COURSES IN PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN STUDIES
Semester II, Spring 2010
Primarily for Undergraduates
POBS 0200: ELEMENTARY PORTUGUESE
Section 01, Registration Number: 21187
An introductory course designed for students with little or no preparation in the language. Stresses the fundamental language skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing. Aspects of Portuguese and Brazilian culture are also presented. Uses a situational/natural approach that emphasizes communication in Portuguese from the very first class. A year course; only in exceptional circumstances is credit given for one semester alone.
Ms. Fauri and Ms. Sousa.
Meeting Times: 2:00-2:50 pm MW, 1:00-2:20 pm TR
POBS 0400: WRITING AND SPEAKING PORTUGUESE
Section 01, Registration Number: 21188
Designed to improve the student's ability in contemporary spoken and written Portuguese. Using such cultural items as short stories, plays, films, videos, newspaper and magazine articles, and popular music, students discuss a variety of topics with the aim of developing good communication skills. Attention also given to developing students' writing ability. A systematic review of Portuguese grammar is included. Prerequisite: POBS 0110, POBS 0200, or placement. Conducted in Portuguese. Completion of POBS 0400 is the minimum requirement for participation in the Brown-in-Brazil Program.
Mr. Nielson, Mr. Aidoo and Ms. Lima
Meeting Times: 10:30-11:50 am TR, 10:00-10:50 pm MW
POBS 0620: MAPPING PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING CULTURES: PORTUGAL AND AFRICA
Section 01, Registration Number: 21189
Selected literary and cultural texts that serve as vehicles for a deeper understanding of Portuguese and Luso-African societies. Literary materials will be taken from several genres and periods with special attention to contemporary writings. Other media such as film and music will also be included. Considerable emphasis on strengthening speaking and writings skills. Prerequisites: POBS 0400, placement or instructor’s permission. Conducted in Portuguese.
Ms. Simas-Almeida
Meeting Times: 1:00-2:20 pm TR
AFRI 0720 – RACIAL POLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY BRAZIL
Section 01, Registration Number: 21814
Brazil is commonly understood as an example of a “racially democratic” nation, but as scholars have recently shown, racism permeates all aspects of Brazilian society. This course traces the development of the theorization of race, racial identity and race relations in contemporary Brazil. The approach of the course will be interdisciplinary, drawing upon works from anthropology, literature, history, music, and film. Topics will include colonialism and enslavement, nationalism, social activism and popular culture. We will also consider how Brazilian social relations differ from or conform to other racialized patterns in other nation-states in the Americas. Particular attention will be placed on the interrelationship between race, gender, class, and nation. Conducted in English.
Ms. Perry
Meeting Times: 9:00-10:20 am TR
For Undergraduates and Graduates
POBS 1500H: ESTHER OF THE DIASPORA; JEWISHM VOICES FROM LATIN AMERICA POBS (Judaic Studies 1004, Comparative Literature 1421F)
Section 01, Registration 24927
Fiction by and/or about Jewish women from Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico, Chile and Cuba. Evoking the image of the biblical Queen Esther who lived between two worlds, these Jewish voices will be discussed from the perspectives of feminist, hybrid, diasporic, and transcultural theories. Special attention to Brazil’s Clarice Lispector. The expression of the role of women vis-à-vis the immigrant experience will also be discussed. Conducted in English.
Mr. Vieira
Meeting Times: 4:00-6:20pm
POBS 1500V: MODERN BRAZILIAN THEATER: NELSON RODRIGUES AND THE DYNAMICS OF PERFORMANCE
Section 01, Registration Number 24932
Reading the psychological, mythical and Carioca plays by Nelson Rodrigues will serve to define modern Brazilian theater. Exploring influences from Greek tragedy to Freud, discussions will focus upon social rituals and taboos Rodrigues dramatized to unmask Brazilian society. Film/taped performances and criticism will be studied for interpreting modes of performativity and as tools for cultural analysis to understand the distance between self and behavior. Conducted in Portuguese.
Mr. Vieira
Meeting Times: 4:00-6:20 R
UNIV 1520: THE SHAPING OF WORLD VIEWS
Section 01, Registration Number: 21193
To many students an exclusive emphasis on specialized studies fragments the “world” in which they live. A widespread feeling of loss pervades the minds of students who often come to universities to learn right from wrong, to distinguish what is true from what is false, but who realize at the end of four years that they have deconstructed their freshman beliefs, values, and ideologies, but have created nothing to replace them. This course examines the diversity of worldviews both synchronically and diachronically, and surveys various explanations for such diversity. Conducted in English.
Mr. Almeida
Meeting Times: 2:00-2:50 pm MWF
POBS1600A: THE AFRO-LUSO-BRAZILIAN TRIANGLE
(Interested students should register for AFRI 1020C)
Section 01, Registration Number: 21806
Examines three historical components of the South Atlantic in terms of history, culture, and contemporary political and economic consequences. European colonialism in Africa and Brazil constitutes the baseline for this exploration, but the long and tardy nature of Portuguese colonialism in Africa in comparison with other European colonial powers, especially in its post-World War II manifestations, is our starting point. Conducted in English.
Mr. Dzidzienyo
Meeting Times: 4:00-6:20 pm R
POBS 1600C: CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON EDUCATION: EDUCATION AND THE PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING WORLD
Section 01, Registration Number 24092
A comparative education course focusing on schooling in Brazil, Portugal, Cape Verde, and these Portuguese-speaking populations in the U.S. The role of education in these diverse societies, as well as theories and methodologies for cross-cultural research and analysis, are explored from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Conducted in English.
