Professor Sabrina-Karpa Wilson
email: karpawi@indiana.edu

MW 2:30pm – 3:45pm/section #3974/3cr./Ballantine Hall 011

P520	Brazilian Novel in Translation

This course aims to introduce students with little prior knowledge
of the Brazilian literary tradition to the modern Brazilian novel,
through the in-depth reading of select major works. Among the
questions we will consider are: the significance of the works within
Brazilian literary history; the socio-historical conditions in which
they were produced and their relation to those conditions; the
complications that may arise in reading a work in translation. Why
are these novels canonical? What can they tell us about the social,
political and economic realities of Brazil? Does reading these works
in translation affect our access to these realities, and if so how?
How can we best approach a work in translation?

Requirements: A midterm exam, an oral presentation, and a final
paper (undergraduates: 8-10 pp.; graduate students: 15-20 pp.)
Graduate students will do an additional project which may be either
1) a critical review of a selected study; 2) an analysis of some
issue related to the translation of Brazilian literature. The latter
option is available to students who have a good knowledge of written
Portuguese and may also be pursued by undergraduates as a final
paper topic. Students interested in pursuing an in-depth comparative
approach may write a final paper focused on two or more national
literary traditions, of which one must be Brazilian.

Texts:

Machado de Assis, "Epitaph for a Small Winner" ("Memórias Póstumas
de Brás Cubas", 1881)
Aluísio Azevedo, "The Slum" ("O Cortico",1890)
Graciliano Ramos, "Barren Lives" ("Vidas Secas", 1938)
Clarice Lispector, "The Passion According to G.H.". ("A Paixão
Segundo G.H.", 1964)
Lygia Fagundes Telles "Girl in the Photograph" ("As Meninas", 1973)
Ivan Angelo, "The Celebration" ("A Festa", 1976)
Marilene Felinto, "The Women of Tijucopapo" ("As Mulheres de
Tijucopapo", 1982)
Caio Fernando Abreu, "Whatever Happened to Dulce Veiga" ("Onde
Andará Dulce Veiga", 1990)



* Please note this course meets jointly with P420.