Sumários

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14 Março 2024, 11:00 Ângela Fernandes

There was no class: the Professor was teaching in Erasmus+ mobility at the University of Bologna


Family Ties, by Clarice Lispector

7 Março 2024, 11:00 Ângela Fernandes

The short-stories from the volume Family Ties, by Clarice Lispector: the notion of “existentialist writing” and the philosophical topics elaborated in fiction. Comment on the narrative “Love”.

Group discussion about the first written exercises (corrected and assessed) and about the research proposals to the final essay presented by each student.

 


Borges and Lispector

29 Fevereiro 2024, 11:00 Ângela Fernandes

The reflection on the limits of research and knowledge-building in the short narratives “Averroes’ search” by Jorge Luis Borges and “The smallest woman in the world” by Clarice Lispector.



“Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius”

22 Fevereiro 2024, 11:00 Ângela Fernandes

Comment on the short-stories by Jorge Luis Borges :“Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius” and the fantastic depiction of an encyclopaedia as the evidence of a complex and powerful human-made word.

First written exercise in class.


Short-stories by Jorge Luis Borges

15 Fevereiro 2024, 11:00 Ângela Fernandes

Comment on the short-stories “El otro” [The other] and “Tema del traidor y del héroe” [The theme of the traitor and the hero], by Jorge Luis Borges: the issues related to writing biographies and auto-biographies; the creative process and the rules and materials of literary composition; the role of the reader.