Brazil - Language and culture
Course content
This new elective module has been designed for students of all faculties who wish to get a compact and solid expertise on the World’s 5th largest country and 8th economy, its legendary diversity, thrilling culture, but also its challenges with universal impact. In addition, students will acquire basic reading and communication skills in Brazilian Portuguese, the third most spoken European language in the World. The module targets at students who already studied the Spanish-speaking part of Latin America and wish to extend this knowledge to the continents biggest power, but also at those who are interested in studying global challenges and tendencies, especially with regard to problem-solving strategies in developing countries and North-South relations, for all of which Brazil is a show case. Furthermore, it is an offer for those who wish to build competences in a truly interdisciplinary approach of Area Studies, learning to command a broad range of theories and methods and training to take over other perspectives and to practice interculturality. Last, it is a package customized for those who plan to include a Brazilian aspect in their thesis, or even those who pretend to study, do an internship, or carry out field work in Brazil.
The elective module consists of two courses (you can do both or just one of the two, including the second one without having done the first):
Brazil – Language and Culture
This course introduces to the history of Brazil in contrast to Spanish-speaking Latin America. This provides the basis to understand the roots of the big current issues under debate in the structural formation of the country. Insights into Brazil’s rich production in music, film, and literature lead into the cultural imaginary of how to overcome these challenges and create a better “country of the future”. These topics are interwoven with targeted language preparation in Portuguese and training to read original text or to work with data samples.
Class instruction
Textbook, jornalistic and scientific articles, online databases, audiovisual material, among others.
The elective module consists of two courses (Fall and Spring, 15
ECTS each) but students can also select to take only one of them.
It is perfectly possible to study only the second one (Spring)
without having done the first (Fall). All contents can be adapted
to the students’ needs and interests.
Kurset udbydes til alle kandidatstuderende på Institut for Engelsk,
Germansk og Romansk, samt som KA-tilvalg for studerende fra andre
institutter.
Det kan tages som en del af studiemønstret Brasilienstudier eller
som frit emnekursus.
- ECTS
- 15 ECTS
- Type of assessment
-
Portfolio, A joint portfolio uploaded in digital exam: Deadline January 11th 2024
- Type of assessment details
- Udprøvning af læsefærdigheder i portugisisk (4 sider): vægtes ¼. Skriftlige opgaver/“Response papers” (7 sider): vægtes ¼. Fri hjemmeopgave (10-14 sider): vægtes 1/2.
Criteria for exam assessment
http://hum.ku.dk/uddannelser/aktuelle_studieordninger/engelsk/
http://hum.ku.dk/uddannelser/aktuelle_studieordninger/fransk/
http://hum.ku.dk/uddannelser/aktuelle_studieordninger/italiensk/
http://hum.ku.dk/uddannelser/aktuelle_studieordninger/portugisisk/
http://hum.ku.dk/uddannelser/aktuelle_studieordninger/spansk/
http://hum.ku.dk/uddannelser/aktuelle_studieordninger/tysk/
Single subject courses (day)
- Category
- Hours
- Class Instruction
- 56
- Preparation
- 353,5
- English
- 409,5
Kursusinformation
- Language
- English
- Course number
- HPOK13002U
- ECTS
- 15 ECTS
- Programme level
- Full Degree Master
Full Degree Master choice
- Duration
-
1 semester
- Placement
- Autumn
- Schedulegroup
-
See schedule
- Studyboard
- Study board of English, Germanic and Romance Studies
Contracting department
- Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
Course Coordinator
- Georg Walter Wink (10-696771746930796b706d426a776f306d7730666d)
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