A brief history of afro-brazilian literature
Lectures and seminars in italian and portuguese. Attendance is heartily recommended. Students who are unable to attend will have to study some supplementary material
The course explores the constructions of brazilian culture as an identity with strong african roots. The lectures examine narratives and also arts (cinema, popular music and photography). Attention will be paid also to relationship between afro-brazilian culture and the african literatures written in portugues (Angola and Cape Verde).
modalità didattiche
Luciana Stegagno Picchio, Storia della letteratura brasiliana, Torino, Einaudi, 1997
Boris Fausto, Breve storia del Brasile, Cagliari, 2010
Antonio Cândido, Formação da literatura brasileira Voll. 1 e 2, Itatiaia, 2000
Cuti, Literatura negro-brasileira, Selo negro, 2010
Eduardo Assis Duarte, Literatura e afrodescendência no Brasil – História, teoria, polémica, Vol 4, Ufmg, 2011AA.VV,
AA. VV. Africana – Racconti dall’Africa che scrive in portoghese, Milano, Feltrinelli, 1999
ROBERTO FRANCAVILLA (President)
IVANA XENIA LIBRICI
ELIZABETH RUCHTI
Martedì 11 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).
