PORT 404

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Luso-Brazilian Culture

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Credit: 2 TO 4 hours.

Affords a broad understanding of Luso-Brazilian civilization and culture.

3 undergraduate hours. 2 or 4 graduate hours. May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite: PORT 320 or equivalent or consent of instructor.

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PORT 404 class schedule data for spring 2017
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	37002	Lecture-Discussion	G4	11:00AM -12:15PM	MW	331 Gregory Hall	Karam, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: "The Telenovela" is the title of this special topics course. Telenovelas are prime-time television serial melodramas broadcast six days a week for up to ten months. Frequently compared to soap operas in North America, telenovelas (called novelas) possess a striking cultural and political valence in Brazil and have been exported around the world. Using insights from anthropology, communications, and cultural studies, this course explores how telenovelas reflect and shape class, gender, modernity, nation, race, sexuality, among other dynamics. The key point is to grasp how these power relations are constructed in the telenovela and the ways that telenovela viewers reproduce, endure, and/or circumvent them. Our examination of the authorial production and audience reception of these media flows will culminate in a final project that require students to watch one of two series (subtitled in English) available at the university library and use the key approaches in this course to write a critique. TAUGHT IN ENGLISH. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	55708	Lecture-Discussion	U3	11:00AM -12:15PM	MW	331 Gregory Hall	Karam, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: "The Telenovela" is the title of this special topics course. Telenovelas are prime-time television serial melodramas broadcast six days a week for up to ten months. Frequently compared to soap operas in North America, telenovelas (called novelas) possess a striking cultural and political valence in Brazil and have been exported around the world. Using insights from anthropology, communications, and cultural studies, this course explores how telenovelas reflect and shape class, gender, modernity, nation, race, sexuality, among other dynamics. The key point is to grasp how these power relations are constructed in the telenovela and the ways that telenovela viewers reproduce, endure, and/or circumvent them. Our examination of the authorial production and audience reception of these media flows will culminate in a final project that require students to watch one of two series (subtitled in English) available at the university library and use the key approaches in this course to write a critique. TAUGHT IN ENGLISH. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.