Brazil's Cannibal Modernism: From Modern Art Week to Antropofagia

Undergraduate

A study of Brazilian modernism in literature and the arts, centered on São Paulo's "Modern Art Week" of 1922 and the "Cannibal Manifesto" from the perspective of major figures and works, and transatlantic exchanges with figures from the European avant-gardes. Includes analysis of antropofagia as a post-colonial strategy. Reading knowledge of French and Portuguese helpful but not required. WR , HU Th 1:30pm-3:25pm