Department of Spanish and Portuguese the University of Texas at Austin

DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

SYLLABUS POR 328C- Introduction to Literatures and Cultures (#45953) FALL 2017 BEN 1.118 (T-TH 12:30 – 2:00PM)

Dr. Sônia Roncador ([email protected]) Office hours: T-TH 2:30-4PM (BEN 3.132)

Course Description:

This foundational course provides an overview of Brazilian, Lusophone African (in particular, Angolan and Cape Verdean) and Portuguese literatures and cultures, from a multidisciplinary perspective. More specifically, the course’s main objective is to provide a general knowledge of late 19th century to contemporary cultural production (mainly essays, literature and film) and articulate these cultural and intellectual expressions with their region’s history of (post-)colonialisms and cross- racial/cultural conflicts. Prerequisite: Portuguese 611D, 611S, 612, 312L, or 516. This course carries the Global Cultures flag.

Course Materials:

A wide range of essays, stories and films will be made available via Canvas. Films are available for watching at www.youtube.com or at Mezzes Media Lab.

Grading:

Consistent attendance is mandatory. Since four absences are allowed during the semester, please reserve them for illness, religious holidays or other personal emergencies, and do not consider them “free” days. Absence from a class is not an excuse for missing homework assignments or tests. As it is stated by the Academic Policies and Procedures of the General Catalog, “A student who misses classes or other required activities, including examinations, for the observance of a religious holy day should inform the instructor as far in advance of the absence as possible, so that arrangements can be made to complete an assignment within a reasonable time after the absence” (http://www.utexas.edu/student/registrar/catalogs/gi05- 06/ch4/ch4g.html).

Students must read all assigned texts in advance and should be able to answer the instructor’s questions on the content and significance of the works; two or three questions will be posted on Canvas prior to each class period. Homework, class attendance, and participation in in-class discussion will comprise the class participation grade. Students should check with the instructor several times in the semester to make sure that they are meeting the course’s standards of participation in class.

Final grade will be based on: class participation (30%); three tests (45%); one short essay (25%). Instructor will use “plus” and “minus” grades for final course grades.

Language Policy:

Course will be taught in Portuguese. Although most of the readings will be in Portuguese, students may be able to write their three tests in English or Spanish, upon instructor’s consent.

General Policies:

1.The tests cannot be taken before the designated dates. Make-ups are allowed only in cases of emergency. A student with an emergency should notify the instructor as soon as possible so that an arrangement can be made promptly and present documented evidence of the excuse.

2. Emergency is defined as: A. Serious illness or accident or B. Death, or serious illness, or accident in the students’ immediate family. For other circumstances, consult the instructor.

3. Instructor will make herself available to discuss appropriate academic accommodations that a student may require as a student with a disability. Before course accommodations will be made, students will be required to provide documentation prepared by the Services for Students with Disabilities Office (SSD). To ensure that the most appropriate accommodations can be provided, students should contact the SSD Office at 471-6259 or 471-4641. For more information, read regulations for Academic Accommodations for Students with Disabilities http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/ssd.

4. Scholastic dishonesty: students who violate University rules on scholastic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary penalties, including the possibility of failure in the course and/or dismissal from The University of Texas. Since such dishonesty harms the individual, all students, and the integrity of the University, policies on scholastic dishonesty will be strictly enforced. For more information, visit Student Judicial Services (SJS) at http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/sjs/.

Weekly Schedule:

Week 1/Introduction to the Course 08/31: Syllabus presentation

PART 1: POST-COLONIAL MEMORIES OF THE PORTUGUESE EMPIRE

Cultural Imaginaries of the Portuguese Empire 09/05: M. Margarida Marques’s “Postcolonial Portugal: Between Scylla and Charybdis” 09/07: cont. (recommended reading: Fernando Arenas’s “(Post-)Colonialism, Globalization and Lusofonia, or the ‘Time-Space’ of the Portuguese-Speaking World” (http://escholarship.org/uc/item/0vh0f7t9#page-1) Post-Colonial Memories of Colonial Brazil 09/12: Nelson Pereira dos Santos’s Como era gostoso o meu Francês (youtube) 09/14: Carlos Diegues’s Quilombo (youtube) Colonial Legacies in Post-Colonial Angola and Mozambique 09/19: Maria João Ganja’s Na cidade vazia (2004) (youtube) 09/21: Teresa Prata’s Terra sonâmbula (2007) (youtube) 09/26: General Review 1 09/28: Test 1

PART 2: THE QUESTION OF LANGUAGE IN THE LUSOPHONE WORLD

Portuguese Language as Ideology and Cultural Politics 10/03: Diana Santos’s “Portuguese Language Identity in the World: Adventures and Misadventures of an International Language” 10/05: Russell Hamilton’s “Lusophone Literature in Africa: Language and Literature in Portuguese-Writing Africa” 10/10: Eliseu Mabasso’s “Lusofonia no contexto da bantofonia” (http://www.jornalnoticias.co.mz/index.php/primeiro-plano/18120-lusofonia-no- contexto-da-bantofonia-e-anglofonia-perspectivas-e-desafios-para-o-futuro- concl.html) Linguistic Identity across the Luso-Asian Babel 10/12: Alexandre Fernandes’s Além de nós: Macau RTP2 (you tube) 10/17: Lucélia Santos’s Timor Lorosae: o massacre que o mundo não viu (youtube) (incluir artigo sobre portugues no timor e mocambique) The New Ortographic Agreement 10/19: Pedro Silva’s “Novo acordo ortográfico” (in Revista Lusofonia) suggested readings: Carvalho&Cabecinhas’s “The Ortographic (Dis)Agreement and the Portuguese Identity Threat”; Jose Pedro Zuquete’s “Beyond Reform: The Ortographic Accord and the future of the Portuguese Language” (https://www.publico.pt/2017/01/23/culturaipsilon/noticia/cidadaos-contra-o- acordo-ortografico-de-1990-1759324) 10/24: General Review 2 10/26: Test 2

PART 3: CULTURAL INTERFACES AND LUSO-MIGRATIONS

10/31: Eric Morier-Genoud and Michel Cahen’s (eds.) Imperial Migrations (excerpts) 11/02: Luis Buarque de Holanda’s Pierre Catumbi Verger: mensageiro entre dois mundos (youtube) Lusophone Rio (Brazil) 11/07: José Eduardo Agualusa’s O ano em que Zumbi tomou o Rio (excerpts) 11/09: Luis Galvão Teles’s Tudo isso é fado (youtube) Luso-African Lisbon (Portugal) 11/14: Kalaf Epalanga’s O Angolano que comprou Lisboa (por metade do preço) (excerpts) 11/16: Walter Salles & Daniela Thomas’s Terra estrangeira (1995) (youtube) 11/21: Sergio Trefaut’s Lisboetas (2004) (youtube) 11/23: Thanksgiving Global Luanda (Angola) 11/28: Leonel Vieira’s Zona J 11/30: Regina Casé’s TV Show Central da periferia: Luanda (Parts 1 and 2) (youtube) 12/05: Course Conclusion/General Review 12/01: Test 3 Take-home essay (due: TBA)