Selected novels, plays, and poems of the Middle Ages and the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. Literature in relation to society. Selected novels, plays, and poems of the 19th and 20th centuries in relation to social and cultural issues. Selected novels, stories, plays and poems from the 16th to the 19th century, focusing on a particular aspect of Brazilian cultural history. Selected novels, stories, plays, and poems of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Emphasis is on aesthetic, social and cultural qualities particular to Brazilian literature.
A study of the confrontation between the old and the new worlds. Extensive practice in oral Portuguese based on authentic cultural materials. Development of language skills and vocabulary for effective communication and self- expression through debates and oral reports on Portuguese films and news programs viewed in class. Intensive review of Portuguese grammar. Introduction to commercial terminology.