Welcome to "Transculturality and Gender in Contemporary literature" at Dalarna University

The lessons in this course will be taught entirely online (net-based).

When you take this course, you will study the following:
 
The course includes in-depth studies of a number of representative contemporary literary works from Portuguese-speaking Africa, Portugal and Brazil. The works are contextualised in their specific socio-cultural, political and historical context and analysed primarily with respect to issues related to post-coloniality, gender and transcultural identities. Through the theoretical texts we deepen the understanding of some central post-colonial concepts and transcultural themes, such as luso-tropicalism, hybridity, cultural translation and
migration. We will study their relevance to the cultural understanding of the
Portuguese-speaking communities of today.
 
You will improve your skills in these areas:
explain key ideas in post-colonial and gender theoretical concepts and discuss
these in relation to transcultural issues in Portuguese-speaking post-colonial
societies
· analyse and interpret literary works based on critical concepts and theories
addressed in the course, and relate the works to their socio-cultural and historical context
· orally and in writing communicate and argue for their own literary interpretations, and comment on others‘, with very good mastery of the Portuguese language
· independently search for, collect and use relevant sources, and refer to them in an academically correct manner.

	Course Syllabus			Contact information
	Reading List			Your Name Course Coordinator xxx@du.se
				Teacher 1 Role in the Course xxx@du.se
				Teacher 2 Role in the Course xxx@du.se