Portuguese 20: The Portuguese-Speaking World and its Literatures and Cultures: The Definition of an Identity. NEW (10S) This course deals with major figures, themes, and issues of the literatures of the modern Portuguese-speaking world, including continental and insular Portugal, Brazil, Lusophone Africa and Asia, and Luso-America. The course will also present different techniques of critical reading and interpretation and their relevance to the study of specific works. Reading selections will be drawn from different genres and periods, and will be supplemented by film, music, and materials from the mass media. Considerable emphasis will be placed on speaking and writing skills. Topics will be announced in advance of each offering. Open to first-year students by qualifying test and to others who have passed Portuguese 9 or have equivalent preparation. Portuguese 20 is a prerequisite for the Portuguese Foreign Study Program, and also counts towards the minor in Portuguese or the major in Romance Languages and modified majors. Dist: LIT
Portuguese 25: Advanced Portuguese Composition. Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S. Intensive essay writing workshop with discussion focusing on Brazilian culture. Advanced grammar, sentence structure and word usage provide a framework for excellence in writing. Exercises are based on readings of materials from diverse sources in contemporary Brazilian culture, history, politics and current events. Credit for this course is awarded to students who have successfully completed the Dartmouth Foreign Study Program in Salvador, Brazil. Prerequisite: acceptance into the Dartmouth Foreign Study Program. Dist: WCult: NW.
Portuguese 35: Advanced Studies in Brazilian Culture and Society. D.L.S.A. Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S. A course in Brazilian culture and society taught in the context of the Foreign Studies Program. Lectures by local personnel concentrate on contemporary political, social, economic and religious institutions and issues and their historical background. Visits to sites supplement lectures when appropriate. Assigned work includes preparation of short papers, oral presentations and exams, assessed at the advanced level. Students will also write a research paper based on group visits requiring sessions additional to regular classes. Prerequisites: acceptance into the Dartmouth Foreign Study Program. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW.
Portuguese 36: Studies in Contemporary Brazilian Literature D.L.S.A. Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S. This course explores trends in Brazilian literature from the 1960s to the present. Genres include novels, plays, short stories and poetry, as well as song lyrics of literary quality from various musical genres. Prominent themes include, but are not limited to, the socio-political experience of the dictatorship, urban and suburban life, and literature by women. Prerequisite: acceptance into the Dartmouth Foreign Study Program. Dist: LIT; WCult: NW.
Portuguese 60: The Portuguese-Speaking World: Literature and Culture by Period. Not offered in the period from 08F through 11S. This course focuses on the study of the most important historical periods and cultural movements affecting the Portuguese-speaking world. It is organized according to chronological eras that are marked by distinct cultural and literary movements. Areas covered are the Middle Ages, the culture of the Renaissance and the Baroque, the period of Explorations, Colonial period, Enlightenment and Modernity, Nineteenth-Century, Romanticism and Realism, the Avant-Gardes, Postmodernism, and new developments in the contemporary period. One or more periods may be selected for study. Prerequisite: Portuguese 9 or permission of the instructor. Dist: LIT; WCult: W.
Portuguese 61: The Portuguese-Speaking World: Genre. Not offered in the period from 08F through 11S. This course will focus on the study of various genres present in the literatures and cultures of the Portuguese-speaking world: Portugal, Brazil, Lusophone Africa and Asia. Each offering will be organized around one genre or more basic genres like poetry, narrative, drama, and essay. The course will provide students with the appropriate critical and theoretical vocabulary to address the specificity of the genre or sub-genre being studied, through the works of representative Portuguese-language authors in their historical, social and cultural context. Prerequisite: Portuguese 9 or permission of the instructor. Dist: LIT; WCult: NW
Portuguese 62: Film Media, Performance, and the Arts in the Portuguese-Speaking World. Film, television, the visual and graphic arts, and music have redefined national space and identity in the Portuguese-speaking world. Individual offerings of this course may focus on one or more of the following: film, television and the politics of mass media; theater, performance and performativity; festivals, popular and folk songs, comics and the graphics arts; sports and national identity. Students will become familiar with relevant concepts in analysis, theory, and cultural studies and learn how issues of representation in those cultural productions are linked to their literary counterparts. Prerequisite: Portuguese 9 or permission of the instructor. Dist: ART; WCult: W.
In 10W, In this course students will gain an extensive understanding of the evolution and changes in Brazilian cinematography throughout the second half of the 20th century using film as a tool to further understanding of Brazilian culture and society. In the first five weeks students will watch classic Brazilian films spanning 1950 to the 1980's that have helped to shape what has become modern Brazilian cinema, including the slapstick humor of "chanchadas", the more "artistic" and "sophisticated" films of the Vera Cruz company, and films produced during the worst years of the military dictatorship: the neo-realistic films of "Cinema Novo" of the 1960's and the "Marginal Cinema" of the 1970's. With this foundation, students will spend the next five weeks exploring in depth the recent changes and evolutions to Brazilian cinema by focusing on films from the 1980's, 1990's, and 2000's. This will enable students to examine the new generation of directors who appeared during and after the transition to democracy in Brazil and who achieved considerable commercial success throughout Brazil and worldwide. Minchillo
Portuguese 63: Special Topics. Literary and Cultural Productions of the Portuguese-Speaking World. Not offered in the period from 08F through 11S. This course is offered periodically with varying content so that writers, genres, historical contexts, or theoretical approaches not otherwise provided in the curriculum may be studied. The course can be offered any term and its distinct content, theoretical or methodological approach will depend on the interests of the instructor. Prerequisite: Portuguese 9 or permission of the instructor. Dist: LIT; WCult: NW
Portuguese 80: Seminar. This seminar is designed to provide students specializing in Portuguese studies with a small group setting that facilitates in-depth exploration of key aspects of the discipline. The seminar will encourage students to research and explore relevant topics related to the literature and arts of the Portuguese-speaking world and experiment with the application of the different concepts under discussion in new and creative ways (essay writing, short story writing, visual arts projects, performance pieces, etc.). This course may serve in satisfaction of the culminating experience requirement for Romance Language and modified majors with a concentration in Portuguese. Prerequisite: Portuguese 9 or permission of the instructor. Dist: LIT
Portuguese 83: Independent Reading and Research. A program of individual study directed by a member of the Spanish and Portuguese faculty. Portuguese 83 will normally consist of a program of reading and research that is not covered in regularly scheduled course offerings. After consultation with the faculty advisor of the project, all Independent Study proposals must be submitted for approval to the Department. Under normal circumstances, no student may receive credit for this course more than once. Students interested in pursuing an Independent Study proposal must identify their topic and faculty advisor, and present a proposal to their faculty advisor and to the Department for approval by the last week of the term prior to registering for Portuguese 83.
Portuguese 90: Honors Course. Supervised independent research under the direction of a designated advisor. Honors students will normally elect this course as the first in the required sequence (90 and 91) for completion of the Honors Program. Portuguese 90 is intended to prepare the student for writing the Honors thesis, through readings in primary and secondary texts, theory and methodology. The course will include periodic written assignments and culminate in a final paper. Prerequisite: Admission to the Honors Program.
Portuguese 91: Honors Seminar. A prearranged program of study and research during any term of the senior year, on a tutorial basis, with individual faculty members (normally the thesis advisor). A thesis and public presentation are the expected culmination of the course. Prerequisite: Prior admission to the Department’s Honors Program; clear evidence of capability to perform honors level work, normally indicated by completion of Portuguese 90 with a grade of B+ or higher.
