SLL4300F TOPICS IN PORTUGUESE I

Convener: Dr A De Melo

Course entry requirements: Acceptance for an honours programme and permission of the Head of Section.

Course outline:

This research-module offers a detailed study of an aspect of Lusophone culture, either literary, historical, cultural, or linguistic subject (determined by student interest and staff availability), across a broad time span. Close attention is paid to primary sources and trends in modern scholarship. Topics offered may include Luso-Afro-Brazilian literature and cultures, translation studies, studies in colonial and post-colonial literature, teaching Portuguese as an additional language, etc.

DP requirements: At least 80% attendance at lectures and completion of all assignments.

Assessment: Two essays (40%) and one essay of at least 4,000 words (60%).


SLL4301S TOPICS IN PORTUGUESE II

Convener: Dr A De Melo

Course entry requirements: Acceptance for an honours programme and permission of the Head of Section.

Course outline:

This research-module offers a detailed study of a contemporary cross-cultural aspect of the Portuguese speaking-world (determined by student interest and staff availability). Close attention is paid to primary sources and trends in modern scholarship. Topics offered may include comparative and transnational Luso-Afro-Brazilian literature and cultures, cinema of Portuguese-speaking world, literary theory and work from the Global South, female perspectives in contemporary Luso-Afro-Brazilian literature and cinema, etc. 

DP requirements: At least 80% attendance at lectures and completion of all assignments. Assessment: Analysis of textbook (25%); teaching observation report (25%); pedagogical activity design (50%).


SLL4302F TOPICS IN PORTUGUESE III

Convener: Dr A De Melo

Course entry requirements: Acceptance for an honours programme and permission of the Head of Section.

Course outline:

This module prepares students to write the honours thesis. It is a comprehensive examination of writing in academic context, with a focus in enabling students to develop skills in critical thinking and engaging with scientific data. This course also aims to give students a solid understanding of the processes and challenges in undertaking research, as well as equip them with the correct and necessary theoretical and practical knowledge, methodology and skills to design and carry out their research. 

DP requirements: At least 80% attendance at lectures and completion of all assignments.

Assessment: One essay of at least 2,000 words (20%) and two practical translation activities (80%).


SLL4303S TOPICS IN PORTUGUESE IV

Convener: Dr A De Melo

Course entry requirements: Acceptance for an honours programme and permission of the Head of Section.

Course outline:

This research-module offers a comparative perspective of Lusophone African literary practices in relationship to Afro-Brazilian literary practices. It examines the relationship between race, gender, and nation in the context of Portuguese colonialism, slavery, Luso-tropicalism, and post-colonialism. Key literary representations of these topics are explored comparatively.

DP requirements: At least 80% attendance at lectures and completion of all assignments.

Assessment: One oral seminar (25%) and one research essay of 4,000 words (75%).