Practical Classes and workshops-30 hours Total: 30 hours
Exclusions
Description
Students will study three Brazilian plays: Ariano Suassuna’s Auto da Compadecida (1955), translated as The Rogue’s Trial (1963), Dias Gomes, O Pagador de Promessas (1960), translated as The Road to Bahia, and João Cabral de Melo Neto), Morte e Vida Severina (1966), translated as Death and life of Severino (2003). At the same time, they will be able to complement their reading of the play texts by viewing the film adaptations of these works. Through their engagement with these texts, students will be in a privileged position to (1) explore key issues of Brazilian history and society, namely class, race and gender; (2) examine the interplay between elements of Brazilian popular culture and canonical European dramatic tradition; and (3) analyse the prevailing constructions, in drama and film, of the 20th-century North Eastern social reality.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
carry out close readings and analyses of play texts and films
locate these works in the relevant socio-historical context.
read relevant critical texts, identify and deploy relevant information.
plan, research and write a scholarly essay with the appropriate critical apparatus
Assessment
13367-01 : Essay : Coursework (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions
Assessments: one 2500-word essay
Reassessment: one 2500-word essay
