Sumários

Discourse analysis and excerpts from "Symbols and Signs" by Vladimir Nabokov. Asian-Americans in the US (intro)

10 Fevereiro 2023, 11:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Discourse analysis and examples from "Symbols and Signs" -see powerpoint on moodle

Intro to South-Asian Diaspora in the USA.

Presentation on "Symbols and Signs" by V. Nabokov

7 Fevereiro 2023, 11:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Continuation of last class.
Presentation on "Symbols and Signs"; comparison with "Nature" by R. W. Emerson.
Patterns of cohesion and discourse analysis in Nabokov's short story - see powerpoint on moodle, as well as:

Diaspora - literary assumption, main issues and entanglements. Reading and discussing Carlos Bulosan's "Silence" (c. 1946).

3 Fevereiro 2023, 11:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Diaspora - literary assumption, main issues and entanglements - see powerpoint in moodle.

 Reading and discussing Carlos Bulosan's "Silence" (c. 1946).
Teacher's model of text analyss.

The Colossus of Rhodes and "The New Colossus" (Emma Lazarus's poem)

31 Janeiro 2023, 11:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Calendar of activities and recapitulation of course's theme and objectives (definition of "Diaspora").

Close-reading of Ema Lazarus' poem "The New Colossus".

Presentation. Calendar of activities. Free timed writing, exploring Lhasa's "The Living Road"

27 Janeiro 2023, 11:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Presentation.

Calendar of activities.
The term "diaspora".
Free timed writing, exploring Lhasa's "The Livng Road" - mobility, dislocation, displacement.