Portuguese 408 - Brazil in Film & Fiction
Fall
2018
01
4.00
Luiz Amaral
TU 4:00PM 6:30PM
UMass Amherst
78804
Integr. Learning Center N211
amaral@umass.edu
78805,82158,82159
The principal aim of this course is to introduce students to Brazilian history and culture through film and selected readings, by focusing on how filmmakers, writers, and artists represent key aspects of Brazilian society past and present: the colonization process; culture contact between Europeans and native Brazilians; slavery and race relations; economic development; immigration and internal migration; life in the backlands; urban problems; the dictatorship and its aftermath; contemporary Brazil. A second aim is to develop analytical skills and writing abilities. Course and readings are in Portuguese; films have subtitles in English. (Gen. Ed. AL, DG)
"The principal aim of this course is to introduce students to Brazilian history and culture through film and selected readings, by focusing on how filmmakers, writers, and artists represent key aspects of Brazilian society past and present: the colonization process; culture contact between Europeans and native Brazilians; slavery and race relations; economic development; immigration and internal migration; life in the backlands; urban problems; the dictatorship and its aftermath; contemporary Brazil. A second aim is to develop analytical skills and writing abilities. Course and readings are in Portuguese; films have subtitles in English. (Gen.Ed. AL, DG)"