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21&62:810:101-102.
Elementary Portuguese (3,3)
Not open to students who have had two or more years of secondary
school Portuguese or are near-native speakers of the language. These
students must take a placement test in the department for proper
advisement. Both terms must be completed to receive credit.
Fundamentals of grammar; drill in speaking and writing. A minimum
total of ten hours of language laboratory work per term is required
of all students in NCAS elementary language courses and is recommended
for UC-N and NJIT students.
21&62:810:131,132. Intermediate
Portuguese (3,3)
After examination, students may be placed in a section for nonnative
or native speakers. Successful completion of both terms may be accredited
for a major/minor option.
Grammar review and vocabulary expansion. Continued development of
speaking and reading skills; intensive practice in reading and composition
based on short literary and journalistic texts.
21&62:810:203. Advanced Grammar
and Composition (3)
This class offers instruction in advanced grammatical structures,
and advanced reading, writing and speaking. For students with a
good command of the Portuguese language who wish to perfect their
knowledge of written and oral Portuguese
21&62:810:207. Introduction
to Portuguese Literature (3)
Prerequisites: 21&62:810:131,132 or demonstrable reading/writing
knowledge of the language. Fulfills literature requirement.
Conducted in Portuguese.
Survey of Portuguese literature, with emphasis on reading and discussion
of literary texts representative of significant literary movements
and authors of Portugal.
21&62:810:208. Introduction
to Brazilian Literature (3)
Prerequisites: 21&62:810:131,132 or demonstrable reading/writing
knowledge of the language. Conducted in Portuguese.
Survey of Brazilian literature, with emphasis on reading and discussion
of literary texts representative of significant literary movements
and authors of Brazil.
21&62:810:209. The Portuguese
Short Story (3) (Pending Approval)
Fulfills literature requirement. Conducted in Portuguese.
This course examines the literary genre of the short story and the
ways in which Portuguese authors of the late 19th and 20th centuries
have used short fiction as a venue for stylistic innovation and
social commentary. Authors to be examined include Eça de
Queirós, Miguel Torga, José Saramago, Mário
de Sá-Carneiro, Lídia Jorge and Teolinda Gersão.
21&62:810:220. History
of Portuguese Music (3) (Pending Approval)
Fulfills interdisciplinary requirement.
This course is a historical survey of the musical
expressions of Portuguese socio-cultural reality from the Middle
Ages to the present. This course covers early Muslim influences
on Portuguese music, the music of the court, the troubadoours, Renaissance,
Baroque, Classicism, Romanticism and twentieth century movements.
Students will examine audio samples, as well as literary and historical
texts.
21&62:810:242 Portuguese in the Americas (3) (Pending Approval)
Fulfills interdisciplinary requirement.
This interdisciplinary class will examine the cultural history of
the Portuguese in North America, from the 17th century Melungeons
to the most recently arrived populations of the 1960s and 70s. Students
will read historical and anthropological texts concerning the Portuguese
in North America as well as literary portrayals of Portuguese migratory
experience written by Luso-Americans Frank Gaspar, Onésimo
Almeida and Katherine Vaz. This class is conducted in English.
21&62:810:311.312 Portuguese
Literature in English Translation (3,3)
Fulfills literature requirement.
Reading and discussion of major authors and texts representative
of Portugal's rich literary tradition. Two-term sequence covers
Vicente and Camões
up to twentieth century authors.
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