PO0B120 Brazilian Short Story B II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Zuzana Burianová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Silvie Špánková, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Dagmar Holoubková
Timetable
each even Friday 10:00–13:15 B23
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Besides a general characterization of the genre of short story, this course gives an outline of the history of short story in Brazilian literature from the 19th century, focusing on the period from modernism up to the present. Based on the analysis of selected texts, it provides students with fundamental information about the short story production of the most important authors of particular tendencies.
Syllabus
  • 1. Theory of short story 2. History of Brazilian short story in the 19th century (Aluísio Azevedo, Machado de Assis) 3. Short story in the first and second periods of modernism (Mário de Andrade, Graciliano Ramos) 4. Regional short story (João Guimarães Rosa and others) 5. Psychological short story (Clarice Lispector and others) 6. Fantastic short story (José J. Veiga, Murilo Rubião, Moacyr Scliar and others) 7. Urban short story (João Antônio, Dalton Trevisan, Rubem Fonseca and others) 8. Humor and satire in short story (Fernando Sabino, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Luís Fernando Veríssimo and others)
Literature
  • Moisés, Massaud. A Criação Literária. Prosa I. São Paulo: Cultrix, 1999
  • Bosi, Alfredo. História Concisa da Literatura Brasileira. São Paulo: Cultrix
  • Gotlib, Nadja. Teoria do conto. São Paulo: Ática, 1988
  • Moriconi, Italo (org.). Os Cem Melhores Contos Brasileiros do Século. Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, 2001
  • Bosi, Alfredo. O Conto Brasileiro Contemporâneo. São Paulo: Cultrix, 1998
Teaching methods
Lecture: exposition of the subject matter Seminar: based on students´ homework consisting in reading selected short stories, the passages that are difficult or interesting from the point of view of its language or ideas are analysed in detail in the seminar; this is followed by interpretation of the short story and discussion of the given topic
Assessment methods
- activity during seminars - reading of the given short stories and of other texts - writing an essay on a selected topic
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011.
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