Portuguese Undergraduate Courses

Portuguese 001b, FRSM. Latin American Short Fiction: From Existential to Social
TTH 9:00-10:10
Paulo Moreira
This freshman seminar aims to introduce students to literature in Portuguese through one of its highest achievements: the short narrative. We will get to know some of the best works of Eça de Queiroz, Machado de Assis, Guimarães Rosa, Graciliano Ramos, Clarice Lispector, José Saramago, António Lobo Antunes and others. The narrative structure and expressive qualities of the texts, literary currents, and social, psychological, and existential themes will be approached in comparison with other short stories from Spanish America and the U.S. Texts will be available in the original and in English translation. Taught in English.

Portuguese 115, Elementary Protuguese
MTWThF 9:30-10:20
MTWThF 10:30-11:20
Tânia Martuscelli
Basic vocabulary and fundamentals of grammar through practice in speaking, reading, and writing, with stress on audiolingual proficiency. Introduces Brazilian and Portuguese culture and civilization. To be followed by PORT 130.
Qualifies students for summer study abroad.

Portuguese 118, Elementary Protuguese for Romance Language Speakers
MTWThF 11:30-12:20
Tânia Martuscelli
MTWThF 3:30- 4:20
Marta Almeida
A comprehensive Portuguese course for students proficient in Spanish or another Romance language. Basic vocabulary and fundamentals of grammar through practice in speaking, reading, and writing. Includes laboratory practice. Conducted entirely in Portuguese. Normally prepares for PORT 130.
Qualifies students for summer study abroad.

Portuguese 130, Intermediate Protuguese
MTWThF 2:30-3:20
Marta Almeida
Contemporary and colloquial usage of Portuguese, with emphasis on differences between the spoken and the written language of Brazil. Grammar review and writing practice. Readings enrich students’ vocabulary, improve their command of Brazilian Portuguese, and introduce them to Brazilian literature.

Portuguese 138b Advanced Practice in Protuguese
MWF 1:30-2:20
Marta Almeida
Advanced conversation and composition, with an introduction to Luso-Brazilian literature and culture.
After PORT 130.

Portuguese 211a Portuguese Language and Culture
MWF 1:30-2:20
Marta Almeida
Advanced Portuguese course on Language and Culture whose primary objective is to develop an analytic and critical sense of current sociolinguistic trends, such as immigration, bilingualism and language and gender in the Luso-Brazilian world.

Portuguese 246a/Span 245a Latin American Film: Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina
TTh 2:30-3:45
Paulo Moreira
Students will get a general overview of the best cinema produced in these three Latin American countries and at the same time we are going to have a closer look at their most important directors in the last 20 years. We will be looking at the context in which the movies were produced and also the context presented within each of them, gaining in knowledge about the cultures of these three countries in comparative fashion. Accordingly the classes will be organized either around common themes or the work one or two important directors.

Portuguese 249a Introduction to Brazilian Culture
TTh 11:30-12:45
Paulo Moreira
This course aims to give students interested in Brazil a clear idea of this country’s most pressing current cultural issues and also a general overview of the best that Brazil has to offer in terms of music, art, dance, theater, literature, and cinema. We will make use of a reader with a wide array of literary and non-literary texts in Portuguese, web pages, music, and films. Classes will be taught in Portuguese.

*Portuguese 341b/ Litr191b/G Cultural Encounters of the Portuguese
Th 9:30-11:20K.
David Jackson
HU WR
A study of literary works that addresses cultural encounters in the Portuguese world, from colonial to modern and from Asia to Brazil. Topics include acculturation, crossing cultures, creolistics, miscegenation and hybrid cultures, indigenous peoples and languages, and the theory of space in between cultures. Readings include the epic, histories, memoirs and travel literature, the "Cannibal Manifesto," and others.

Portuguese 385b, Span 390b, Litr Latin American Poetry: Brazil and Mexico
TTh 1:00-2:15
Paulo Moreira
This course will open up opportunities for establishing connections between two of the strongest poetic traditions in Latin America, the Mexican and the Brazilian, most of them yet to be discovered. We will study the most representative work of the best 20th century poets of the two countries in comparative fashion. The aims of this course are to provide students with a general overview of 20th century Latin American poetry and to get acquainted with the best poets of Mexico and Brazil in the 20th century. Classes will be taught in Spanish.

