Marília Librandi-Rocha, Assistant Professor of Iberian and Latin American Cultures, was interviewed by the Brazilian television station Univesp TV. The discussion, conducted in Portuguese, examines differences between higher education in Brazil and the United States.
Research interests: 1) the dialectic between "Black Atlantic" performance forms and sociopolitical context, and 2) representations of transgression, gender, and dance in modernist literature.
Proposes a space of articulation between theoretical reflection and analytical practice that allows to address, from language, the symbolic plot of the constitution of subjects and identities in diverse auto/biographical registers--texts, images, representations, testimonies, narratives; the affirmation of their voices: the search for senses, memories and values. Through a trans-disciplinary perspective, prominence will be given to cultural objects, debates and issues of great relevance in the current Latin American scene.
Focus is on the notion of rhythm as a theoretical frame for the analysis of medieval and early modern Iberian poetry. Topics include Ancient Greek and modern conceptions of rhythm and the links between poetics and ethics in the medieval period and beyond. Authors include: Aeschylus, Plato, Aristoxenus, Maurice Blanchot, Paul Celan, Emmanuel Levinas, Arcipreste de Hita, Ausiås March, Garcilaso de la Vega, and Luís de Camões. Taught in English.
Brazilian Literary canon. Novels and short stories from independence to the present. Topics include romanticism and realism; regionalism; modernism and postmodernism. Authors may include: José de Alencar, Machado de Assis, Oswald de Andrade, Graciliano Ramos, Guimarães Rosa, Lispector, Hilda Hilst, Silviano Santiago. Readings in Portuguese; Class discussions in English; Assignments in Portuguese or in English.
20th Century Latin American novels, short stories, and Literary theories. Authors may include: J-L Borges, J.J.Saer, Machado de Assis, Graciliano Ramos, Guimarães Rosa, Lispector. Literary criticism by Gonzales Echevarria, Antonio Candido, H.Campos, M. Lienhard. Readings and class discussions in Spanish. Assignments in Spanish, English or Portuguese.
