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HUM 199Y1
First Year Seminar 52S
Undergraduate seminar that focuses on specific ideas, questions, phenomena
or controversies, taught by a regular Faculty
member deeply engaged in the discipline. Open only to newly admitted
first year students. It may serve as a distribution
requirement course; see page 40.
Note
The Department reserves the right to place students in the language course best
suited to their linguistic preparation.
PRT100Y1
Beginners Portuguese 52L, 26P
An introduction to the main elements of the language with emphasis on oral and written practice. (May not be taken by
students who, in the judgement of the Department, qualify for entry into PRT110Y1)
Exclusion: OAC Portuguese or equivalent
PRT110Y1
Elementary Portuguese 52L, 26P
An introduction to Portuguese for students who speak or understand Portuguese but have not formally studied it. (May not be
taken by students who, in the judgement of the Department, qualify for entry into PRT220Y1)
Exclusion: OAC Portuguese or equivalent
Prerequisite: A familiarity with Portuguese
PRT220Y1
Intermediate Portuguese 52L
Students enlarge their vocabulary and improve their oral and writing skills through reading, composition and translation.
Prerequisite: OAC Portuguese or equivalent/PRT100Y1/PRT110Y1
PRT250H1
Portuguese Culture & Civilization 26L
A survey of historical and cultural trends in Portugal from the Middle Ages to the present. Art and music are studied in addition
to historical/cultural movements to gain a perspective of the uniqueness of Portugal both within Iberia and in Europe in general.
(Offered in alternate years)
PRT255H1
The Brazilian Puzzle: Culture and Identity 26L
Taught in English, this course examines the historical and cultural contexts of Brazilian identity. The impact of colonial history
on issues such as race, religion and regionalism is explored. The course focuses on the 19th and 20th Centuries: Positivism,
Modernism, the Anthropophagous Movement, music and Cinema Novo are discussed. (Offered in alternate years)
PRT258H1
Introduction to Luso-Brazilian Studies 26L
(formerly PRT258Y1)
The introductory study of literary texts and consideration of the various ways authors express and situate themselves in culture.
Semiotics, gender, the literary canon, advertising, the nature of literary language, and cinema.
Exclusion: PRT258Y1
Co-requisite: PRT220Y1
PRT299Y1
Research Opportunity Program
Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 43 for details.
PRT320Y1
Composition and Oral Practice 52L
Intensive practice in written and oral Portuguese for the advanced student. Reading and discussion of contemporary literature.
Prerequisite: PRT220Y1
PRT351H1
Discovery and Conquest: Literature and Nationhood 26L
(formerly PRT351Y1)
A study of the driving ideologies behind the "Age of Discoveries." Close scrutiny of key texts reveals how the ideas of
displacement, sex, violence, gender, and colonization play crucial roles in the establishment and maintenance of nationhood
and nationality in Renaissance Portugal. (Offered in alternate years)
Exclusion: PRT351Y1
Prerequisite: PRT210Y1/PRT220Y1, 258Y1
PRT355H1
Topics in Brazilian Studies 26L
In years when this course is offered, topics are described in the departmental brochure.
Prerequisite: PRT258H1
PRT357H1
Modern and Contemporary Brazilian Literature 52L
(formerly PRT457Y1)
Focus on modern and contemporary Brazilian literature and its social contexts, and examination of the relationship between
literary movements and Brazilian cinema, music and art. (Offered in alternate years)
Exclusion: PRT457Y1
Prerequisite: PRT220Y1, 258Y1
PRT358H1
Topics in Portuguese Studies 26L
In years when this course is offered, topics are described in detail in the departmental brochure.
Prerequisite: PRT220Y1
PRT359H1
From Pessoa to Saramago 52L
(formerly PRT456Y1)
An examination of Portuguese literature as it confronts the changing social, political, and aesthetic currents of the twentieth
century. The Orpheu movement of Fernando and Sa-Carneiro, Presenca and Neo-Realism as well as contemporary authors
such as Lydia Jorge and Jose Saramago are studied. (Offered in alternate years)
Exclusion: PRT456Y1
Prerequisite: PRT220Y1, 258Y1
PRT365H1
The Rise of Modern Identity 52L
Studies Portuguese and Brazilian Romanticism tracing the development of a new sense of personal and national identity in
those countries as reflected in novels, poems and essays. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: PRT258H1 or permission of instructor
PRT398H0/399Y0
Independent Experiential Study Project
An instructor-supervised group project in an off-campus setting. See page 43 for details.
PRT420Y1
Advanced Portuguese 52L
A study of the more advanced areas of Portuguese grammar and language use. Discussion of issues relating to syntax,
vocabulary and style as they arise in essays and readings of literary texts. The expressive resources of the language.
Introduction to the stylistic analysis of literary texts. Intensive written and oral practice. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: PRT320Y1
PRT423Y1
Translation 52L
The syntax and expressive resources of Portuguese and English. Written and oral translation of literary, technical and
commercial texts. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: PRT320Y1
PRT452H1
Camoes 26L
(formerly PRT352H)
A study of the works of Camoes, including the entirety of Os Lus¡adas, and a substantial portion of the lyrics and theatre.
(Offered in alternate years)
Exclusion: PRT352H
Prerequisite: PRT220Y1, 258Y1
PRT454Y1
The Luso-Brazilian Novel 52L
Fiction in Portugal and Brazil from the 19th century to the present. Naturalism, realism, the experimental novels of the 1920's,
the novel of social protest. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: PRT220Y1, 258Y1
PRT455Y1
Machado de Assis and E‡a de Queiroz 52L
(formerly PRT356Y1)
The novel as a way of life. The growth and maturation of Machado and E‡a as novel-/life-writers, from E‡a's critical
examination of Portuguese society to Machado's corrosive skepticism. The ongoing dialogue between the two authors
evidences their philosophies of novelistic writing and reading. (Offered in alternate years)
Exclusion: PRT356Y1
Prerequisite: PRT220Y1, 258Y1
PRT458H1
The Luso-Brazilian Short Story 26S
The development of the Luso-Brazilian short story. Examination of theories of the genre as they relate to short stories of
Machado de Assis, E‡a de Queiroz, Graciliano Ramos, Joao Guimareaes Rosa, Clarice Lispector and Miguel Torga. (Offered
in alternate years)
Prerequisite: PRT220Y1, 258Y1
PRT490H1
Independent Study TBA
Individual study with a member of staff on a topic of common interest including readings, discussion and written assignments.
Prerequisite: PRT320Y1 and written approval of the Undergraduate Coordinator
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