Icons, Legends, and Myths in Brazil (210-0-1)

Instructors

Mirella Gomes da Silva
Kresge 3544
Office Hours: MWF 11am

Meeting Info

Kresge Centennial Hall 2-343: Mon, Wed 12:00PM - 12:50PM

Overview of class

Representations in graphic materials, documentaries, film, theater, folklore, narrative fiction, and popular music of historical, literary, and popular figures in the national imagination. May include English or Portuguese discussion sections.

Registration Requirements

Prerequisite for Portuguese section: PORT 201-0, PORT 202-0, or sufficient score on placement exam. Prerequisite for English section: none.

Class Materials (Required)

Hatoum, Milton. Orphans of Eldorado. Canongate UK, 2012. Print. (also available on Kindle) ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1847673008

Class Materials (Suggested)

Recommended: Skidmore, Thomas. Brazil: Five Centuries of Change. Oxford U. Press: Oxford, 2009. ISBN-13: 978-0195058093

Class Notes

Portuguese 210-0-1/ CLS 202 -021 - DISCUSSION SECTION IN ENGLISH OR PORTUGUESE REQUIRED.
Portuguese 210-0-2/ CLS 202-0-70 - DISCUSSION IN ENGLISH.
Portuguese 210-03 - DISCUSSION IN PORTUGUESE.

Class Attributes

Historical Studies Distro Area
Interdisciplinary Distro-rules apply
Literature & Fine Arts Distro Area

Associated Classes

DIS - Parkes Hall 212: Fri 12:00PM - 12:50PM

DIS - Kresge Cent. Hall 2-380 Kaplan: Fri 2:00PM - 2:50PM