Port 104 Elementary Brazilain Portuguese I (5) U
5 hours of class per week, plus supplementary work in language laboratory.
Essentials of grammer, elementary syntax and composition, easy reading.
Emphasis on conversation. 00 11 98
Port 106 Elementary Brazilain Portuguese, Accelerated I
(3) U
3 meetings weekly, plus supplementary work in language laboratory.
Designed for students proficient in Spanish (or with previous work
in Portuguese) to acquire proficiency in Portuguese more rapidly.
Covers the same material as PORT 104.
Prerequisite: SPAN 216 or equivalent. 00 11 98
Port 108 Elementary Brazilian Portuguese II (5) U
5 hours of class per week plus supplementary work in language laboratory.
A continuation of PORT 104.
Prerequisite: PORT 104. 00 11 98
PORT 110 Elementary Brazilian Portuguese, Accelerated II
(3) U
A continuation of PORT 106.
Prerequisite: PORT 106. 00 11 98
PORT 212 Intermediate Brazilian Portuguese I (3) U
A review of Brazilian Portuguese grammer, with practice in reading,
composition, and conversation through the study and discussion of
Brazilian prose selections.
Prerequisite: PORT 108 or PORT 110. 00 11 98
PORT 216 Intermediate Brazilian Portuguese II (3) U
A continuation of PORT 212
Prerequisite: PORT 212. 00 11 98
PORT 220 Intensive Intermediate Brazilian Portuguese (4-6)
U
5 hours of class and an additional hour in the language laboratory.
The course is designed for students who began the study of Portuguese
in PORT 106 and PORT 110, and for superior students in PORT 104
and PORT 108. The material covered is the same as in PORT 212 and
PORT 216.
Prerequisite: PORT 110, or PORT 108 with a grade of A or B. 00 11
98
PORT 300 Brazilian Culture (3) H, HT
Prehistoric and colonial Portuguese orgins of Brazil and its independent
development in the 19th and 20th centuries. Key aspects of economic,
political, and social factors, special attention to intellectual
history. Reading in English. 00 11 98
PORT 320 Introduction to Portuguese and Brazilian Literature
(3) WH
A more advanced reading course serving as an introduction to the
study of Luso-Brazilian literature, with discussion in Portuguese
of the material read.
Prerequisite: A 4th semester course in Portuguese or consent of
the instructor. 00 11 98
PORT 388 Intermediate Brazilian Portuguese Conversation
(1) U
2 recitations weekly.
Prerequisite: PORT 104 or PORT 106 00 11 98
PORT 471 Studies in Brazilian Culture and Civilization:
_____ (3) H
A study of Brazilian culture with emphasis on one or more of the
following aspects: history, politics, ethnology, anthropology, religious
and secular traditions, issues of culture identity, music, art,
architecture, and popular culture. Available only to study-abroad
participants. May be repeated for credit if content varies. 00 11
98
PORT 475 Studies in Brazilian Literature:_____ (3) H
A study of the literature of a particular author, group of authors,
period, genre, religion, ot theme. Available only to study-abroad
participants. May be repeated for credit if content varies. 00 11
98
PORT 488 Advanced Brazilian Portuguese Conversation (1)
U
2 recitations weekly. More advanced than PORT 388.
Prerequisite: PORT 108, PORT 110, or PORT 388. 00 11 98
PORT 490 Intensive Advanced Portuguese (6-8) WH
Advanced composition, conversation, and stylistics, plus an introduction
to Brazilian culture. Offered only during the Summer Language Institute
in Brazil.
Prerequisite: 4 semesters of Portuguese. 00 11 98
PORT 509 Phonetics (2) WH
A study of the phonology of the carioca ( Rio de Janerio) dialect
of Brazilian Portuguese, and an introduction to other major Brazilian
and Portuguese dialects.
Prerequisite: 9 hours of Portuguese, or consent of instructor. 00
11 98
PORT 560 Survey of Portuguese Literature (3) WH
Emphasis on Gil Vicente, Camoes, Eca de Queiroz, and Fernando Pessoa.
Prerequsite: A 4th semester course in Portuguese or consent of instructor.
00 11 98
PORT 611 Accelerated Basic Portuguese for Spanish Speakers (3)
U
Contrastive phonological and morphological analysis of standard
Spanish and the major dialect of Brazilian Portuguese, followed
by a presentation of major grammatical and phonological stumbling
blocks for Spanish speakers. Drills on grammer, syntax, and pronunciation
emphasize those areas in which Brazilian Portuguese differs most
significantly from Spanish.
Prerequisite: Graduate student status in Spanish. Undergraduate
in Spanish may be admitted with consent of instructor. 00 11 98
PORT 612 Accelerated Basic Portuguese for Spanish Speakers II
(3) U
A continuation of PORT 611, with special emphasis on reading and
writing skills.
Prerequisite: PORT 611. 00 11 98
PORT 740 Survey of BrazIlian literature
(3).
PORT 742 The BrazIlian Novel (3).
PORT 746 The BrazIlian Short Story (3).
PORT 750 BrazIlian Poetry (3).
PORT 760 Contemporary BrazIlian literature (3).