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3.00 Credits
Prof. Avelar, Prof. Dunn. In-depth study of Brazilian literature from its beginning to the present. Authors: Manuel António de Almeida, José de Alencar, Gonçalves Dias, Castro Alves, Machado de Assis, Aluisio Azevedo, Graciliano Ramos, José Lins do Régo, Mário de Andrade, Oswald de Andrade, Manuel Bandeira, João Cabral de Melo Neto, Jorge Amado, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Guimarães Rosa, Clarice Lispector, Antônio Callado, Lygia Fagundes Telles, Rubem Fonseca, Sérgio Sant’anna, Roberto Drummond, and others.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Avelar, Prof. Dunn. Brazilian literature and its production within an urban environment focusing of issues such as slavery and race relations, class divisions and spatial marginality, industrialization and labor movements, gender and sexuality, media and popular culture, rural to urban migration, and violence and criminality. Authors may include Manuel Antônio de Almeida, AluÃsio Azevedo, Machado de Assis, Lima Barreto, Mário de Andrade, Patricia Galvão, Marques Rebelo, Nelson Rodrigues, Rubem Fonseca, Caio Fernando Abreu, Patricia Melo, Paulo Lins, and Regina Rheda.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Avelar, Prof. Dunn. An advanced survey of Brazilian social and cultural critics of the twentieth century including Silvio Romero, Euclides da Cunha, Gilberto Freyre, Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda, Guerrero Ramos, Roland Corbisier, Florestan Fernandes, Antônio Candido, Roberto Schwarz, Ferreira Gullar, Silviano Santiago, Luiz Costa Lima, Flora Süssekind, Renato Ortiz, Muniz Sodré, and Marilena ChauÃ. The course foregrounds historic and contemporary debates in Brazil surrounding nationality, modernity, democracy, and citizenship.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Avelar, Prof. Dunn. This course offers an in-depth inquiry into Brazilian cultural history through the prism of popular music, often regarded as Brazil’s most accomplished field of artistic production. Genres and cultural phenomena to be covered include samba, choro, baião, bossa nova, protest music, Tropicália, and Mangue Beat, as well as international styles such as rock, reggae, and rap in local context. The study of music provides the basis for the exploration of issues such as nationalism, regionalism, developmentalism, authoritarianism, and globalization.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Avelar, Prof. Dunn. This course provides a survey of the literatures and cultures of Portugal, Brazil, and Lusophone Africa using a theme-based approach to explore Trans-Atlantic connections, tensions, and dialogues within colonial and postcolonial contexts.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Avelar. A comparison of the contemporary fiction of Spanish America and Brazil. Topics vary but may include: the short story; race, gender, and nationalism; the regionalist novel; experimental fiction; fiction and popular culture. Among the selected authors are Julio Cortázar, Guimarães Rosa, Fonseca, Borges, Clarice Lispector, Rulfo, Donoso, Icaza, Ramos, Rivera. Reading competence in Spanish and Portuguese to be established by previous course work or judgment of instructor. (Same as SPAN 671.)
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Requires approval of the department and the Honors Committee.
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4.00 Credits
Staff. Requires approval of the department and the Honors Committee.
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3.00 Credits
Students will explore the interplay between America’s legal system and our social structure. This includes a detailed analysis and discussion of the development of social, economic, and political relationships and how the legal system affects and imposes upon those relationships. The students will also study and discuss the functions of the federal and state court systems and their accessibility and availability to citizens of varying socioeconomic means. Note: Satisfies social science requirement for School of Continuing Studies majors.
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3.00 Credits
Recent special topics include Understanding Civil Rights/Liberties and Understanding Criminal Law/Procedure.
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