Ms. Becker
Meeting Times: 4:00-6:20 T
POBS 1600D: PORTUGUESE DISCOVERIES AND EARLY MODERN GLOBALIZATION
Section 01, Registration Number 24934
Explores the political, commercial, military, cultural and social dimensions of s the Portuguese presence in Africa, Asia and America, 1415-1808. Examines different phases in the context of geographical regions, subsequently integrating the different regions into a multi-continental, multi-oceanic, global system. Emphasizes European/non-European contacts and interactions. Conducted in English.
Mr. Flores
Meeting Times: 4:00-6:20pm R
POBS 1600G: FROM MOROCCO TO CHINA: FRONTIER SOCIETIES, CULTURAL BROKERS, AND MULTIPLE IDENTITIES IN THE PORTUGUESE EMPIRE
(Interested students should register for HIST 1950F)
Section 01, Registration Number 21593
This course focuses on the study of social and cultural forms of hybridism within the Portuguese early modern Empire. By exploring the interaction between Portuguese soldiers, merchants and missionaries and a variety of coastal societies stretching from Morocco and West Africa to Brazil and Asia, the course will discuss the profile and role of those intermediaries and cultural brokers that easily moved between distinct cultural worlds, The creation and development of multiple social, ethnic and ”national” identities will also be considered. Conducted in English.
Mr. Flores
Meeting Times: 10:30-11:50am TR
POBS 1600V: GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN BRAZIL
(Interested students should register for HIST 1974L)
Section 01, Registration Number 25164
Utilizing historical sources about Brazil from the colonial period to the present, we will consider how the family, politics, culture, and economy have conditioned sexual and power relationships between men and women, and how notions of honor, gender, and sexuality have structured class and ethnic relations within Brazilian society. Conducted in English.
Mr. Green
Meeting Times: 4:00-6:20pm R
POBS 1750: LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Section 01, Registration Number 24928
Investigates the meanings of language, culture and society and the interrelationship among them. Examines the functional and dysfunctional uses they can play in public education, particularly from the public school administrators and teachers viewpoints. Explores concerns directly related to the nature, quality, and future of English-as-a-Second Language programs. Reflective activities, lectures, simulations, case studies, role-plays and small group discussions. Conducted in English.
Ms. Pacheco
Meeting Times: 4:00-6:20 R
POBS 1800F: THE LUSOPHONE WORLD AND THE STRUGGLE FOR MODERNITY
Section 01, Registration Number 25222
A study of classical writings from the Portuguese-speaking world dealing with the issue of modernity, focusing primarily on the Counter-Reformation and Baroque paradigms versus the Enlightenment. Portuguese, Brazilian and African writers such as Antero de Quental, Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, Vianna Moog, Amílcar Cabral and others will be read critically and in a comparative approach. Conducted in Portuguese.
Mr. Almeida.
Meeting Times: 3:00-5:20pm W
POBS 1970: READING AND GUIDED STUDY
Section numbers vary by instructor. Please see the registration staff for the correct section number to use when registering for this course.
POBS 1990: RESEARCH AND PREPARATION OF HONORS PROJECTS
This independent study course is designed for students working on honors projects. Written permission of the concentration advisor (Ms. Sobral) is required. Section numbers vary by instructor. Please see the registration staff for the correct section number to use when registering for this course.
Primarily for graduates
POBS 2020D: Theories in First and Second Language AcquisitionSection 01, Registration Number: 24930
Theory and current research relating to first and second language acquisition and learning are examined from a pedagogical perspective. Focuses both on learning and teaching a second language. Conducted in English.
Ms. Smith
Meeting Tmes: 3:00-5:20pm F
POBS 2600A: MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE PORTUGUESE LITERATURE
Section 01, Registration Number: 24935
An analysis of Portuguese literature from the Middle Ages to the sixteenth century. Special attention given to the poetry of the Cancioneiros, Fernão Lopes, Gil Vicente, and Luís de Camões. Conducted in Portuguese.
Ms. Simas-Almeida
Meeting Times: 11:00am-1:20pm F
POBS 2600I: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY BRAZILIAN POETRYSection 01, Registration Number: 24931
An intensive reading of selected Brazilian poets of the past eighty years including Carlos Drummond de Andrade, João Cabral de Melo Neto, Mário Faustino, Paulo Leminski, Ana Cristina Cesar, the “concretistas”, and Salgado Maranhão. Each student will be responsible for an oral presentation about an additional poet, to be chosen in consultation with the instructor. Conducted in Portuguese.
Mr. Valente
Meeting Times: 3:00-5:20pm W
POBS 2970: PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION PREPARATION
Section 01, Registration Number: 21750
For graduate students who have met the tuition requirement and are paying the Registration Fee to continue active enrollment while preparing for a preliminary examination. No course credit.
Mr. Vieira
POBS 2980: READING AND GUIDED STUDY
See Reading And Guided Study for course description. Section numbers vary by instructor. Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course.
POBS 2990: THESIS PREPARATION
Section 01, Registration Number: 21751
For graduate students who have met the tuition requirement and are paying the Registration Fee to continue active enrollment while preparing a thesis. No course credit.
Instructor TBA