Lusophone Modernisms
This three-hour conference explores some of the fundamental aspects of literary Modernism in the Portuguese-speaking world. Topics explored include: technology and development; land and place; self and subjectivity; periphery and semi-periphery; Africa and Brazil; nation and empire. Participants include èצӰ faculty and invited scholars from Portugal. In English.
Sponsored by the Department of Iberiana and Latin American Cultures and the Center for African Studies
Welcoming Remarks: Elena Dancu (èצӰ)
Session 1
Moderator: Ami Schiess (UC Berkeley)
Pedro Sepúlveda (U Nova de Lisboa): “Pessoa's Fragments”
Karen Sotelino (èצӰ): “Correspondence in Translation: The Language of Nature, The Nature of Language in Raúl Brandão’s Os Pobres"
Humberto Brito (U Nova de Lisboa): “To Exist as a Person”
Session 2
Moderator: Christopher Kark
Marília Librandi-Rocha (èצӰ): “Text, Telephone and Telegram: The Technologies of the Novel Serafim Ponte Grande (1928/1933) by Oswald de Andrade.”
Vincent Barletta (èצӰ): “Rhythm and Dwelling: On Poetry in Mozambique”
Victoria Saramago (èצӰ): “Geographies of De-Geographication: Displacement in Macunaíma.”