Portuguese 393a / Lit 231a MODERN BRAZILIAN AND PORTUGUESE FICTION IN TRANSLATION
MW 1:00-2:15
K. David Jackson
HU WR
An introduction to the major writers in modern Brazilian and Portuguese literatures, including Machado de Assis, Clarice Lispector, João Guimãraes Rosa, Fernando Pessoa, and José Saramago.
Conducted in English.

Portuguese 396b / LitR 292 b Modern Brazilian Literature in Translation
MW 1:00-2:15
K. David Jackson
HU WR
A course on major writers, movements and works in modern Brazilian literature, including drama, poetry, essay, memoirs, and fiction. Introduces the essential canonical writers, works, and movements, including naturalism, realism, modernism, social realism, innovative writing, and postmodern trends. Provides a general introduction to key concepts in Brazilian civilization. Readings include theater, manifesto, essay, poetry, and fiction.

Portuguese 410a/ Litr 291a Brazilian Short Story
MW 2:30 – 3:45
K. David Jackson
HU WR
Brazilian literature has produced several of the world’s masters of the short story, including Machado de Assis, Mário de Andrade, Clarice Lispector, João Guimarães Rosa, as well as other internationally-known figures such as Osman Lins, Dalton Trevisan, Moacyr Scliar, Nélida Piñón, and Lygia Fagundes Telles. The Brazilian short story occupies a place in between European literary background and Brazilian indigenous linguistic and cultural reality. The purpose of this course is to unveil the rich history of the Brazilian short story and introduce its major figures, dominant critical and thematic currents, and the satire and humor through which it attacks and analyzes social forces. Major directions include magical realism, satire, feminism, regionalism, linguistic experiments, popular culture, and psychological analysis. The course will read the new Oxford Anthology of the Brazilian Short Story (2006).

While guided by studies of the aesthetics of the short story, the readings follow chronological development in four major periods, while also considering linguistic and cultural qualities of the Brazilian story. Major authors form the core of the readings represented by their most famous works.

Portuguese 471a and 472b, Directed Reading or Directed Research

Portuguese 491a or b and 492 a or b, The Senior Essay

Portuguese Summer Institute: Four Weeks at Yale (June 05-30) and Four Weeks in Brazil (July 3-28)

Elementary Portuguese (PORT S-118)
Group I
8 Weeks: M-F 1-4
3 Credits
June 05 – July 28
$4,400 tuition
Elizabeth Jackson
Second half offered in Paraty, Brazil. This class will provide a rigorous and fast-paced introduction to the Portuguese language. Students will learn major grammatical structures while building oral fluency, listening comprehension, accurate pronunciation, and reading and writing skills. This class will also introduce students to a variety of literary, cultural and historical topics from Brazil. This is an intensive class, which is the equivalent of a full first-year course in Portuguese.

This course prepares for Portuguese 130 (Intermediate). Port. 118 also fulfills the language requirement in Portuguese for the B.A. in Latin American Studies.

Intermediate Portuguese (PORT S-130)
Group I
8 Weeks: M-F 9-12
3 Credits
June 05 – July 28
$4,400 tuition (incl. PORT S-209)
Marta Almeida
Second half offered in Paraty, Brazil. An intensive intermediate course in Portuguese language emphasizing development of all skills with an introduction to Brazilian cultural topics reflecting the history and geography of the area. Prerequisite: PORT 115 or equivalent. For college students 18 years or older. Application deadline: April 1. Must be taken in conjunction with PORT S-209. For further information contact the instructors at marta.almeida@yale.edu.

Introduction to Brazilian Literature and Culture (PORT S-209)
Group I
8 Weeks: T,TH 3.30-5.45
1 credit
June 06 – July 27
tuition: see below
K. David Jackson
Second half offered in Paraty, Brazil. Reading, discussion, and interpretation of selected fiction, poetry, essays, and journalism by major authors and figures in Brazilian intellectual and cultural history. This course is designed to complement topics in the intermediate language course. For college students 18 years or older. Application deadline: April 1. Must be taken in conjunction with PORT S-130 (tuition is included). Students who have already taken PORT 130 during the academic year may take this course alone on a space-available basis. For further information contact the instructor at k.jackson@yale.edu.