Spring 2024 Portuguese UN3330 section 001

INTRO TO PORTUGUESE STUDIES

INTRO TO PORTUGUESE CULTURES

Call Number 14752
Day & Time
Location
TR 1:10pm-2:25pm
308A Lewisohn Hall
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Joao Nemi Neto
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description This course presents the students with the information and basic tools needed to interpret a broad range of topics and cultural production from the Portuguese-speaking world: literary, filmic, artisitic, architectural, urban, etc. We will use a continuing cross-disciplinary dialogue to study everyday acts as a location of culture. This course will center on interpretation as an activity and as the principal operation though which culturally sited meaning is created and analyzed. Among the categories and topics discussed will be history, national and popular cultures, literature (high/low), cultural institutions, migration, and globalization. Students will also acquire the fundamental vocabulary for the analysis of cultural objects. This course is required for the concentration in Portuguese Studies.
Web Site Vergil
Department Latin American and Iberian Cultures
Enrollment 8 students (15 max) as of 9:05AM Saturday, May 10, 2025
Subject Portuguese
Number UN3330
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Note UN2102 OR UN2120 / PLACEMENT TEST/AP 4 OR 5 OR SAT SCORE
Section key 20241PORT3330W001