Brazilian Lit in Translation

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

A survey of Brazilian literature from 1500 to the present. Students will engage a wide variety of texts, including representative works of the colonial period, 19th and 20th century, as well contemporary literary productions. Special consideration will be given to the idea of a national literature, looking at issues such as local and “universal”, “modernity”, country and city, representations of race, gender, class, and sexuality. Readings in Spanish and English. To be taught in Spanish.