Course teached as: B005324 - LETTERATURE PORTOGHESE E BRASILIANA 1 (12 CFU) Second Cycle Degree in EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES Curriculum STUDI LETTERARI E CULTURALI INTERNAZIONALI
Teaching Language
Portuguese language
Course Content
Middle and Far East in Portuguese journey treaties of modern age. The course aims to investigate the relationships between Portugal and several Eastern territories in the 16th century. The reasons would be explained during the course through the analyse of Portuguese and European journey treaties, letters and diaries of modern age.
It is requested the study of this work:
Branquinho da Fonseca, As grandes viagens portuguesas, Manuscrito Editores
Learning Objectives
The course is addressed to the students of Magistrale.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Portuguese and other European languages (English, French, Spanish)
Teaching Methods
front lessons with projection.
Further information
72 hours – 12 credits – I semester. Part-time students are pleased to contact the titular professor.
Type of Assessment
Oral exam.
Course program
1.Compulsory reading of the following works:
Branquinho da Fonseca, As grandes viagens portuguesas, Manuscrito editores
Duarte Barbosa, Livro em que dá relação do que viu e ouviu no Oriente (introdução e notas de Augusto Reis Machado), Lisboa, Agência Geral das colónias, 1944
Giuliano da Empoli, O expresso de Cantão. Duas viagens ao Oriente separadas por cinco séculos, Lisboa, Bertrand, 2009
Voyages de Vasco da Gama. Relations des expéditions de 1497-1499 et 1502-1503 (traduites et annotées par Paul Teyssier et Paul Valentin e presentées par Jean Aubin), Paris, Editions Chandeigne, 1998
2.Lesson notes
3.Treaties, letters and diaries of modern age distibuted during the course