Just added!!!
New course in Comparative Literature this WINTER TERM
COLT52 Afro-Brazilian Diasporic Literature in the Americas
W10 @ 11
Jessica Smolin
Introducing the history and major critical issues of Afro-Brazilian literature, we will focus on the lives and works of key authors from the nineteenth century to the present. We will examine how Afro-Brazilian writers have expanded Brazilian literary discourse by challenging dominant cultural narratives of race and ethnicity. We will seek to place Afro-Brazilian literature within the context of African diasporic literatures of the Americas, particularly Afro-American literature of the United States. We will also explore Afro-Brazilian music and cinema. This course is organized chronologically and will examine the extraordinary diversity of Afro-Brazilian narrative, with texts ranging from nineteenth century poems written by a former slave to the 1997 novel that inspired the film City of God. The course will be taught in English and all texts will be available in translation.
(all dates, times and locations are subject to change)
No events or lectures schedules at this time, please check back later!
