Portuguese 551:
Survey of Portuguese and Brazilian literatures I
Autumn 2004
Syllabus || Calendar
Instructor:
Patrícia Matos Amaral
428 Cunz Hall, Ph.# 292-9543
Office Hours: MW 2.00-3.30 p.m.
Prerequisite:
Portuguese 401 or 502 and graduate standing, or permission of instructor.
Course description:
The main goal of this course is to provide an overview of the Portuguese and Brazilian Literatures from the XII to the XVIII centuries. The course will cover major literary movements, writers and works, and their significance both for the literary history of these countries and literature in general. The course also intends to introduce students to the practice of literary analysis, and to offer students the opportunity of improving their language skills in Portuguese through extensive practice.
Course Assignments
Students are expected to prepare the texts in advance, according to the schedule, and be able to read and comment them in class (no reading, no fun!). There will be two midterm exams (5th week, end of the 9 th week), two short oral presentations, and one short research paper. The oral presentations will consist of presenting in class an excerpt of a text previously assigned, which may be chosen by the student. Students are encouraged to consult with the instructor about any difficulties or questions relative to the texts. The short research paper may be related to one of the texts presented by the students. The paper is due on exam week.
Course Readings
An anthology (with glossaries and relevant commentaries) was prepared for this course; texts will be provided according to schedule.
General works:
Coelho, Jacinto do Prado. 1983. Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, brasileira e galega. Porto: Figueirinhas.
Lapa, M. Rodrigues. 1965. Miscelânea de língua e literatura portuguesa medieval. Rio de Janeiro: INL-MEC.
Lins, Álvaro e Aurélio Buarque de Hollanda. 1966. Roteiro literário de Portugal e do Brasil. 2ª ed.; 2 vols. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Civilização Brasileira.
Machado, Álvaro Manuel (org. e dir.). 1996. Dicionário de literatura portuguesa. Lisboa: Editorial Presença. [not available in the OSU Main Library]
Saraiva, António José e Óscar Lopes. 1992. História da Literatura Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora.
On the web:
Projecto Vercial: http://www.ipn.pt/opsis/litera/
Also interesting:
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/
. http://www.bn.br and http://www.bn.pt
. http://www.portoeditora.pt/bdigital
Participation/Attendance
Students should participate actively in class discussion and be ready to comment on the texts, independently of the particular assignments. All assignments must be turned in during class on the day they are due. Late assignments will have one grade deduced for each working day that they are late. All requests for extensions, if justified, must be discussed with the instructor at least one day in advance. There can only be one unexcused absence.
Course grading
- Class participation: 10%
- Midterm (each): 20%
- Oral presentation (each): 15%
- Research paper (submitted during exam week): 20%
Academic Misconduct
Academic misconduct is defined as any activity which tends to compromise the academic integrity of the institution, or subvert the educational process. All suspected cases of academic misconduct will be reported to the Committee on Academic Misconduct as required by University rules. Such instances include, but are not limited to: plagiarism (representing as one's own work anything done by another), cheating on assignments or examinations, collusion, falsification of excuses, submitting work from a previous quarter without explicit permission of the current instructor, violation of course rules contained in the syllabus or provided in class.For example for a written or oral report you should use the vocabulary, grammar structures, and strategies you've learned. Paraphrase your information and DO NOT "cut and paste" whole paragraphs from the web. Work submitted must be in your own words. "Borrowing" materials without citing sources is plagiarism.
