2023 Fall
PORTUG 115 001 - LEC 001
The Brazilian Lyric
Nathaniel Zlotkin Wolfson
Class #:31185
Units:4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Spanish and Portuguese
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
23
Enrolled: 7
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 30
Waitlist Max: 5
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials, and 9 hours of outside work hours.
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Course Catalog Description
This course offers a panoramic view of Brazilian culture and history through lyric traditions and counter-traditions. Our focus will be Brazilian poems (including song lyrics) from the 19th century to the present, but we will also examine colonial and baroque texts and how they resonate with modern, mid-century and post-dictatorship literary materials. Moving through key poetic movements from simbolismo to Poesia Marginal, we will examine why the lyric has been a chosen medium for authors to conceptualize identity, difference, ethics, politics and aesthetics. Course conducted in Portuguese. No previous background in poetry or Brazilian literature required.
Class Description
Course conducted in Portuguese. This course offers a panoramic view of Brazilian culture and history through poetic traditions, including oral literature and song. Our focus will be poetry (including song lyrics) from the pre-colonial period to the present day. We will examine why the lyric has been a particularly important medium for authors to theorize identity, difference, ethics, politics and aesthetics. A guiding theme is how Brazilian poets contest the legacy of colonialism through poetic strategies, such as translation and emulation. Students will, along the course of the semester, write their own emulations, translations and original poetry. By the end of the semester students should have both a sense of the historical evolution of poetry in Brazil and practical training in reading and responding to poetry, song—and literature more generally. No previous background in poetry or Brazilian literature required.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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Associated Sections
None