P410 Brazilian Cinema, (3 credits)

Instructor: Darlene Sadlier

Course Description:

	A survey of Brazilian cinema from the early 20th century to
present day. The course will give attention to representative
filmmakers and their works, beginning with Mário Peixoto's _Limite_
(1930), which  is regarded as one of the masterpieces of silent
cinema. Other subjects to be explored include the chanchada, or
Hollywood-style musical comedies of the 1940s and 1950s, and the New
Cinema of the 1960s and 1970s. The course will also focus on more
recent films that have appeared since the country's return to
democracy after more than 20 years of military dictatorship. Topics to
be discussed during the semester include the chanchada and its
re-evaluation as a distinctly Brazilian genre; Third Cinema, the
"aesthetics of violence," the theoretical and critical writings of
filmmaker Glauber Rocha; the relationship between popular culture and
radical cinema; and film adaptation. The course is taught in English.
Films are in Portuguese with English subtitles. (NB: Students who are
taking the course for credit toward degree requirements in Portuguese
will read materials and write exams and a research paper in the
language.)

Course Requirements:
	All students will write a midterm and final exam.
Undergraduate students will write an 8-10pp research paper on a topic
to be discussed with the instructor. Graduate students will write a
12-15pp research paper on an approved topic. Each student will give a
formal in-class report based on their research.

Grading:  Midterm exam - 30%
Final exam - 30%
	  Research paper/presentation -25% / 5%
	  Attendance and participation - 10%


P410   #3967  1:00P-2:15P  MW  BH205   Professor Darlene Sadlier
6:30P-9:00P  M   BH204   Film Showings

NOTE:  The HISP P410 class meets jointly with HISP P510, CMCL C398 and
C596.