POIA021 Brasilian History and Culture I

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Vlastimil Váně (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Silvie Špánková, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:10–15:45 N51
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objective is to offer compendium of Brazilian history and culture.
Syllabus
  • 1. Discovery and first colonization (1st half of the 16th Century); 2. Colonial Age (2nd half of the 16th Century and the 17th Century); 3. Golden fever and the development of the South-East (18th Century); 4. Toward the declaration of Brazilian Independence (beginning of the 19th Century); 5. Problem of slavery, abolitionism and Brazilian empire (1822-1889); 6. First Republic (1889-1930); 7. Getúlio Vargas era (1930-1954); 8. Democratic intermezzo (1955-1964); 9. Military Dictatorship (1964-1985); 10. Present time (1985-). + Portraits and characterization of main personalities, trends and movements in music (A. Carlos Gomez, Heitor Villa-Lobos), plastic arts (Aleijadinho, Candido Portinari), architecture (colonial barogue, Oscar Niemeyer) and cinematography ("Cinema Novo").
Literature
  • BUENO, Eduardo. Brasil: Terra à Vista! (A Aventura Ilustrada do Descobrimento). Porto Alegre: L&PM Ed., 2000.
  • COTRIM, Gilberto. História e Consciência do Brasil. São Paulo: Ed. Saraiva, 1995.
  • FAUSTO, Boris. História Concisa do Brasil. São Paulo: IOSP-edusp, 2002.
  • KLÍMA, Jan. Brazílie. Praha: Libri, 2003.
  • KLÍMA, Jan. Dějiny Brazílie. Praha: NLN, 1998.
  • Historie a současnost Latinské Ameriky (Profil hlavních zemí Střední a Jižní Ameriky). Filozofická fakulta Masarykovo univerzity, Brno 2003 (text o Brazílii též na: http://www.romanistika.upol.cz/portugal/2_brazilie.html).
Teaching methods
Description, explanation and definition of basic periods in Brazilian history and culture and their demonstration on concrete texts by concrete authors.
Assessment methods
1 final written test on a discussed matter.
Language of instruction
Portuguese
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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