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Oct 06, 2024
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2011-2012 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
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POR 260 - Gender and Sexuality in Lusophone Literature3 credits C, G Prerequisites: ENL 102 Critical study of representations of gender and sexuality in the literatures of Portugal, Brazil and Lusophone Africa from the Middle Ages to the present. Attention will be given to discursive and narrative construction of gendered and sexual identities; historically and culturally variable perspectives on gender and sexuality; and the roles played by gendered agents and sexual engagements in the historical processes occurring in the Portuguese-speaking world, with particualr emphasis on colonial and postcolonial contexts and relations. Course constitutes an elective for Portuguese undergraduate minors and majors. It also fulfills CAS Humanities distribution requirements and satisfies two General Education requirements (Cultural and Artistic Literacy and Global Awareness). Cross-listed as WMS 260
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