PORT10090

Learning Outcomes:

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.

Indicative Module Content:

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary, it is envisaged that the course will include some of the following topics:
- The Colonial War and the Collapse of the Empire (The Murmuring Coast, by Margarida Cardoso; The Murmuring Coast by Lidia Jorge)
- The Carnation Revolution (April Captains, by Maria de Medeiros)
- Angola: in Search of a Nation (Yes, Comrade!, by Manuel Rui)
- Mozambique: Colonial Impressions (We killed Mangy-Dog and Other Mozambique Stories, by Luís Bernardo Honwana)
- From colonial to the postcolonial nation: the power of image (Kuxa Kanema: the birth of cinema, Margarida Cardoso)
- Angola: Post-Conflit and Marginality (The Hero, Zézé Gamboa and Hollow City, Maria João Ganga)
- Mozambique: The Civil War (Sleepwalking Land, by Teresa Prata)
- Brazil: In Times of Military Dictatorship (The Year My Parents Went on Vacation, by Cao Hamburger)
- Brazil: "Favelas" & Violence (City of God, by Fernando Meirelles)

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Assessment Strategy

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

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).