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1st week (08/27-08/29): Introduction
W: 08/27 – Introduction to the course
F: 08/29 – Movie: Rio 40 Graus (1955), Nelson Pereira dos Santos
2nd week (09/01-09/05): The Pre-Cinema Novo
M: 09/01 – discussion of Rio 40 Graus
W: 09/03 – Brasil em Tempo de Cinema (Jean Claude Bernardet)
F: 09/05 – Movie: Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (1964), Glauber Rocha
3rd week (09/08-09/12): The Cinema Novo
M: 09/08 – Discussion of Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol
W: 09/10 – Readings of Brazilian Cinema (Ed. Randal Johnson & Robert Stam):
“For a Popular Revolutionary Art,” Carlos Estevam
“Cinema Novo,” Carlos Diegues (64-67)
“An Esthetic of Hunger,” Glauber Rocha (68-71)
“Black God, White Devil: the Representation of
History,” Ismail Xavier (134-148)
F: 09/12 – Movie: Macunaima (1969), de Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
4th week (09/15-09/19): Cinema Novo & Tropicalism
M: 09/15 – Discussion of Macunaima, Song: Sem Lenço, Sem Documento de Caetano Velloso
W: 09/17 – Readings of:
“Cannibalism and Self-Cannibalism,” Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (Brazilian Cinema, 81-83)
“Cinema Novo and Cannibalism: Macunaima,” Randal Johnson (Brazilian Cinema, 178-190)
Brutality Garden, Christopher Dunn (73-121)
F: 09/19 – Movie: Iracema (1974), Jorge
Bodanski & Orlando Senna
5th week (09/22-09/26): The 1970s
M: 09/22 – Discussion of Iracema
W: 09/24 – Reading of:
“Iracema, uma Transa Amazônica,” Luciano Ramos (Cinema
Brasileiro, 98-101)
Cinema, Trajetória no Subdesenvolvimento de Paulo Emílio Salles Gomes
1st small paper analysis due (09/24)
F: 09/26 – Movie: Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (1976), Bruno Barreto
6th week (09/29-10/03): The 1970s
M: 09/29 – Discussion of Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos
W: 10/01 – Readings of:
“Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos,” Sergio Davila (Cinema Brasileiro, 108-110)
F: 10/03 – Movie: Bye, bye Brazil (1979), Carlos Diegues
7th week (10/06-10/10): The 1970s
M: 10/06 – Discussion of Bye, bye Brazil, song: Bye, bye Brazil by Chico Buarque de Hollanda
W: 10/08 – Readings of:
Cultura em Trânsito 70/80: da Repressão à Abertura, Eds. Elio
Gaspari, Zuenir Ventura, & Heloisa Buarque de Hollanda
Impressões de Viagem: CPC, Vanguarda e Desbunde, 1960-1970
F: 10/10 – Movie: Pixote, a Lei do Mais Fraco (1980) de Hector Babenco
8th week (10/13-10/17): The 1980s
M: 10/13 – Discussion of Pixote
W: 10/15 – Readings of:
“Pixote, a Lei do Mais Fraco,” Luciano Ramos (Cinema Brasileiro, 130-133)
“Pixote, a Lei do Mais Fraco: Ponta de Faca,” Guido Bilharino (O Cinema Brasileiro nos Anos 80, 49-51)
MIDTERM PAPER DUE: 10/15 
F: 10/17 – Movie: Memórias do Cárcere (1985), Nelson Pereira dos Santos
9th week (10/20-10/24): The 1980s
M: 10/20 – October Break 
W: 10/22 – Discussion of Memórias do Cárcere.
Readings of:
“Memórias do Cárcere,” Sérgio Augusto (Cinema Brasileiro, 147-151)
F: 10/24 – Movie: A Hora da Estrela (1985), Suzana Amaral
10th week (10/27-10/31): The 1980s
M: 10/27 – Discussion of A Hora da Estrela
W: 10/29 – Readings of:
“Constructions of Feminine and Feminist Identities: A Hora da Estrela,” (David Foster, Gender & Society in Contemporary
Brazilian Cinema, 68-82)
“Hora da Estrela: Sensibilidade e Poesia,” (Guido Bilharinho, O Cinema Brasileiro nos Anos 80, 133-134)
“A Hora da Estrela,” Fernão Ramos (O Cinema Brasileiro,
155-158)
F: 10/31 – Movie: Carlota Joaquina, a Princesa do Brasil (1995), Carla Camuratti
11th week (11/03-11/07): The 1990s
M: 11/03 – Discussion of Carlota Joaquina
W: 11/05 – Readings of:
“Carlota Joaquina: Irreverencia e Coragem,” (Guido Bilharinho, O Cinema Brasileiro nos Anos 90, 77-78)
F: 11/07 – Movie: Terra Estrangeira (1995), Walter Salles Jr. &
Daniela Thomas
12th week (11/10-11/14): The 1990s
M: 11/10 – Discussion of Terra Estrangeira
W: 11/12 – Readings of:
“Terra Estrangeira,” Amir Labaki, (O Cinema Brasileiro,
186-188)
“Terra Estrangeira: o Predomínio da Imagem,” (Guido Bilharinho, O Cinema Brasileiro nos Anos 90, 107-109)
F: 11/14 – Movie: Central do Brasil (1998), Walter Salles Jr.
13th week (11/17-11/21): The 1990s
M: 11/17 – Discussion of Central do Brasil
W: 11/19 – Readings of:
“Central do Brasil,” Inácio Araujo, (O Cinema Brasileiro, 204-207)
“Central do Brasil: Choque de Realidade,” (Guido Bilharinho, O Cinema Brasileiro nos Anos 90, 163-165)
2nd small paper analysis due (11/19)
F: 11/21 – Movie: O Invasor (2001), Beto Brant
14th week (11/22-11/30): Thanksgiving Holidays
15th week (12/01-12/05): Brazilian Cinema: New Developments (?)
M: 12/01 – Discussion of O Invasor
W: 12/03 – Brazilian Cinema: New Developments: urban scene and echoes of Cinema Novo
F: 12/05 – Movie: Abril Despedaçado (2002), Walter Salles Jr.
16th week (12/08-12/10)
M: 12/08 – Discussion of Abril Despedaçado
W: 12/10 – class presentations: final papers
READING DAY: DEC 12
FINALS’ WEEK: DEC 13-20
PORTUGUESE FINAL PAPER DUE: FRI, DEC 19, 3:00 PM |
