Black Hydropoetics: The Sea in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Literature and Culture
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The course explores literature and music to examine the role of the ocean in counter-hegemonic discourses in Portuguese. The aim is to analyze and compare the strategies used by Luso-Afro-Brazilian authors to question Portuguese imperial representations traditionally associated with the sea. Discussions will engage with specific questions of nationality, borders, identity, race, migration, gender and sexuality, religion, language, hybridization, politics and the environment. This course will introduce major topics in Luso-Afro-Brazilian literature and culture. Background information and relevant aspects of critical theory will be examined during seminars. The course is taught in English using representative works in translation. Students have the option to use the source texts in the original language. Classes will be a mixture of lecture, seminar and student-led discussion.
Credit level: 11 Year taken: Postgraduate SCQF credits: 20