Brazilian Literature - Modernism

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course will focus on the development of Brazilian Modernist Literature from the Semana de Arte Moderna to the present. We will explore key aspects of Brazilian Modernism, such as the concept of cultural anthropophagy, as well as the tensions between the national and regional identities. Novels, short stories, and poetry by masters of the Brazilian literature will include Mario de Andrade (Macunaíma, Pauliceia Desvairada), Oswald de Andrade (Manifesto Antopófago), Vinícius de Moraes (Nova Antologia Poética), Carlos Drummond de Andrade (A Rosa do Povo), Jorge Amado (Gabriela Cravo e Canela), Clarice Lispector (Laços de Família), Guimarães Rosa (Grande Sertão: Veredas), João Cabral de Melo Neto (Morte e Vida Severina), Nelson Rodrigues (A Vida Como Ela É), and Augusto de Campos (Viva Vaia). Finally, we will explore contemporary authors who recently established themselves in the pantheon of Brazilian Literature: Cristovão Tezza (O Filho Eterno, 2007) and Milton Hatoum (Dois Irmãos, 2000, and Cinzas do Norte, 2005).