Graduate Courses for Portuguese (PORT)

Schedule of Classes: Fall | Winter | Spring | Summer
(Only current and next semester available)

PORT 405 Portuguese for Spanish Speakers (3 credits)
Restriction: Must have native or acquired fluency in Spanish.
Intensive basic grammar, reading and auditory comprehension. Native or acquired fluency in Spanish required.

PORT 408 Special Topics in Portuguese Literature (3 credits)
Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
Major themes and literary developments from the late 18th century to the present.

PORT 409 Special Topics in Brazilian Literature (3-6 credits)
Major themes and literary development from the late eighteenth century to the present. Specific topic to be announced each time the course is offered.

PORT 470 Modernism in Brazilian Prose Fiction (3 credits)
Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures department.
Prose of the Modernist movement in Brazil from 1922, including literary, sociological and historical dimensions.

PORT 476 Africa in Brazil (3 credits)
Restriction: Junior standing or higher.
Cultural expressions resulting from the African presence in Brazil from the Sixteenth Century to the present, including literature, oral traditions, religion, music, dance, and food.

PORT 478 Themes and Movements of Luso-Brazilian Literature in Translation (3 credits)
Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
A study of specific themes and movements either in Portuguese or Brazilian literature, as announced. Designed for students for whom the literatures would be inaccessible in Portuguese.

PORT 480 Machado de Assis (3 credits)
Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures department.
Fiction of Machado de Assis covering his romantic and realistic periods.

PORT 609 Special Topics - Brazilian Literature (3-6 credits)
Prerequisite: Must have reading knowledge of Portuguese - fluency in Spanish or Portuguese. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
Representative topics/authors/works of Brazilian literature. Texts in Portuguese: classes conducted in Portuguese and Spanish.

PORT 699 Independent Study of Portuguese (1-3 credits)
Repeatable to 3 credits.
This course is designed to provide graduate students an opportunity to pursue independent study under the supervision of a member of the department.