21&62:810:101-102Elementary Portuguese (3,3) Fundamentals of grammar; drill in speaking and writing. A minimum total of 10 hours of language laboratory work per term is required of all students in NCAS elementary language courses and is recommended for UC-N and NJIT students. Not open to students who have had two or more years of secondary school Portuguese or are near-native speakers of the language. These students must take a placement test in the department for proper advising. Both terms must be completed to receive credit. |
21&62:810:131,132Intermediate Portuguese (3,3) Grammar review and vocabulary expansion. Continued development of speaking and reading skills; intensive practice in reading and composition based on short literary and journalistic texts. After examination, students may be placed in a section for nonnative or native speakers. Successful completion of both terms may be accredited for a major/minor option. |
21&62:810:203Advanced Grammar and Composition (3) This class offers instruction in advanced grammatical structures, and advanced reading, writing, and speaking. For students with a good command of the Portuguese language who wish to perfect their knowledge of written and oral Portuguese. |
21&62:810:207Introduction to Portuguese Literature (3) Survey of Portuguese literature, with emphasis on reading and discussion of literary texts representative of significant literary movements and authors of Portugal. Prerequisites: 21&62:810:131,132 or demonstrable reading/writing knowledge of the language. Fulfills literature requirement. Conducted in Portuguese. |
21&62:810:208Introduction to Brazilian Literature (3) Survey of Brazilian literature, with emphasis on reading and discussion of literary texts representative of significant literary movements and authors of Brazil. Prerequisites: 21&62:810:131,132 or demonstrable reading/writing knowledge of the language. Conducted in Portuguese. |
21&62:810:209The Portuguese Short Story (3) Examines the literary genre of the short story and the ways in which Portuguese authors of the late 19th and 20th centuries have used short fiction as a venue for stylistic innovation and social commentary. Authors to be examined include Eça de Queirós, Miguel Torga, José Saramago, Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Lídia Jorge, Agustina Bessa-Luis, and Clara Pinto Correia. Class is conducted in Portuguese. Fulfills literature requirement. |
21&62:810:220History of Portuguese Music (3) A historical survey of the musical expressions of Portuguese socio-cultural reality from the Middle Ages to the present. Covers early Muslim influences on Portuguese music, the music of the court, the troubadours, Renaissance, baroque, classicism, romanticism, and 20th century movements. Students will examine audio samples, as well as literary and historical texts. Fulfills interdisciplinary requirement. |
21&62:810:242Portuguese in the Americas (3) This interdisciplinary class will examine the cultural history of the Portuguese in North America, from the 17th century Melungeons to the most recently arrived populations of the 1960s and 1970s. Students will read historical and anthropological texts concerning the Portuguese in North America as well as literary portrayals of Portuguese migratory experience written by Luso-Americans Frank Gaspar, Onésimo Almeida, and Katherine Vaz. This class is conducted in English. Fulfills interdisciplinary requirement. |
21&62:810:311,312Portuguese Literature in English Translation (3) Reading and discussion of major authors and texts representative of Portugal`s rich literary tradition. Two-term sequence covers Vicente and Camões up to 20th-century authors. Fulfills literature requirement. |
21&62:810:315Portuguese for Business and Commerce (3) Intensive study of business and commercial Portuguese. Emphasis on practical business terminology and procedures used in business letters and documents, banking, trade, export and import, stock market, and modern-day global economic institutions. Familiarization with Portuguese business practices and cultural differences. Open to students who can demonstrate adequate reading/writing/conversational skills at the level of 21&62:810:132 Intermediate Portuguese. This includes NJIT students and students from graduate programs and NCAS. Conducted in Portuguese. |
21&62:810:318Brazilian and Lusophone World Literature in English Translation (3) Reading and discussion of literary works representative of the different literary trends, movements, and authors of the Portuguese-speaking world (Angola, Mozambique, the Azores, the Cape Verde Islands, and Brazil). Fulfills literature requirement. |
21&62:810:321Oral History of Newark's Ironbound Neighborhood (3) Focuses on the Portuguese and Brazilian immigrant community of Newark`s Ironbound neighborhood. Explores ethnographic fieldwork (participant observation and tape-recorded interviews) and compiling oral history. Readings of anthropological, literary, and historical texts. Issues covered include migratory patterns, adaptation and assimilation, postcolonial conflict and collaboration, cultural heritage, and immigrant identity. Fulfills interdisciplinary requirement. |
21&62:810:342,343Portuguese and Lusophone World Civilization and Culture (3,3) Discussion of significant historical, social, and cultural trends in the Portuguese-speaking world from the colonial era to the present. Conducted alternately in English and Portuguese. |
21&62:810:348Portuguese Film and Literature (3) This class provides a survey of 20th century Portuguese film, exploring the interplay between literature and cinematic narrative. Class is conducted alternately in English and Portuguese. Fulfills literature requirement. |
21&62:810:351Soccer, Samba, and Spiritualism: Performance and Culture in Portugal and Brazil (3) This class is conducted in English and explores expressive culture in Portugal and Brazil. "Performance" is broadly defined to include religious worship, soccer spectatorship, and urban festivity. Students will explore emblematic performance forms of Portugal and Brazil such as samba, fado, candomblé, and soccer spectatorship to understand how these cultural forms participate in and comprise a "national culture." Fulfills interdisciplinary requirement. |
21&62:810:423Postrevolutionary Portuguese Literature and Culture (3) Examines the effects of dramatic political change on Portuguese literature, theater, and popular music. The "Flower Revolution" of 1974 ended four decades of authoritarianism and marked the beginning of a cultural renaissance in Portugal. This class will explore literature, art, and music produced in the 1980s and 1990s, in order to analyze fascism`s cultural legacies and the ways in which Portuguese authors have redefined their nation following the revolution and European unification. Conducted in Portuguese. Fulfills literature requirement. |
21&62:810:440,441Topics in Portuguese and Brazilian Culture (3,3) Explores significant themes, topics, concepts, movements, trends, and complex issues with regard to the diverse Portuguese and Brazilian societies and cultures. Conducted alternately in Portuguese and English. |
21&62:810:459Internship in Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies (3) Internship in Portuguese-American business, government offices, and cultural associations. Prerequisite: Open only to Portuguese and Lusophone world studies majors or minors with junior or senior standing. |
21&62:810:495,496Independent Study (3,3) Specialized independent research on a topic related to Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Open only to Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies majors or minors. |
