 1-inch margins, double-spaced. Please email it to me [patricialino@g.ucla.edu] in PDF format by December 9.
Attendance and participation
The course will be conducted as a student-centered seminar, in which students are expected to attend class sessions prepared to contribute to discussions. This means students are expected to complete weekly reading assignments on time. In-class participation, although somewhat subjective, is based upon your response to questions, your willingness to fully engage yourself in the task at hand, and your shown interest towards the subject matter. Above all, the key to be able to participate successfully is preparation. Students are expected to come to class with ideas and questions about the readings and films. Class participation will count significantly towards the final grade. Since we meet only twice a week, after 3 unexcused absences, the participation grade will be deduced (1 point) each time the student misses class. Moreover, students are accountable for all work missed because of an absence.
Oral presentations
Individual oral presentations (10-15 minutes) will be brief and creative reinterpretations of primary and/or secondary sources, and will be scheduled in advance.