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​

​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.

FILMS ON KANOPY

To access for free the films on KANOPY, follow the instructions available HERE.

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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]

 
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
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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]
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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]
 

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]

​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]

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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

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​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
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NO HOMEWORK
FOCUS ON YOUR PRESENTATION
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NOVEMBER 1, TUESDAY [ONLINE]
 
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
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​NOVEMBER 24, THURSDAY
 
THANKSGIVING
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NOVEMBER 29, TUESDAY
 
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.