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On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- Identify distinctive characteristics and themes of the Portuguese-speaking world in contemporary film and literature production;
- Examine the ways in which artistic productions contest hegemonic narratives and participate in the construction of a national discourse;
- Understand how some of the major political and social shifts have impacted the current landscape of the contemporary Portuguese-speaking world;
- Apply pertinent historical and socio-political information to their analyses of cultural products and understand how literature and film respond to social change in the Portuguese-speaking world world;
- Demonstrate an understanding of the Portuguese-speaking world as a space of diversity within unity.
Themes
1 - Concepts of Lusophony & Geography of the Portuguese-Speaking World
2 - The Colonial War and the Collapse of the Empire
The Murmuring Coast, by Margarida Cardoso
3 - Portugal: The Carnation Revolution
April Captains, by Maria de Medeiros
4 - Angola: in Search of a Nation
Yes, Comrade!, by Manuel Rui
5 - Mozambique: Colonial Impressions
We killed Mangy-Dog and Other Mozambique Stories, by Luís Bernardo Honwana
6 - Mozambique: The Civil War
Sleepwalking Land, by Teresa Prata
7 - Brazil: In Times of Military Dictatorship
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation, by Cao Hamburger
8 - Brazil: "Favelas" & Violence
City of God, by Fernando Meirelles
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 12 |
Seminar (or Webinar) | 12 |
Specified Learning Activities | 30 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 46 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Class Test: A series of short quizzes (on Brightspace) to be completed during trimester. Each quiz refers to the material covered in the two lectures hours per week/ one topic. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Essay: Film & Fiction recorded video presentation focusing on ONE of the 'video-essay' topics provided. See BrightSpace fro choice of Presentation Project Topics and detailed instructions. | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 60 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
Feedback individually to students on non graded assessments at the discretion of the tutor - Students will be told what they have done well and what they need to do to improve. Feedback individually to students on the final graded assessment - includes reminding students of what they were aiming to achieve (the learning outcomes). Feedback to the class, on activities developed in class, where appropriate - feedback given against explicit and agreed criteria for success (clear marking criteria aligned with the learning outcomes).
Name | Role |
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Dr Romeu Foz | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Ana Vera | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Seminar | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 12:00 - 12:50 |
Seminar | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Tues 11:00 - 11:50 |