An introduction to the literatures written in portuguese and their relationship with history, culture and society from the origin to modernity.
Lectures and seminars in italian.Attendance is heartily recommended. Students who are unable to attend will have to study some supplementary material
The course will examine the variety of literary and artistic expressions in a perspective of cultural studies in so-called lusophone literatures from Portugal, Brazil and Africa. The course will focus on on specific topics such as the origin of the galego-portuguese literature, Descobrimentos, Fernando Pessoa’s poetic of heteronimy.
Luciana Stegagno Picchio, Storia della letteratura brasiliana, Torino, Einaudi, 1997
AA.VV, (a cura di V. Tocco), Breve storia della Letteratura portoghese, Pisa, Carocci
Fernando Tavares Pimenta, Storia politica del Portogallo contemporaneo, Torino, Le Monnier
Boris Fausto, Breve storia del Brasile, Cagliari,
Luís de Camões, I Lusiadi, Milano, Rizzoli, 2001
Fernando Pessoa, Una sola moltitudine, Vol. I, Milano, Adelphi
AA.VV, Il Portogallo è grande, in “Limes”, vol. monografico, 2009
ROBERTO FRANCAVILLA (President)
IVANA XENIA LIBRICI
ELIZABETH RUCHTI
Mercoledì 12 ottobre 2016
The exam will be a conversation in Italian or Portuguese and will consist of questions on the whole course (https:// servizionline.unige.it/studenti/esami).
