This course entails reading, writing, discussion, use of dictionaries and translation practice. The student should, with the aid of dictionaries, be able to read and translate newspaper articles from the People's Republic, modern fiction and non-specialist articles.Prerequisite: AP/CH 2000 6.00 with minimum GPA of 4.0
Introduces students to the literary representations of heroes, marvels, monsters and beauties in Portuguese literature. Analyses the nature and extent of these themes in different epochs and in relation to the country's historical, cultural, and ideological realities.Notes: Assignments may be completed in Portuguese or English.
This course focuses on the significance of the Mozambican short-story in defining a national literary tradition. It is based on historically and socially contextualized readings of Mozambican short stories. Note: Students are given the option of writing their essays in Portuguese or in English.Course credit exclusions: None. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusion: AS/POR […]
This course presents cannibalism as a fundamental category in the understanding of Brazilian culture and identity. The theme is explored from colonial times to present, especially the contributions of the Brazilian Modernist movement and New Cinema (Cinema Novo).
This course presents the unique literary production in the Portuguese Atlantic islands of the Azores within its cultural context. The themes of identity, isolation and migration give students an understanding of this archipelago's distinct identity. Prerequisite: AP/POR 2000 6.00 or permission of the department. Course credit exclusions: None. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Prerequisite: AS/POR 2000 […]
Through various literary works and films, this course explores the ideological, economic and social changes that occurred in Portugal following the April 1974 Carnation Revolution. Notes: Assignments may be completed in Portuguese or English.
Offers students a more in-depth development of communicative skills, namely, the ability to listen and to communicate in various contexts, to read according to different purposes and to write several texts in standard Portuguese - including the European and the Brazilian variants. Students acquire an advanced level of competence in order to (inter)act in a […]
Examines characteristics of Japanese corporate culture and aspects of management styles as well as patterns of Japanese communication styles, drawing on concepts from linguistics, communication, and cultural studies.Pre/Corequisite: AP/JP 2700 6.00. Course credit exclusions: None.
Although religious identity did not loom strongly in the minds of most Japanese immigrants to Canada in the late nineteenth century, it often became a major connection to their cultural identity, language, and the social norms of their homeland. However, Japanese Canadians came to adapt their Buddhist practices, or convert to Christianity, as concessions to […]
This course examines contemporary Japanese popular culture and its influence not only on its Asian neighbours, especially China and Korea, but also on the West. Not only are genres such as film, television, and popular literature examined, but also particularly Japanese phenomenon such as otaku, moe, sh?shoku danshi (""herbivore men"") and the Japanese penchant for […]